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THB #347: April Streamers Bring Emmy Dreamers

THB #347: April Streamers Bring Emmy Dreamers

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Apr 06, 2023
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Some of these shows I am going to write about here are still under embargo… but I have been consuming my brains out, so I’m dancing between the raindrops.

The next piece will be about the final season of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (April 14), Dead Ringers (April 21), Citadel (April 28), Fatal Attraction (Apr 29), and Season 3 of The Great (May 12).

Today, the two shows launching this week.

One of the thing that has been amazing at looking at all of these shows is that they lean so hard into the female perspective. Amazon’s Citadel and Paramount+’s Fatal Attraction have shared male/female leads, but in both cases, the women really more interesting than the guys.

Daisy Jones & The Six and Swarm are already on Prime Video. Both are terrific, though it took a few episodes to really get to what Swarm is really about and it almost lost me on that journey. (Both were mentioned in more depth in Monday’s column on Amazon.)

I’d post the shot of the 4 women baring their butts from Epsiode 2…. but gu…

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