10 of the best TV shows to watch this February

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9. Gray House

Set during the Civil War, this historical drama is inspired by the true stories of four very different Southern women: a socialite and her mother, a courtesan, and a former slave. They become spies for the Union Army, secretly sending information from within the Confederate Army. Mary Louise Parker plays Eliza Van Lew, but the story focuses on Eliza’s daughter Elizabeth (Daisy Head) and former slave Mary Jane Richards (Amethyst Davis). This ambitious series features combat scenes in addition to espionage, and is entirely directed by Roland Joffé (The Killing Fields). The show, executive produced by Kevin Costner and Morgan Freeman, is also one of many recent period dramas to feature contemporary music, with country singers such as Willie Nelson and Shania Twain contributing to the soundtrack.

“The Gray House” will premiere worldwide on Prime Video on February 26th.

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10. Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette

Real romance or exploitation? The story of the meeting, marriage, and death of John, a heir to the golden age of the Kennedy dynasty, and Carolyn, a beautiful former publicist for Calvin Klein, takes place 27 years after they died in a plane crash piloted by JFK Jr. The miniseries starred Paul Kelly and Sarah Pidgeon, relatively unknown characters who bear a vague resemblance to the real-life characters, in key roles. The rest of the cast includes familiar faces, including Naomi Watts (who died before her son’s marriage and never met Carolyn) as Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Alessandro Nivola as Klein, and Grace Gummer as Caroline Kennedy. The program creator is ryan murphyAnd despite their glossy romance, the couple’s reportedly heated arguments never surface. Caroline’s son Jack Schlossberg has already criticized the incident. said on Instagram The show allegedly “profited off” of his uncle’s life and death in a “grotesque way”, and the post sparked a row between him and Murphy in the media. asserted Schlossberg’s comments. posed a “threat to my personal safety”;

A Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessette will premiere on February 12th on FX and Hulu in the US and February 13th on Disney+ in the UK.

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