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“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” (Season 4) After two excruciatingly long, lonely years, the realization of the fourth season of this Amazon Original series is nigh! Emmy and Golden Globe winner Rachel Brosnahan returns to the groundbreaking role of Midge Maisel, the bold, fashionable and quick-witted stand-up comedian shaking up smoky comedy clubs in the late 1950s. When last we saw Midge, she had just been cut from opening for singer Shy Baldwin’s concert tour after some of her jokes exposed Baldwin’s private love preference. Devastated, she and plucky manager Susie (played by Alex Borstein) are left standing on the airport tarmac, suddenly jobless. Worse yet, Midge had recently ended her engagement to dreamy doctor Benjamin in order to pursue her career. Loveless, incomeless and with multiple people relying on her livelihood, Midge has a lot to figure out this season. Premieres Feb. 18. (Prime Video)
“Icahn: The Restless Billionaire” – From his modest beginnings in the borough of Queens to earning high honors at Princeton University, and eventually becoming the most feared man on Wall Street, corporate shaker-upper Carl Icahn has a long history of ingenuity and brilliance. So why is a man who has overtaken and sold countless corporations and amassed a person fortune of over $16 billion never satisfied? Watch and find out. (HBOMax)
Scene from “The Wonderful Winter of Mickey Mouse” (Disney+ photo)
“The Wonderful Winter of Mickey Mouse” – If you enjoy watching others participate in winter sports and fun, but the Olympics are too competitive for your taste, glide on over to Disney+. This new winter-themed special stars Mickey and Minnie skating, skiing and romping, but a lot of the old Disney gang make appearances, too. The program’s animation has an old-school look to the characters, so artistic aficionados will enjoy that aspect. This special is a sequel to “The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse” and will be followed by other seasonal adventure episodes later this year. (Disney+) Premieres Feb. 18.
“Fishbowl Wives” – Cross one of the “Real Housewives” franchises with a Japanese anime-style comic-book story and this is the result. Six women in what they believe are marriages with their perfect soulmates all live in one luxury high-rise building. One by one, each finds herself cheating on her marriage, and each is tormented by their own actions and the demise of the lives they were building. This is a very adult show in theme and situations, so take heed if kids are within viewing distance (subtitles don’t hide nudity!). (Netflix)
“Lincoln’s Dilemma” – Narrated by Jeffrey Wright, this four-part documentary series explores the plight of President Abraham Lincoln to end slavery at any cost, and what that meant to different populations and locations of the United States at the time. Addressing not only the effect on enslaved people, but economic and humanitarian aspects as well, the series is based on a variety of scholarly and journalistic sources and includes an array of archival artifacts. Also starring Leslie Odom, Jr. as Frederick Douglass and Bill Camp as Lincoln. Premieres Feb. 18. (Apple TV+)
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