on Starz at 9 p.m.). Set in the ’70s, it follows earnest feminist college grad Joyce (Ophelia Lovibond), who joins forces with boorish pornographic publisher Doug (Johnson), to create the first erotic magazine aimed at a female audience. “What Doug loves about Joyce is that he just sees dollar signs when she talks.
He thinks she’s whip smart and has great ideas, but she’s inexperienced and too idealistic,” said Johnson. “That’s a fun dynamic, because in Doug, Joyce thinks he can unlock her potential, but everything he does is off, and not how she wants it…The way I imagine the relationship is that Doug and Joyce had a one-night stand and had a baby.
And they love the baby, but they just can’t understand how they made the decision to partner with this other person.”In Season 1, the unlikely duo worked to get “Minx” off the ground; in Season 2, they grapple with their success.
However, the series was almost scrapped after Season 1 in a fashion similar to the “Batgirl” movie. It originally premiered on Max, which renewed the show for a second season — then canceled it in December 2022 while it was in production.
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