Dietland (TV series)

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Dietland
Genre Dark comedy [1]
Created by Marti Noxon
Based on Dietland
by Sarai Walker
Starring
ComposerFil Eisler
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes10 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
Production companies
Release
Original network AMC
Original releaseJune 4 (2018-06-04) –
July 30, 2018 (2018-07-30)

Dietland is an American dark comedy drama television series [1] 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 [2] with back to back episodes on June 4, 2018. [3]

Contents

On September 20, 2018, AMC announced that the series had been cancelled. [4] The series had persistently low ratings. The show averaged a mere 203,000 viewers among the advertiser-coveted adults 18-48 demographics — with three days of DVR. [5]

Cast and characters

Main

Recurring

Episodes

No.TitleDirected byTeleplay byOriginal air dateU.S. viewers
(millions)
1"Pilot" Marti Noxon Marti NoxonJune 4, 2018 (2018-06-04)0.668 [7]
2"Tender Belly"Marti NoxonMarti NoxonJune 4, 2018 (2018-06-04)0.668 [7]
3"Y Not" Michael Trim Jacqueline HoytJune 11, 2018 (2018-06-11)0.490 [8]
4"F... This"Michael Trim Nancy Fichman & Jennifer Hoppe-House June 18, 2018 (2018-06-18)0.449 [9]
5"Plum Tuckered" Amy York Rubin Matt ShireJune 25, 2018 (2018-06-25)0.409 [10]
6"Belly of the Beast"Amy York Rubin Janine Nabers July 2, 2018 (2018-07-02)0.403 [11]
7"Monster High" Helen Shaver Marshall HeymanJuly 9, 2018 (2018-07-09)0.342 [12]
8"Rad Fatties"Helen ShaverNancy Fichman & Jennifer Hoppe-HouseJuly 16, 2018 (2018-07-16)0.314 [13]
9"Woman Down" Liesl Tommy Jacqueline Hoyt & Marti NoxonJuly 23, 2018 (2018-07-23)0.285 [14]
10"Bedwomb"Marti NoxonMarti NoxonJuly 30, 2018 (2018-07-30)0.300 [15]

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." [16] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 66 out of 100 based on 22 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [17]

Ratings

Viewership and ratings per episode of Dietland
No.TitleAir date Rating
(18–49)		Viewers
(millions)		DVR viewers
(millions)		Total viewers
(millions)
1"Pilot"June 4, 20180.160.668 [7] 0.2530.921 [18]
2"Tender Belly"June 4, 20180.160.668 [7] 0.2530.921 [18]
3"Y Not"June 11, 20180.110.490 [8] 0.2740.764 [19]
4"F... This"June 18, 20180.110.449 [9] 0.3140.763 [20]
5"Plum Tuckered"June 25, 20180.100.409 [10] 0.2460.655 [21]
6"Belly of the Beast"July 2, 20180.090.403 [11] 0.3000.703 [22]
7"Monster High"July 9, 20180.090.342 [12] 0.2630.605 [23]
8"Rad Fatties"July 16, 20180.080.314 [13] 0.2840.598 [24]
9"Woman Down"July 23, 20180.060.285 [14] 0.2170.503 [25]
10"Bedwomb"July 30, 20180.080.300 [15] 0.2370.537 [26]

Talk show

A late-night companion talk show was released after the episodes from Embassy Row, AMC Studios and Uncharted, created and hosted by Aisha Tyler on June 6, 2018 to June 30, 2018. [27]

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