Tv Series Dietland
Dietland is an American dark comedy drama television series created by Marti Noxon, based on the 2015 novel of the same name by Sarai Walker.
The straight-to-series 10-episode first season premiered on AMC with back to back episodes on June 4, 2018.
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| Genre | Dark comedy |
| Created by | Marti Noxon |
| Based on | Dietland by Sarai Walker |
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| Composer | Fil Eisler |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 10 (list of episodes) |
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| Network | AMC |
| Release | June 4 – July 30, 2018 |
On September 20, 2018, AMC announced that the series had been cancelled. The series had persistently low ratings. The show averaged 203,000 viewers among the advertiser-coveted adults 18-48 demographics — with three days of DVR.
Cast and characters
Main
- Joy Nash as Alicia "Plum" Kettle
- Tamara Tunie as Julia Smith
- Robin Weigert as Verena Baptist
- Rowena King as Cheryl Crane-Murphy
- Adam Rothenberg as Dominic O'Shea
- Erin Darke as Leeta Albridge
- Ricardo Davila as Eladio
- Tramell Tillman as Steven
- Will Seefried as Ben
- Julianna Margulies as Kitty Montgomery
Recurring
- Melissa Navia as Moana
- Debra Monk as Mrs Kettle
- Dariush Kashani as Clive
- Alanna Ubach as Marlowe Buchanan
- Ami Sheth as Sana
- Campbell Scott as Stanley Austen
- Jen Ponton as Rubi
- Kelly Hu as Abra Austen
- Marc Blucas as Bobby
- Mark Tallman as Jake
- Mya Taylor as Barbara
- Colby Minifie as Jasmine
- Laura Darrell as Anna
- Karen Eilbacher as Jillian
Episodes
| No. | Title | Directed by | Teleplay by | Original air date | U.S. viewers (millions) |
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| 1 | "Pilot" | Marti Noxon | Marti Noxon | June 4, 2018 | 0.668 |
| 2 | "Tender Belly" | Marti Noxon | Marti Noxon | June 4, 2018 | 0.668 |
| 3 | "Y Not" | Michael Trim | Jacqueline Hoyt | June 11, 2018 | 0.490 |
| 4 | "F... This" | Michael Trim | Nancy Fichman & Jennifer Hoppe-House | June 18, 2018 | 0.449 |
| 5 | "Plum Tuckered" | Amy York Rubin | Matt Shire | June 25, 2018 | 0.409 |
| 6 | "Belly of the Beast" | Amy York Rubin | Janine Nabers | July 2, 2018 | 0.403 |
| 7 | "Monster High" | Helen Shaver | Marshall Heyman | July 9, 2018 | 0.342 |
| 8 | "Rad Fatties" | Helen Shaver | Nancy Fichman & Jennifer Hoppe-House | July 16, 2018 | 0.314 |
| 9 | "Woman Down" | Liesl Tommy | Jacqueline Hoyt & Marti Noxon | July 23, 2018 | 0.285 |
| 10 | "Bedwomb" | Marti Noxon | Marti Noxon | July 30, 2018 | 0.300 |
Reception
Critical response
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the series has an approval rating of 83% based on 52 reviews, with an average rating of 6.8/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "The well-acted Dietland delivers timely and engaging social commentary with enough humor and scathing wit to make up for an occasionally scattered narrative approach." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 66 out of 100 based on 22 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".
Ratings
| No. | Title | Air date | Rating (18–49) | Viewers (millions) | DVR viewers (millions) | Total viewers (millions) |
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| 1 | "Pilot" | June 4, 2018 | 0.16 | 0.668 | 0.253 | 0.921 |
| 2 | "Tender Belly" | June 4, 2018 | 0.16 | 0.668 | 0.253 | 0.921 |
| 3 | "Y Not" | June 11, 2018 | 0.11 | 0.490 | 0.274 | 0.764 |
| 4 | "F... This" | June 18, 2018 | 0.11 | 0.449 | 0.314 | 0.763 |
| 5 | "Plum Tuckered" | June 25, 2018 | 0.10 | 0.409 | 0.246 | 0.655 |
| 6 | "Belly of the Beast" | July 2, 2018 | 0.09 | 0.403 | 0.300 | 0.703 |
| 7 | "Monster High" | July 9, 2018 | 0.09 | 0.342 | 0.263 | 0.605 |
| 8 | "Rad Fatties" | July 16, 2018 | 0.08 | 0.314 | 0.284 | 0.598 |
| 9 | "Woman Down" | July 23, 2018 | 0.06 | 0.285 | 0.217 | 0.503 |
| 10 | "Bedwomb" | July 30, 2018 | 0.08 | 0.300 | 0.237 | 0.537 |
Talk show
A late-night companion talk show was released after the episodes from Embassy Row, AMC Studios and Uncharted, created and hosted by Aisha Tyler on June 6, 2018, to June 30, 2018.
References
External links
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