ON THE SMALL SCREEN

By Jenny Peters

STYLISH DRAMAS

FEUD: CAPOTE VS. THE SWANS
FX
Ryan Murphy follows up his award-wining 2017 Bette Davis-Joan Crawford Feud with this look at Truman Capote (Tom Hollander) and the outsize women that ruled New York City society from the 1950s to the 1970s. First his friends and later sworn enemies, the women are played by Naomi Watts, Diane Lane, Calista Flockhart and Chloe Segivny, so watch for sparks to fly!


THE NEW LOOK
Apple TV +
Follow fashion in the time of the Nazis in this stylish series, as Christian Dior (Ben Mendelsohn) rises to fame in the 1940s. Add in Coco Chanel (Juliette Binoche), Pierre Balmain (Thomas Poitevin) and Cristobal Balenciaga (Nuno Lopez) and this one looks like a fashionista’s dream show.


SPIES AND SURVIVORS

MR. AND MRS. SMITH
Prime Video
The TV series version of the popular film, this version stars Donald Glover and Maya Erskine as the couple that spy, assassinate and sometimes dance together. Add in exotic locations and some different plot twists from the original and let the action sequences begin!


THE SILENT SERVICE
Prime Video
Based on the Japanese manga comic books of the same name, this live-action series follows a Japanese nuclear submarine helmed by a slightly deranged captain, who decides to make the sub a sovereign nation. Tense times follow as the rest of the world’s superpowers don’t really like that idea, in this action-packed underwater drama.


TRACKER
CBS
Jeffrey Deaver’s novels about Colter Shaw come to the small screen in this adventure series starring Justin Hartley (This Is Us). He’s a roaming professional tracker who finds missing persons while himself living off the grid, making for some tricky situations across the USA. Mary McConnell (Major Crimes) co-stars.