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Not every American president gets to serve a second term (thank God), and not every series about American politics gets a second season renewal. With the anthology series "The First Lady," Showtime set out to reveal hard truths about American history by delving behind the scenes on three of the country's most significant marriages. With 46 first ladies to get through and only 3 covered in the first season, this is the kind of show that could theoretically run for many more years. But less than two months after the series aired its season 1 finale, Showtime has elected not to move forward with...

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“The First Lady” anthology drama series directed bySusanne Bier, starring a bug-eyed Viola Davis, radiant Michelle Pfeiffer and twitchy Gillian Anderson has been canceled at Showtime after one season:

“…’The First Lady’ is a biased look at the life and family events of three ‘First Ladies’ of the United States…

“…including a drugged-out ‘Betty Ford’, secret lesbian ‘Eleanor Roosevelt’ and a miserable Michelle Obama’…”

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Showtime won't continue to explore the lives of the residents in the White House. The First Lady has been cancelled, so there won't be a second season. The first season of 10 episodes finished airing in June.

An anthology drama series, The First Lady TV show stars Viola Davis, Michelle Pfeiffer, Gillian Anderson, O. T. Fagbenle, Dakota Fanning, Lily Rabe, Regina Taylor, Kiefer Sutherland, and Aaron Eckhart. The series tells the story of American leadership, as told through the lens of the women at the heart of the White House. In the government’s East Wing, many of history’s most impactful and world-changing decisions have been hidden from view, made by America's charismatic, complex and dynamic First Ladies. The first season tells the stories of former first ladies Michelle Obama (Davis), Betty Ford (Pfeiffer), and Eleanor Roosevelt (Anderson). Read...

Faith-based sales agent announces raft of deals.

Pure Flix / Quality Flix sales head Ron Gell has started talks with AFM 2020 Online buyers this week on a slate of rom-coms staring Kristy Swanson, Lee Majors, and Scott Baio.

The sales agency known for working on faith-based titles has also announced a raft of sales on the new films and other titles.

Courting Mom & Dad features Swanson (Buffy The Vampire Slayer), Baio, John Farley, Vanessa Angel, and Bailey Baio.

The story centres on three children who seek the help of an eccentric personal injury attorney to delay the divorce of their parents.

Here’s a sentence you probably weren’t expecting to read today: Tyler Perry‘s latest drama series about the White House is even crazier than his last one.

Three years after enchanting us with TLC’s short-lived Too Close to Home — which began as a drama about a young woman caught having an affair with the President of the United States, then pivoted to being mostly about incest — Perry is back with Bet’s The Oval, an over-the-top soap chronicling the deranged shenanigans of a newly inaugurated Potus and his certifiable family. (Here’s hoping this show stays on...

Throughout the history of the Emmy Awards, only seven performers have earned six or more nominations in the Best Drama Actress category for the same show, with Mariska Hargitay (“Law & Order: Special Victims Unit”) being the last to do so exactly 10 years ago. At least, until Robin Wright (“House of Cards”) this year.

Last month Wright received her sixth and final Emmy bid for playing First Lady-turned-President Claire Underwood on Netflix’s political thriller. She was previously nominated from 2013 to 2017, missing out last year because the show didn’t air due to all of the behind-the-scenes drama with co-star Kevin Spacey.

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Hargitay would go on to earn a total of eight consecutive Emmy citations (2004-11), winning on her third try. Only one other person received more Best Drama Actress nominations than Hargitay throughout her show’s run: Angela Lansbury.

Robin Wright (“House of Cards”) just received her sixth and final Best Drama Actress Emmy nomination for playing First Lady-turned-President Claire Underwood on Netflix’s political thriller. That number puts her in good company indeed, as only seven actresses have earned six or more bids in this category for the same show, the last being Mariska Hargitay (“Law & Order: Special Victims Unit”) exactly 10 years ago. Hargitay would go to earn eight consecutive noms (2004-11), winning on her third bid.

Only one other person earned more Best Drama Actress nominations than Hargitay throughout her show’s run: Angela Lansbury, who received a record 12 for “Murder, She Wrote” (1985-96). Of course, Lansbury infamously never won an Emmy Award, making her one of the industry’s biggest also-rans. Even though Wright lost her first five nominations (2013-17), she won’t come anywhere near Lansbury’s record as “House of Cards” ended last year.