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Memphisrexjr t1_j6kzrjo wrote

I am personally happy Tuca & Bertie is gone. No amount of marketing would make the show interesting or funny. If you never seen the show just watch the Netflix trailer and see if it’s funny to you. Tuca & Bertie is for a nitch fan base from a bigger fan base that likes Bo jack horseman.

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slipperyMonkey07 t1_j6ky52v wrote

As the other poster said it will depend on what you liked about Downton. I would probably classify bridgerton more as light hearted rom com historical "fantasy / alt reality" while downton is squarely period drama. There are down moments in bridgerton but it never hits downton levels and is more aimed at the romance happily ever after type stuff.

After that I would say S1 and S2 if Bridgeton are different types of romance because of the characters they are focused on. Personally I prefer S2 the characters fit better together and it is more a rom com hate to love and them actually building a relationship. While S1 is clueless inexperienced virgin learning about sex. I haven't read the books but from friends who have it makes sense in that the season 2 characters are basically heads of the house and constant while the other characters slowly vanish as they get married off.

Either way not going to say it is the best tv by any means. But it is something a bit lighter, short and easily binge able when you need a break from the constant the world is on fire mess.

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Kalse1229 t1_j6kxqze wrote

Wait, it was an ongoing series? Never read the book or watched the show, but a quick search on Wikipedia has it listed as a miniseries. Plus the book itself isn't terribly long either, so having it be an ongoing series would likely become repetitive at best unless it was an anthology or something.

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VampireHunterAlex t1_j6kx4iq wrote

That “John Adams” series on HBO from 2008 (Jesus, that’s 15 years ago…) is very good. You really can’t go wrong with searching through HBO’s catalog to find a ton of good limited series: “Generation Kill” (2008), “Mare of Easttown“ (2021), and I consider anthology to mostly count, so I’d throw “True Detective” in there, especially the 1st season (2014)

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