Lessons in Chemistry is a drama miniseries developed for television by Lee Eisenberg. Based on a novel of the same name by Bonnie Garmus, the Apple TV+ series is set in 1960s America and it revolves around Elizabeth Zott, who has always dreamed of being a scientist but because of the patriarchal society she is denied her dream. That’s when he accepts a job on a TV cooking show and teaches the housewives of the nation way more than recipes. Lessons in Chemistry stars Brie Larson in the lead role with Lewis Pullman, Stephanie Koenig, Kevin Bussman, Aja Naomi King, and Thomas Mann starring in supporting roles. So, if you loved the Apple TV+ series here are some similar shows you could watch next.
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Synopsis: The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel from renowned creator Amy Sherman-Palladino (Gilmore Girls) and Executive Producer Daniel Palladino...
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- 10/14/2023
- by Kulwant Singh
- Cinema Blind
The cast and creators of the FX on Hulu limited series “Mrs. America” sought to bring the ’70s feminist movement and the fight surrounding the Equal Rights Amendment to the screen through exploring the personal motivations of its key players.
Now with 10 Emmy nominations, the show has struck a chord by revealing little-known truths about the women on both sides of the argument, including Phyllis Schlafly, Gloria Steinem, Shirley Chisholm, Jill Ruckelshaus, Brenda Feigen, Bella Abzug and Betty Friedan.
After a screening of the series’ third episode, “Shirley,” Variety‘s Kate Aurthur discussed the importance of portraying these figures with accuracy and empathy with executive producer Cate Blanchett, who played Schlafly; creator, showrunner and executive producer Dahvi Waller; producer Tanya Barfield, who wrote the episode; Margo Martindale, who played Abzug; Uzo Aduba, who played Chisholm and Tracey Ullman, who played Friedan. (All of whom have been nominated for Emmys.)
Blanchett...
Now with 10 Emmy nominations, the show has struck a chord by revealing little-known truths about the women on both sides of the argument, including Phyllis Schlafly, Gloria Steinem, Shirley Chisholm, Jill Ruckelshaus, Brenda Feigen, Bella Abzug and Betty Friedan.
After a screening of the series’ third episode, “Shirley,” Variety‘s Kate Aurthur discussed the importance of portraying these figures with accuracy and empathy with executive producer Cate Blanchett, who played Schlafly; creator, showrunner and executive producer Dahvi Waller; producer Tanya Barfield, who wrote the episode; Margo Martindale, who played Abzug; Uzo Aduba, who played Chisholm and Tracey Ullman, who played Friedan. (All of whom have been nominated for Emmys.)
Blanchett...
- 8/19/2020
- by Ellise Shafer
- Variety Film + TV
“Mrs. America” tells a true story of feminist history from both sides of the political divide. The FX on Hulu limited series explores the fight over the Equal Rights Amendment from the point of view of Phyllis Schlafly (played by two-time Oscar winner Cate Blanchett), an anti-feminist Republican who helped to stop it from being ratified into the Us Constitution. But will it get the votes it needs to pass at the Emmys? Scroll down for our exclusive video interviews with top awards contenders from the show.
In addition to movie star Blanchett in a rare TV role, the series features a number of longtime awards favorites playing recognizable historical figures. Two-time Emmy champ Uzo Aduba plays feminist politician Shirley Chisholm. Emmy nominee Rose Byrne plays activist Gloria Steinem. Emmy nominee Elizabeth Banks plays Republican feminist Jill Ruckelshaus. Three-time Emmy winner Margo Martindale plays Us congresswoman Bella Abzug. And six-time...
In addition to movie star Blanchett in a rare TV role, the series features a number of longtime awards favorites playing recognizable historical figures. Two-time Emmy champ Uzo Aduba plays feminist politician Shirley Chisholm. Emmy nominee Rose Byrne plays activist Gloria Steinem. Emmy nominee Elizabeth Banks plays Republican feminist Jill Ruckelshaus. Three-time Emmy winner Margo Martindale plays Us congresswoman Bella Abzug. And six-time...
- 7/10/2020
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
Rose Byrne has demonstrated fierce comedic timing in movies like Bridesmaids, Spy, the Neighbors franchise and this year’s Like a Boss. But the Australian native’s turn as feminist trailblazer and Ms. magazine co-founder Gloria Steinem in FX’s limited series Mrs. America reminds us of her chameleon-level expertise. Yes, the wig and the sunglasses are a big plus, but Byrne plunges into the complexities of the Era proponent’s public image and personal life with a great subtlety, displaying not only Steinem’s inspirational attributes, but her flaws as well. Byrne was previously Emmy nominated in the supporting category for Damages in 2009 and 2010.
