Mary and George, which stars Julianne Moore and Nicholas Galitzine, has a new U.S. home. The series was originally set to air on AMC in the U.S.
and will now move to Starz. It is a co-production with British pay-TV broadcaster Sky. AMC Networks was planning to air it in the U.S., Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
It’s not clear why AMC dropped the drama series, but it comes as AMC has been cost-cutting and axing shows such as including Demascus, Invitation to a Bonfire and second seasons of Pantheon, Moonhaven and 61st Street.
Enter Starz, which will now air the seven-part series in the U.S. and Canada along its swathe of period dramas. Mary & George stars Moore and Galitzine as a treacherous mother and son who schemed, seduced and killed to conquer the Court of England and the bed of King James I.
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