''Dietland'' is an American

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television series created by

Marti Noxon Martha Mills Noxon (born August 25, 1964) is an American television and film writer, director, and producer. She is best known for her work as a screenwriter and executive producer on the supernatural drama series ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' ...

, 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 a mere 203,000 viewers among the advertiser-coveted adults 18-48 demographics — with three days of DVR.

Cast and characters

Main

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as Alicia "Plum" Kettle *

Tamara Tunie Tamara Tunie (born March 14, 1959) is an American film, stage, and television actress, director, and producer. She is best known for her roles as attorney Jessica Griffin on the CBS soap opera ''As the World Turns'' (1987–1995, 2000–2007, 2009 ...

as Julia Smith *

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as Verena Baptist * Rowena King as Cheryl Crane-Murphy *

Adam Rothenberg Adam Rothenberg (born June 20, 1975) is an American actor, best known for his role as Capt. Homer Jackson in the BBC One drama mystery series ''Ripper Street'' (2012–16). In film, he has starred in ''Mad Money'' (2008) as Bob Truman, ''Tennessee ...

as Dominic O'Shea *

Erin Darke Erin Constance-Maja Darke is an American actress. She is known for her role as Cindy in the TV series ''Good Girls Revolt''. She also plays Mary in ''The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel'' and Leeta in the AMC series ''Dietland (TV series), Dietland''. She ...

as Leeta Albridge *Ricardo Davila as Eladio *

Tramell Tillman Tramell Tillman (born June 17, 1985) is an American actor. He is known for his role as Seth Milchick in the Apple TV+ series '' Severance'' (2022–). Personal life Tillman grew up in Largo, Maryland, in the Washington metropolitan area, and h ...

as Steven *Will Seefried as Ben *

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as Kitty Montgomery

Recurring

* Melissa Navia as Moana *

Debra Monk Debra Monk (born February 27, 1949) is an American actress, singer, and writer, best known for her performances on the Broadway stage. She earned her first Tony Award for the 1993 production of ''Redwood Curtain'' and won an Emmy Award for sev ...

as Mrs Kettle *

Dariush Kashani Dariush Kashani is an American film, stage and television actor. Kashani gained critical acclaim for his role as Hassan Asfour in the 2017 Tony Award winning production of the Broadway play ''Oslo'' which went on to include a full sweep of the 20 ...

as Clive * Alanna Ubach as Marlowe Buchanan *Ami Sheth as Sana *

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as Stanley Austen *Jen Ponton as Rubi *

Kelly Hu Kelly Ann Hu (born February 13, 1968 ) is an American actress, voice artist, former fashion model and beauty queen who was Miss Teen USA 1985 and Miss Hawaii USA 1993. Hu starred as Dr. Rae Chang on the American television soap opera '' Sunset ...

as Abra Austen *

Marc Blucas Marcus Paul Blucas (born January 11, 1972) is an American actor. Prior to his acting career, he played college basketball with the Wake Forest Demon Deacons. He had his first starring role as soldier and love interest Riley Finn on the WB super ...

as Bobby *Mark Tallman as Jake *

Mya Taylor Mya Taylor (born March 28, 1991) is an American actress and singer. She is best known for her role as Alexandra in the 2015 film ''Tangerine'' for which she won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female. Early life Mya Taylor was b ...

as Barbara *

Colby Minifie Colby Minifie (born January 31, 1992) is an American actress. She began acting at the age of eleven and was a YoungArts scholar; she graduated from the City University of New York The City University of New York ( CUNY; , ) is the public univ ...

as Jasmine *

Laura Darrell Laura Darrell is an American actress, singer, and audiobook narrator best known for the recurring roles of Anna in the TV series '' Dietland'' and Sister Lee in the TV series '' Happy!''. In theater Laura is best known for originating the role o ...

as Anna *Karen Eilbacher as Jillian

Episodes

Reception

Critical response

On the

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, 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 Metacritic is a website that aggregates reviews of films, TV shows, music albums, video games and formerly, books. For each product, the scores from each review are averaged (a weighted average). Metacritic was created by Jason Dietz, Marc ...

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

Ratings

References

External links

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