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Tudors, The
Season Two
SERIES: Showtime, Sunday 9:00p (60 minutes)


9.2

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Starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Natalie Dormer, Henry Cavill, Jeremy Northam, Maria Doyle Kennedy, James Frain, Nick Dunning, and Peter O’Toole

Heads will roll in the second season of The Tudors. Henry and Anne are king and queen, but this stops neither Henry's roving eye nor his suspicion of those closest to him.

GENRE(S):	Drama
CREATED BY:	Michael Hirst
FIRST AIR DATE:	March 30, 2008

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San Francisco Chronicle Tim Goodman

Hirst, Rhys Meyers and the rest of the cast (and Bergin's costumes) make it all somehow meatier but no less entertaining in Season 2.

USA Today Robert Bianco

The Tudors comes back enriched and improved.

Hollywood Reporter Ray Richmond

The acting here is first-rate, the details sharp and the cinematography superb. In other words, Tudors hasn't lost a step.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Rob Owen

The sexy, sudsy historical drama returns without missing a beat.

New York Magazine John Leonard

The Reformation is what this equally entertaining second season is about, plus ditching the brunette, Anne Boleyn (Natalie Dormer), in favor of the blonde, Jane Seymour (Anita Briem).

TV Guide Matt Roush

I find I’m even more enthralled by Showtime’s costume melodrama The Tudors than I was a year ago.

Philadelphia Inquirer Jonathan Storm

The Tudors is loads of addictive fun, filled with intrigue, the delicious papal stylings of Peter O'Toole, and that old stand-by, hot sex.

New York Daily News David Hinckley

The acting, led by Rhys Meyers, is solid. The costumes and production are good and the dialogue smooth, though one wonders if clergy in the 16th century really used the word "newfangled."

New York Post Linda Stasi

It's not quite as randy--it's become less of a soap and more of a historical drama. This is not to say it's not great.

Philadelphia Daily News Ellen Gray

This is a season of politics and principles, of might and martyrdom. If you're here just for the sex, you're likely to be disappointed, unless the trysts of relatively minor characters interest you as much as Henry's.

Variety Brian Lowry

Mixing equal parts court intrigue with Calvin Klein ad, the series falls short of greatness.

The New York Times Ginia Bellafante

The paradox of The Tudors is that it takes on one of the most powerful and protested institutions in human history--the Catholic Church during the Renaissance--and provides little sense of what the English people have to gain or lose by breaking with it.

Time James Poniewozik

The tumult of Henry VIII's reign, especially the schism between him and the Catholic Church, is rich material, and the soap opera of his multiple wives is naturally absorbing: it's just a crime that Showtime couldn't do better with the material than the thinly written eye candy it came up with.

Entertainment Weekly Gillian Flynn

Henry and Anne nag and harp and tongue each other. It's like asking us to root for a particularly vapid reality TV couple.

Chicago Tribune Maureen Ryan

This is one historical drama that takes itself far more seriously than it deserves to, given the quality of the writing and the flatness of many performances.

Salon Heather Havrilesky

While the show's portrayals of King Henry VIII and Cardinal Wolsey and Lady Anne Boleyn feel reasonably vivid, there's a flatness to them, as if it's enough to merely tell the story convincingly and make everyone look damn good in corsets and puffy sleeves along the way.

The average user rating for this tv show is 9.2 (out of 10) based on 35 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

sean f. gave it a10:
Great writing. absolute fantastic writing all round especially king henry. Very engaging series. Cant wait for the next one.

Lynnette gave it a10:
Fantastic series, original ideas on how to tell the life of Henry, great performances from all leading cast and really addictive. I will be looking forward to the next series for sure.

kaley F. gave it a10:
I LOVE this show! It's not always completely accurate but who cares! The actors are amazing. Best show on TV for sure!

Kasey D gave it a10:
Amazing show. The 2nd season was way more accurate than the first. Jonathan Rhys Myers, Natalie Dormer and Jeremy Northam all give amazing performances. I am in love with this show.

Jose-Ignacio P gave it a10:
Amazing show, it´s great. The cast was superb. History comes alive!

Trudy M. gave it a10:
2nd season was amazing!!! If you haven't seen it watch it. You will be hooked. Jonathan Rhys Meyers is the hottest actor out there.

Latrice R. gave it a10:
THE BEST EVER!!!! LOVE THE TUDORS!!!! Great Actors, Beautiful Scenes, Beautiful Costumes.Please keep making more of these type series. And Please bring back THE TUDORS SOON!!!!

Tudors, The Season Two SERIES: Showtime, Sunday 9:00p (60 minutes)

Tudors, The
Season Two
SERIES: Showtime, Sunday 9:00p (60 minutes)