Dietland is an American dark comedy drama television series created by Marti Noxon, based on the 2015 novel of the same name by Sarai Walker. The straight-to-series 10-episode first season premiered on AMC with back to back episodes on June 4, 2018.
On September 20, 2018, AMC announced that the series had been cancelled. The series had persistently low ratings. The show averaged 203,000 viewers among the advertiser-coveted adults 18-48 demographics — with three days of DVR.
Premise Alicia "Plum" Kettle (Joy Nash), a ghostwriter at a New York fashion magazine, struggles with self-image and is treated poorly by her boss, Kitty Montgomery (Julianna Margulies). While awaiting an appointment for weight loss surgery, Plum is recruited by a radical feminist cabal. Meanwhile, men who have been accused of sexual abuse and assault are mysteriously turning up dead.
Cast and characters Main Joy Nash as Alicia "Plum" Kettle Tamara Tunie as Julia Smith Robin Weigert as Verena Baptist Rowena King as Cheryl Crane-Murphy Adam Rothenberg as Dominic O'Shea Erin Darke as Leeta Albridge Ricardo Davila as Eladio Tramell Tillman as Steven Will Seefried as Ben Julianna Margulies as Kitty Montgomery
Recurring Melissa Navia as Moana Debra Monk as Mrs Kettle Dariush Kashani as Clive Alanna Ubach as Marlowe Buchanan Ami Sheth as Sana Campbell Scott as Stanley Austen Jen Ponton as Rubi Kelly Hu as Abra Austen Marc Blucas as Bobby Mark Tallman as Jake Mya Taylor as Barbara Colby Minifie as Jasmine Laura Darrell as Anna Karen Eilbacher as Jillian
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Reception
Critical response On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the series has an approval rating of 83% based on 52 reviews, with an average rating of 6.8/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "The well-acted Dietland delivers timely and engaging social commentary with enough humor and scathing wit to make up for an occasionally scattered narrative approach." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 66 out of 100 based on 22 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".
Ratings
Talk show A late-night companion talk show was released after the episodes from Embassy Row, AMC Studios and Uncharted. It was created and hosted by Aisha Tyler from June 6 to June 30, 2018.
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