There's lots of stuff I'm looking forward to seeing this fall -- the third season of The Crown, the movies The Two Popes, The Irishman, and Dolemite is My Name (all on Netflix) plus the new Watchmen series and the latest season of Ray Donovan on cable (really, I watch too much TV, shame on me). Then, on Amazon, there'll be the third season of Mrs. Maisel and something new called Modern Love, premiering on October 18th.
Modern Love is what's called an anthology series, each episode being a stand-alone story that is loosely interrelated to the other episodes (similar themes, some similar characters, a similar setting or settings but otherwise totally different). What's interesting about this new series is that it's based on non-fiction, specifically The New York Times series "Modern Love" that explores relationships in -- you guessed it! -- the modern day and how complex, bizarre, unorthodox and surprising they are.
The "Modern Love" series has been going since 2004 and has become popular enough to become a star-studded show. The most amazing story was from a few years ago where a woman, dying of cancer, wrote a story about why women should want to marry her soon-be-widowed (i.e. soon-to -be-single) husband. She died 10 days after it was published -- heartbreaking and amazing at the same time.
From my experience, anthology series are completely hit-or-miss. Since it's basically the television equivalent of a short story collection, some stories are going to great, some are going to lousy, and most are going to be forgettable. But I'll definitely watch it!
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