“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” hasn’t even debuted its second season yet, but it’s already received a third. According to Variety, Amy Sherman-Palladino’s period comedy got the go-ahead for Season 3 from Amazon following its Peabody win Saturday night. Accepting the award, Sherman-Palladino jokingly addressed the streamer: “You’re going to give [another season] to us because we’re bringing home the fancy thing, right?”
“Maisel” stars Rachel Brosnahan in the titular role. The ’50s-set series centers on a young housewife and mother who embarks on a career in stand-up comedy after her husband, a wannabe comedian himself, walks out. Earlier this year the show won two Golden Globes, Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy and Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy for Brosnahan.
“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’s” eight-episode first season dropped last November, and Season 2 will bow later in 2018. The second and third seasons are expected to be 10 episodes each.
“The thing that drew me to this role is that I’ve never played a woman so unapologetically confident. Midge is an amazing woman,” Brosnahan has said. “There’s still an illusion that women can do it all and that’s horse shit. We’re expected to talk about ambition quietly.” She added, “Midge is inspired by women I’ve loved dearly. My grandmother was one of the women who said she wasn’t a feminist. But she worked. She got divorced. She didn’t recognize that she was breaking boundaries.”