The Vulture TV Podcast

The Handmaid's Tale & Books as Television in 2017

The Vulture TV Podcast

Show Notes

From Big Little Lies to 13 Reasons Why to The Handmaid's Tale, we're talkin' book to television adaptations. The Vulture TV hosts run through the books that made television series debuts in 2017-- they discuss how these stories have to change for TV, whether it looks like series is the new model over movies, and what makes an adaptation work. Plus, some insight into how this played with Hulu's The Handmaid's Tale and American Gods.

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