Netflix has plumbed the depths of teen TV. They have shows about autistic high schoolers and British sexuality and a girl who can explode football players with her brain. But they don’t often venture into full-tilt, high-budget fantasy yet. Their female protagonists rarely wield swords. Enter “Cursed,” the streaming service’s first dalliance with Arthurian legend.

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In this retelling, based on Tom Wheeler and Frank Miller’s novel of the same name, plenty of familiar names pop up: Merlin, Arthur, Morgana.

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Television has provided a rare constant in a tumultuous 2020. While the film industry was sidelined as theaters closed and studio films pushed out their release dates, the television release schedule remained largely the same. This has meant that already there have been plenty of shows that, by years end time, would make a worthwhile, diverse and eclectic list.

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It will be interesting to see how the back half of the year goes with television series that had to cut short their film schedule but, for now, things seem to be going along well with plenty of new series premiering in July.

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What do you do when “13 Reasons Why” is over, “The Witcher” is on hiatus and you want to stay in both the Katherine Langford and swords and sorcerers business? If you’re Netflix, you combine the two, with “Cursed,” which is a re-imagination of an Arthurian legend and all features their fetching young star.

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Created by comic book legend and filmmaker Frank Miller and Thomas Wheeler, “Cursed” is a reimagining of the Arthurian legend told from the perspective of Nimue (Katherine Langford).

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Can you alter a legend? Netflix is willing to explore the answer as they bring to life the popular book “Cursed.” The usual Arthurian tales place the Lady of the Lake in the position of an enchantress, giving her a secondary role to King Arthur and his male counterparts. In this retelling, Nimue takes center stage as she finds herself gifted with a mysterious sword and the potentially dangerous aspects of a quest to find Merlin.

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As documented in our Best TV of The 2010 Decade feature, which you should read, the 2010s were the age of PeakTV, Prestige TV and the dawn of the streaming age. Now in this new decade of the 2020s, we enter the Streaming War era. Yes, Netflix is here and here to stay, HBO isn’t going anywhere and Showtime, FX and all the other major players are solidified in status.

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