Deadline: When you were first approached with Mrs. America, did the creators always have you in mind for the part of Gloria Steinem?
Rose Byrne: I was approached by Dahvi [Waller], and we had a couple of great conversations, and I was just intrigued by the project as a whole.
Deadline: When you were first approached with Mrs. America, did the creators always have you in mind for the part of Gloria Steinem?
Rose Byrne: I was approached by Dahvi [Waller], and we had a couple of great conversations, and I was just intrigued by the project as a whole.
- 7/3/2020
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Sarah Paulson can’t think of enough nice things to say about her “Mrs. America” co-star Cate Blanchett, but she does like to describe a side of “The Great Cate” that many people may not know about her. “She is so much fun! She is so funny. She has this elegance and this real formidable presence, and that’s a part of her too, but she is a goon. She is such a goony-goon,” Paulson tells us in our recent webchat (watch the exclusive video above), co-hosted by Gold Derby editor Marcus Dixon. But Paulson, who’s also worked with Blanchett on “Ocean’s 8” and “Carol,” also described her generosity which she brought to “Mrs. America” as a producer: “It was just as important to her that Alice have a full breadth of story than it was to have Phyllis’s story be what it was. She felt very protective...
- 6/26/2020
- by Charles Bright and Marcus James Dixon
- Gold Derby
This story about “Mrs. America” directors Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck first appeared in the Limited Series & Movies issue of TheWrap’s Emmy magazine. The FX miniseries “Mrs. America” is a history lesson rooted in the feminist politics of the 1960s and ’70s — both the women’s movement that gained power under the leadership of Gloria Steinem, Betty Freidan and others who were instrumental in the passage of the Equal Rights Amendment through Congress; and the anti-era activists who coalesced around Phyllis Schlafly and helped block the amendment from being ratified by the necessary 38 states. But to call it a “history lesson” is to downplay how wildly entertaining this cast of characters is, especially in the hands of a group of actors that includes Cate Blanchett as Schlafly, Rose Byrne as Steinem, Tracey Ullman as Friedan, Uzo Aduba as Shirley Chisholm, Margo Martindale as Bella Abzug and Elizabeth Banks as Jill Ruckelshaus.
- 6/25/2020
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
Both Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck both took great care in approaching the character of Phyllis Schlafly in the FX limited series, “Mrs. America.” For Boden, directing Cate Blanchett as Schlafly and showing her evolution into an anti-feminist crusader was something that she truly relished. “It’s really such a beautiful thing about making this as a limited series because you get to meet the Phyllis Schlafly that is not the person who we end the series with,” she tells us in our recent webchat (watch the video above). What Boden found just as intriguing was the idea that Schlafly could have gone down a very different road based on the events that are shown in the first episode: “In the pilot, how we approached it is this is the story of a woman and what happens to her over the course of the pilot could just as easily turned...
- 6/17/2020
- by Charles Bright
- Gold Derby
When Kris Bowers was drawing up the original score for the FX limited series “Mrs. America,” he found the task of composing music for Phyllis Schlafly (Cate Blanchett) and the Stop E.R.A. movement to be the most interesting aspect of the project. “In reading the scripts, I felt like I was so taken aback by how they approached her character in this very unbiased way and treated her very much like a human,” he tells us in our recent webchat (watch the video above). He likened it to having people in your life who you may not see eye-to-eye with on the issues of the day but that you have empathy for so that people will be able to see the other side in a different way. “Being able to approach Phyllis with the score in that way was a very unique challenge that I really embraced.”
“Mrs. America,...
“Mrs. America,...
- 6/10/2020
- by Charles Bright
- Gold Derby
Signing on to be in “Mrs. America” was eye-opening for Rose Byrne in many ways, including her understanding the history of feminism in America. “Well, I thought I was familiar with it and then once I signed on, I was like, ‘I don’t know half of this story,’” she tells us in our recent webchat (watch the video above). But what made doing this project so interesting to her, in addition to learning about the struggles for gender equality in America, was having the story told from the viewpoint of Phyllis Schlafly, who was leading the fight against it. “What’s so clever about the show is that the entry point for the audience is really through Phyllis Schlafly. She really is a female anti-hero in the true sense of the word in that she’s written by a woman and she’s also fighting for… homemaker’s rights...
