''Blue'' is an American drama

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created by Rodrigo García and starring

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. The pilot episode aired on June 11, 2012. It originally aired on the

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channel on

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but eventually streamed on

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, Fox.com, and WIGS' own website for its third season, which takes the form of four long-form episodes lasting 40–60 minutes rather than the shorter episodes of the first two seasons. Since its release, ''Blue'' has garnered several accolades, including a

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nomination in 2013, Art Directors Guild Award nomination for Production Design - (Myers) in 2014, and three

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, for Best Director – Drama ( García) in 2014 and Best Actress – Drama ( Stiles) in 2013 and 2014.

Plot

Blue (

) is a mother living in Los Angeles with a secret life as a

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. She’ll do anything to keep it from her son Josh (

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). But her past has other plans.

Cast

Main

Others

Television broadcasts

For television broadcast the series has been edited into 10 one-hour-long episodes (with the first six made up of compilations of the short-form shows), and airs on Lifetime's international channels (including the UK and Africa). The dates below correspond to their first airdates in Britain. The series premiered in the United States on LMN on July 8, 2016 under the title ''Blue: A Secret Life''. Each compilation is named after a line of dialogue. The webisodes are not all used in the order they were shown online. Julia Stiles does not appear in webisodes marked with an asterisk. In the United States, LMN aired the contents of the third season over five compilation episodes titled "Call Me Francine", "Take Off Your Clothes", "A History of Anxiety", "Your Favorite Client", and "Choices".

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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