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I have a terrifying backlog of shows to catch up on. Other than the smattering of series that I have to watch live\u2014or, at the very least, close to live\u2014I have fallen tragically behind. And I blame the White House.<\/p>\nI have a terrifying backlog of shows to catch up on. Other than the smattering of series that I have to watch live\u2014or, at the very least, close to live\u2014I have fallen tragically behind. And I blame the White House.<\/p>\n
Really, how do you pull yourself away from the nightly coverage of subpoenas and sackings, trysts and tall tales? Porn stars and <\/em>Russian spies? And of course, the battle between newsrooms for the latest scoop. It is addictive. I\u2019m back and forth between MSNBC and CNN constantly, have subscriptions to The New York Times<\/em> and The Washington Post<\/em>, and Google News is my browser\u2019s default address. So much drama! And drama is the key word here because I find myself, frequently, watching news coverage and wondering who is going to play X in the inevitable limited event series on HBO or Netflix or Amazon or [insert prestige drama platform] about the Trump presidency. I\u2019d love to see what Ryan Murphy would make of all this palace intrigue. Or Shonda Rhimes. Maybe the Duffer Brothers, because it does all feel like Stranger Things<\/em>\u2019 The Upside Down sometimes, doesn\u2019t it? [I\u2019ll take SNL<\/em>\u2019s Kate McKinnon as Robert Mueller and Jeff Sessions any day.]\n Political dramas are certainly of the moment, as we explore in the MIPTV issue of TV Drama<\/em>, with a wealth emerging out of Europe in particular. They are tricky to pull off, but when done well can be ratings winners at home and abroad, giving audiences an insider\u2019s look at the halls of power. The political- and espionage-themed dramas available on the market right now are largely contemporary, but audiences are as eager to be transported to the past. We also explore the enduring demand for period pieces and hear from leading distributors about the kinds of costume dramas that fare best globally. Biographical series are also making headlines, among them National Geographic\u2019s Genius: Picasso<\/em>, a follow-up to the channel\u2019s series on Albert Einstein. Antonio Banderas tells TV Drama<\/em> about how he embodied the iconic artist. We also feature Q&As with Stacy Rukeyser, showrunner of UnREAL<\/em>, the Lifetime drama that tackles gender politics through the prism of a reality dating show; and Kerem \u00c7atay, the CEO of Ay Yapim, one of Turkey\u2019s most prolific production houses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The MIPTV edition of TV Drama highlights some of the major trends in the business today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":290,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","","category-columns","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"\n