- 5/18/2020
- by Charles Bright
- Gold Derby
The Republican Party has split down the middle on Mrs. America Season 1 Episode 6.
Phyllis Schlafly attempted to secure the presidential nomination for Ronald Reagan, a more conservative candidate than President Gerald Ford.
But Jill Ruckelshaus, arguably the face of the progressive Republican movement, was determined to stop Phyllis and her band of "Reaganites."
Ultimately, "Jill," portrayed how Jill and Phyllis came to their respective beliefs. The two women were both Republicans but differed when it came to social justice.
Phyllis: Your husband supports you leaving your children on a Saturday afternoon?
Jill: Yes, he wants me to have my own life, my own career.
Phyllis: Well, there's nothing stopping you from doing just that.
Permalink: Well, there's nothing stopping you from doing just that. Added: May 03, 2020
Phyllis was conservative for various reasons.
She believed that women were fully equal and could pursue any career path they choose. She thought second-wave...
Phyllis Schlafly attempted to secure the presidential nomination for Ronald Reagan, a more conservative candidate than President Gerald Ford.
But Jill Ruckelshaus, arguably the face of the progressive Republican movement, was determined to stop Phyllis and her band of "Reaganites."
Ultimately, "Jill," portrayed how Jill and Phyllis came to their respective beliefs. The two women were both Republicans but differed when it came to social justice.
Phyllis: Your husband supports you leaving your children on a Saturday afternoon?
Jill: Yes, he wants me to have my own life, my own career.
Phyllis: Well, there's nothing stopping you from doing just that.
Permalink: Well, there's nothing stopping you from doing just that. Added: May 03, 2020
Phyllis was conservative for various reasons.
She believed that women were fully equal and could pursue any career path they choose. She thought second-wave...
- 5/6/2020
- by Sarah Novack
- TVfanatic
Mrs. America chronicles the movement to pass the Equal Rights Amendment in the 1970s — and the conservative backlash led by Phyllis Schlafly (Cate Blanchett). But before Schlafly's involvement, there was almost unanimous bipartisan support for the legislation. Jill Ruckelshaus, played by Elizabeth Banks, is the real-life socially progressive Republican who worked to pass the Era from the right side of the aisle.
Playing Ruckelshaus, who was appointed to a special women's rights commission by President Ford and who co-founded the National Women's Political Caucus with feminist leaders like Bella Abzug, Shirley Chisholm, Betty Friedan and Gloria ...
Playing Ruckelshaus, who was appointed to a special women's rights commission by President Ford and who co-founded the National Women's Political Caucus with feminist leaders like Bella Abzug, Shirley Chisholm, Betty Friedan and Gloria ...
I’ve said this before about Mrs. America, but I’ll repeat it: it’s a real shame this show is organized by character. The strain shows in this episode as it did with “Betty,” but less because Jill Ruckelshaus is a household name and more because of the huge leaps in time and story. A million things happen in this…...
- 5/6/2020
- by Sulagna Misra on TV Club, shared by Sulagna Misra to The A.V. Club
- avclub.com
Phyllis Schlafly never held public office, but she left an indelible mark on the American political landscape of the 1970s and 1980s. And in Wednesday’s premiere of Mrs. America — FX on Hulu’s star-studded period drama — we see the start of Schlafly’s rise to become the head opponent of the Equal Rights Amendment in the United States.
Phyllis (played by Cate Blanchett) is an Illinois housewife and mother of six known for her conservative acumen (she’s written books about fractures in the Republican party) and a failed congressional run. At the opening of the series — FX on...
Phyllis (played by Cate Blanchett) is an Illinois housewife and mother of six known for her conservative acumen (she’s written books about fractures in the Republican party) and a failed congressional run. At the opening of the series — FX on...
- 4/15/2020
- TVLine.com
It might seem odd to tell a story about the fight for social progress through the lens of the people fighting against it, but that’s exactly what drew Dahvi Waller to place legendary conservative activist Phyllis Schlafly at the center of the debuting FX limited series, “Mrs. America.” Waller tells us in our recent webchat (watch the video above) that she found Schlafly (portrayed in the program by double Oscar winner Cate Blanchett) to be an immensely complex person. “When I first started doing research into her, I learned that she was originally very interested in a career in strategic defense and not women’s issues. That was a question I wanted to answer: Why did she pivot? What did she hope to get out of it, pivoting to the Equal Rights Amendment,” Waller says. From there she also started discovering the various leaders of the women’s movement...
