“Ballsy and Bold”: Series Mania Signals TV’s Quality Reset

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For an industry still recalibrating after the boom and bust of Peak TV, this year’s Series Mania offered that rarest of commodities: Hope.

The executive side may have lacked some of its usual star power — there were no U.S. network chiefs or global streaming bosses among this year’s keynote speakers — but the festival’s official lineup ranked among its strongest in years.

Series Mania got off to stellar start with The TestamentsHulu‘s The Handmaiden’s Tale sequel starring One Battle After Another breakout Chase Infiniti — and never looked back, with edgy, boundary-pushing shows from around the world and across all genres. Highlights included The Audacity, AMC‘s Silicon Valley satire from Succession producer Jonathan Glatzer; The Flaws, a German office sitcom that takes its inspiration from Buster Keaton-style silent film comedy; and My Brother, a Swedish family drama that’s as dark and bleak as a Nordic

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