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  • 2017
  • TV-MA
  • FX
  • 2017
  • TV-MA
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Summary The first season of Ryan Murphy-produced anthology series focuses on how Joan Crawford (Jessica Lange) and Bette Davis (Susan Sarandon). The second season is about Truman Capote (Tom Hollander) and his swans: Barbara "Babe" Paley (Naomi Watts), Slim Keith (Diane Lane), C.Z. Guest (Chloë Sevigny), and Lee Radziwill (Calista Flockhart).

Created By: Jaffe Cohen, Ryan Murphy, Michael Zam

  • 2017
  • TV-MA
  • FX
  • 2017
  • TV-MA
  • FX

FEUD

Season 1 Premiere: Mar 5, 2017
Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 80 Critic Reviews
77
User Score Universal Acclaim Based on 162 User Ratings
8.6
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Summary The first season of Ryan Murphy-produced anthology series focuses on how Joan Crawford (Jessica Lange) and Bette Davis (Susan Sarandon). The second season is about Truman Capote (Tom Hollander) and his swans: Barbara "Babe" Paley (Naomi Watts), Slim Keith (Diane Lane), C.Z. Guest (Chloë Sevigny), and Lee Radziwill (Calista Flockhart).

Created By: Jaffe Cohen, Ryan Murphy, Michael Zam

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 80 Critic Reviews
77
80% Positive
64 Reviews
18% Mixed
14 Reviews
3% Negative
2 Reviews

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 80 Critic Reviews
77
80% Positive
64 Reviews
18% Mixed
14 Reviews
3% Negative
2 Reviews

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100
Apr 17, 2024
It’s such an immersive performance [by Tom Hollander] that you’ll feel as if you’ve moved in with this compelling Capote. .... Jon Robin Baitz’s script endows a sad, meandering saga with novelistic depth and shimmering intensity.
By Jasper Rees FULL REVIEW
90
Feb 15, 2024
Even at its darkest, Feud fascinates with its dissection of a waning social order. .... And what performances. [19 Feb - 10 Mar 2024, p.4]
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Universal Acclaim Based on 162 User Ratings
8.6
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147 Ratings
3% Mixed
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6% Negative
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Universal Acclaim Based on 162 User Ratings
8.6
91% Positive
147 Ratings
3% Mixed
5 Ratings
6% Negative
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Lokichan
Feb 15, 2022
It’s a shame that both of the actresses didn’t get any award for this series
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10
ricardocamorim
Oct 31, 2020
Jessica and Susan are both amazing actresses playing a well written script. The story by itself may not be as fascinating as you'd wish, but when displaying on a tv show with two incredible actress it becomes the most amazing show of recent years.
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83
Mar 1, 2017
Subtext is an Achilles’ heel that The People V. O.J. Simpson finally healed for Murphy, and though Bette And Joan doesn’t represent a full recovery, it lands some clever jabs at the status quo through depictions of the stars’ insecurities and beauty regimens.
By Erik Adams FULL REVIEW
80
Mar 3, 2017
Its deft and satisfying first few episodes should please both the voyeurs and the feminists, and more importantly highlight how the two groups can overlap.
By Spencer Kornhaber FULL REVIEW
75
Feb 23, 2017
Bette and Joan is at its canniest when contrasting Bette and Joan's respective vanities, understanding that Bette's has aged better than Joan's, and that Joan was misguidedly devising, in Baby Jane, the rules that would enable her own upstaging.
By Chuck Bowen FULL REVIEW
60
Jan 31, 2024
Relieved though I am that “Swans” steers clear of postmortem hagiography, this excavation into how some gossipy friends turned on one another is juicy but a tad forgettable — which is, perhaps, exactly what gossip should be.
By Lili Loofbourow FULL REVIEW
30
Feb 2, 2024
If only it were fun. The season’s fatal flaw, though, isn’t its mawkishness or its self-seriousness but its lack of sufficient plot to sustain eight episodes. .... It’s a story about a squandering of talent that wastes its own potential.
By Inkoo Kang FULL REVIEW
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10
stevesurkov
Dec 28, 2019
The best tv series of 2017! I absolutely love the first season and rewatch it for a few times a year. Thank Ryan, Jessica and Susan!
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brockcheese
May 20, 2019
Stunningly acted by the two leading ladies this show shows the corruption and scandal of 50s Hollywood.
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Production Company:
  • Plan B Entertainment
  • Ryan Murphy Productions
  • Fox 21 Television Studios
  • 20th Television
Initial Release Date: Mar 5, 2017
Number of seasons: 2 Seasons
Rating: TV-MA
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Awards

Golden Globes, USA
• 4 Nominations
Online Film & Television Association
• 2 Wins & 18 Nominations
Primetime Emmy Awards
• 2 Wins & 18 Nominations

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