- 4/15/2020
- by Charles Bright
- Gold Derby
Mrs America, the Cate Blanchett-fronted drama about the movement to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment and the unexpected backlash led by Phyllis Schlafly, was supposed to exist in a world where Hillary Clinton was President of the United States of America.
Stacey Sher, the producer behind Pulp Fiction and Erin Brockovich, had seen a PBS documentary about the women’s movement in the 1970s in the run-up to the 2016 Presidential election and was interested in making a drama series from the point of view of Schlafly, the beauty queen-turned-conservative crusader.
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Sher, who spoke to Deadline about the FX on Hulu drama...
Stacey Sher, the producer behind Pulp Fiction and Erin Brockovich, had seen a PBS documentary about the women’s movement in the 1970s in the run-up to the 2016 Presidential election and was interested in making a drama series from the point of view of Schlafly, the beauty queen-turned-conservative crusader.
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Sher, who spoke to Deadline about the FX on Hulu drama...
- 4/14/2020
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
In an episode of Mrs. America, a new FX on Hulu miniseries about the Seventies political battle over the Equal Rights Amendment, liberal firebrand Bella Abzug (Margo Martindale) suggests her side may have an easier time if they focus their argument on a single issue, like women receiving equal pay for equal work. Quoting her father’s advice, she says, “Make it about everything, it winds up being about nothing.”
That’s a bit of wisdom that Mad Men alum Dahvi Waller might have considered while creating Mrs. America. The...
That’s a bit of wisdom that Mad Men alum Dahvi Waller might have considered while creating Mrs. America. The...
- 4/13/2020
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Rollingstone.com
It's a big week for television premieres. Despite our lockdown, we're still highly entertained with the television schedule.
Let us know if you've gotten out of your comfort zone and tested the waters with any of our suggestions.
Is there anything else you'd like us to cover these days? We always want to hear from you.
Saturday, April 11
9/8c Fashionably Yours (Hallmark)
Hey Vampire Diaries fans! Kat Graham returns to the small screen in the latest Hallmark movie.
After years organizing fashion at a top magazine, Lauren (Graham) decides to move home.
In exchange for her organizing services, moving company owner, Rob (Kendrick Sampson), becomes her tour guide leading up to her move and Lauren discovers there is a lot to fall in love with in Seattle.
Sunday, April 12
8/7c When Calls the Heart (Hallmark)
There's dangerous weather ahead in Hope Valley.
When a dangerous windstorm hits town, Elizabeth has...
Let us know if you've gotten out of your comfort zone and tested the waters with any of our suggestions.
Is there anything else you'd like us to cover these days? We always want to hear from you.
Saturday, April 11
9/8c Fashionably Yours (Hallmark)
Hey Vampire Diaries fans! Kat Graham returns to the small screen in the latest Hallmark movie.
After years organizing fashion at a top magazine, Lauren (Graham) decides to move home.
In exchange for her organizing services, moving company owner, Rob (Kendrick Sampson), becomes her tour guide leading up to her move and Lauren discovers there is a lot to fall in love with in Seattle.
Sunday, April 12
8/7c When Calls the Heart (Hallmark)
There's dangerous weather ahead in Hope Valley.
When a dangerous windstorm hits town, Elizabeth has...
- 4/11/2020
- by Carissa Pavlica
- TVfanatic
Like so many other women, I have uttered the phrase, “I’m not a feminist, but …” When I was younger, the word had been politicized to mean so many other things — man-hater, ballbuster, b—h. A friend of mine cured me of my ignorance, and by the ’90s I was a proud feminist reading Susan Faludi’s “Backlash” and listening to riot grrrl bands. I was vaguely aware of Phyllis Schlafly, but when I saw a segment about her in a PBS documentary, during the summer before the 2016 election, I began to think about telling the story of the fight over the Equal Rights Amendment.
There have been many projects about the women’s movement, but none from the perspective of its spoiler. We began this project, “Mrs. America,” with the idea that our nation was on the brink of having its first female president. There is a direct link...
