Published: October 10, 2018
The creator of Mad Men returns with his Amazon series, The Romanoffs, but recent history is littered with showrunners who struggled the second time round
Next week, one of the big beasts of TV drama’s box-set golden age makes his comeback. Matthew Weiner, fastidious overlord of Mad Men, is the man behind The Romanoffs, an anthology series for Amazon Prime that hops around the globe introducing us to disparate characters who all think they are descended from Russian royals. It sounds a bit … odd. If it is, though, Weiner will be in very good company. Almost every titan of the Difficult Men-era has struggled to follow up their masterwork. Beware the curse of the dreaded second show, although not being called David might make Weiner safe.
Continue reading...from The Guardian https://ift.tt/2OU0ZTM
via
0 Comments