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Tom perrotta the leftovers review6/24/2023 An HBO premiere, more than those at any other network or streaming service, is an Event. If these are the shows HBO discards, the reasoning goes (and the network reinforces this by refusing to let other networks take over its projects once it’s paid for a pilot), the ones that actually make the cut must truly be special. A comedy inspired by blogger Nikki Finke, with Diane Keaton in the Finke role and Ellen Page as her assistant? No thanks. An adaptation of Jonathan Franzen’s The Corrections, directed by Noah Baumbach and with a cast headed by Maggie Gyllenhaal and Ewan McGregor? Not good enough. Part of the HBO mystique–what helps keep it so not-TV-ish–is the caliber of shows it doesn’t put on the air. THE LEFTOVERS: Sunday 10PM on HBO – Potential DVR Alert
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