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House of Cards is an American political thriller web television series created by Beau Willimon. It is an adaptation of the 1990 BBC miniseries of the same title and based on the novel of the same title by Michael Dobbs. The first 13-episode season was released on February 1, 2013, on the streaming service Netflix.

House of Cards is set in Washington, D.C. and is the story of Congressman Frank Underwood (Kevin Spacey), a Democrat from South Carolina's 5th congressional district and House Majority Whip. He is passed over for appointment as Secretary of State, so he initiates an elaborate plan to attain power, aided by his wife Claire Underwood (Robin Wright). The series deals with themes of ruthless pragmatism,[2] manipulation, betrayal, and power.

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Killing Eve is a British-made drama television series produced by Sid Gentle Films for BBC America. It is based on Luke Jennings's Codename Villanelle novella series, and developed for television by Phoebe Waller-Bridge. The first season of eight episodes was ordered on 15 November 2016, and premiered on 8 April 2018. Shortly before its premiere, BBC America renewed Killing Eve for a second season.

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The Handmaid's Tale is an American dystopian drama television series created by Bruce Miller, based on the 1985 novel of the same name by Margaret Atwood. It was ordered by the streaming service Hulu as a straight-to-series order of 10 episodes, for which production began in late 2016. The plot features a dystopian future following a Second American Civil War wherein a totalitarian society subjects fertile women, called "Handmaids", into child-bearing servitude.[1]

The first three episodes of the series premiered on April 26, 2017; the subsequent seven episodes aired on a weekly basis every Wednesday. In May 2017, the series was renewed for a second season which premiered on April 25, 2018.

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Ozark is an American crime drama web television series created by Bill Dubuque and Mark Williams[1][2] and produced by Media Rights Capital.[3] Jason Bateman stars in the series; he also directed the first two and last two episodes of season 1[4] and the first two of season 2.[5] The first season comprises nine one-hour episodes and a final 80-minute episode,[3] and was released on Netflix on July 21, 2017.[6] The series was renewed for a 10-episode second season on August 15, 2017,[7] which was released on August 31, 2018.[8] On October 10, 2018, the series was renewed for a 10-episode third season which will be released in 2019.[9]

Bateman portrays financial planner Marty Byrde, and Laura Linney portrays his wife Wendy Byrde, a public relations consultant on political campaigns who became a homemaker before the family moved to the Ozarks.

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Ozark is an American crime drama web television series created by Bill Dubuque and Mark Williams[1][2] and produced by Media Rights Capital.[3] Jason Bateman stars in the series; he also directed the first two and last two episodes of season 1[4] and the first two of season 2.[5] The first season comprises nine one-hour episodes and a final 80-minute episode,[3] and was released on Netflix on July 21, 2017.[6] The series was renewed for a 10-episode second season on August 15, 2017,[7] which was released on August 31, 2018.[8] On October 10, 2018, the series was renewed for a 10-episode third season which will be released in 2019.[9]

Bateman portrays financial planner Marty Byrde, and Laura Linney portrays his wife Wendy Byrde, a public relations consultant on political campaigns who became a homemaker before the family moved to the Ozarks.

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