There have been many projects about the women’s movement, but none from the perspective of its spoiler. We began this project, “Mrs. America,” with the idea that our nation was on the brink of having its first female president. There is a direct link...
- 4/9/2020
- by Stacey Sher
- Variety Film + TV
The upcoming FX on Hulu miniseries “Mrs. America” has more strong contenders for Best Movie/Limited Supporting Actress than the category has nomination slots. No single program has ever occupied more than three of the slots simultaneously, but both “The Normal Heart” and “Angels in America” have achieved the feat in the equivalent male category. The 1970s-set “Mrs. America” begins with an episode dedicated to executive producer and lead actress Cate Blanchett‘s eponymous character and closes with an ensemble episode that wraps up various story lines from the season, but the seven middle episodes each spotlight a different supporting actress, justifying the nomination for whomever the TV academy ultimately chooses. The seven actresses in sequential episode order are:
SEEthe official trailer for the “Mrs. America” miniseries.
Rose Byrne as Gloria Steinem (April 15: “Gloria”)
The de facto leader of the season-long and decade-spanning campaign to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment,...
SEEthe official trailer for the “Mrs. America” miniseries.
Rose Byrne as Gloria Steinem (April 15: “Gloria”)
The de facto leader of the season-long and decade-spanning campaign to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment,...
- 4/8/2020
- by Riley Chow
- Gold Derby
We know the adage that if we don’t learn from history, we’re doomed to repeat it. And as we live through this current dark timeline you’d assume it’d be too much to watch a nine-episode series about the continued oppression of women and the creation of the political divide we’re seeing play out today. In reality, what creator Dahvi Waller does with “Mrs. America” is tell a story about the numerous ways to be a woman — and that lack of unity is what ultimately keeps us divided. The A-list directors and cast do their part to create a work with so many moving parts, so many storylines and nuances worthy of their own series, that the series could easily lend itself to a book of essays.
Taking place between 1971-1980, it’s remarkable that each episode packs in so much history in a way that never feels superfluous.
Taking place between 1971-1980, it’s remarkable that each episode packs in so much history in a way that never feels superfluous.
- 4/2/2020
- by Kristen Lopez
- Indiewire
Throughout the 1970s, the movement to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment was a major force in the American political landscape. The movement was supported by many women of the era, including second-wave feminists Gloria Steinem, Betty Friedan, Shirley Chisholm, Bella Abzug, and Jill Ruckelshaus, but they received an unexpected backlash led by a conservative woman named Phyllis Schlafly, who believed that the Era would take away gender-specific privileges enjoyed by women. FX will be exploring this…...
- 3/17/2020
- by Kevin Fraser
- JoBlo.com
On March 4th, Rolling Stone hosted its second annual Women Shaping the Future event, celebrating, raising, and honoring the influential female voices in culture. The event was the first to take place at the new Edge venue in Hudson Yards, which overlooks New York City.
To kick of the intimate conversations for the audience in attendance, Rolling Stone‘s entertainment editor Maria Fontoura invited actress Uzo Aduba to the stage to discuss her achievements (she won two Emmys for her role as “Crazy Eyes” on Orange Is the New Black...
To kick of the intimate conversations for the audience in attendance, Rolling Stone‘s entertainment editor Maria Fontoura invited actress Uzo Aduba to the stage to discuss her achievements (she won two Emmys for her role as “Crazy Eyes” on Orange Is the New Black...
- 3/13/2020
- by Rolling Stone
- Rollingstone.com
Birds of Prey (And the Fabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
Margot Robbie returns as Harley Quinn. This time, she’s broken up with her ex-boyfriend the Joker, and even though she claims she’s back on her feet, her junk food binge says otherwise. Her pity party comes to a halt when she realizes villain Black Mask is out to get a young girl named Cass. Harley rallies a fierce criminal girl-squad (Huntress, Black Canary, and Renee Montoya) to stop him, causing chaos and performing a burlesque number along the way.
Margot Robbie returns as Harley Quinn. This time, she’s broken up with her ex-boyfriend the Joker, and even though she claims she’s back on her feet, her junk food binge says otherwise. Her pity party comes to a halt when she realizes villain Black Mask is out to get a young girl named Cass. Harley rallies a fierce criminal girl-squad (Huntress, Black Canary, and Renee Montoya) to stop him, causing chaos and performing a burlesque number along the way.
- 1/11/2020
- by Natalli Amato
- Rollingstone.com
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