44 | JULY 15 • 2021
VIRGIN RIVER 3RD SEASON,
CNN FUNNY AND SERIOUS
The third season of the
Netflix original series Virgin
River began streaming July
9. It ranks as one of the most
popular series on Netflix. The
title refers to a (fictional) rural
Oregon town where the series
is set. The first season deftly
juggled humor with dramatic
scenes. The acting was very
good. Like many series, the
second season faltered as
the plot lines got more soap
opera-ish. I haven’t seen the
third season yet, and I just
hope it will return to its first
season form.
Connie, an important recur-
ring character, runs the town’s
general store. Tara, Connie’s
granddaughter, is a recurring
character who first appears
in the third season. Tara is
played by Stacey Farber,
33, who grew-up in Toronto.
Like many young Canadians,
she got her start with a big
role on the popular Canadian
series Degrassi: The Next
Generation.
The eight-part original CNN
series, History of the Sitcom,
began last Sunday and new
episodes premiere Sundays
at 9 p.m. It features 180 inter-
views with famous sitcom
figures, including the late Carl
Reiner, Norman Lear, Lisa
Kudrow, Jason Alexander,
Mel Brooks, Judd Apatow,
Dan Levy and Chuck Lorre.
Another CNN original series,
Jerusalem: City of Faith and
Fury, begins on Sunday, July
18, at 10 p.m. This six-part
series covers the city’s history
from Biblical times until the
present. It is narrated by actor
Ewan McGregor (McGregor’s
ex-wife is Jewish. They have
four daughters, and they were
raised Jewish).
My Unorthodox Life, an orig-
inal Netflix reality show, began
streaming July 14. The series
centers around the personal
and professional life of fash-
ion mogul Julia Haart, 50ish.
Haart, the mother of four, left
her life in a hasidic sect to
become the head of a major
modeling empire. In dress and
conduct, she is no longer a
typical hasidic woman. Much
of the series focuses on the
contrast between the former
hasidic lifestyle of her and her
children and their current life-
styles.
The first episode of the third
season of Miracle Workers,
a TBS comedy/drama series,
premiered July 13 (encore
showings every day on TBS
and Hulu+ through the 19th).
Each Miracle Workers season
stands alone. The first season
featured two angels, played
by Daniel Radcliffe, 31, and
Steve Buscemi. It was based
on a novel by Simon Rich, 37.
The second season, which
is streaming on Hulu+, also
starred Buscemi and Radcliffe,
but in different roles. It was
set during the Dark Ages and
was based on a Rich short
story. The third season finds
Radcliffe playing an idealistic
small-town preacher who
teams up with a wanted out-
law (Buscemi) as they try and
lead a wagon train across the
country on the Oregon Trail
(1844).
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