In today’s episode of Bingeworthy, our TV and streaming podcast, host Mike DeAngelo sways to the rhythm of a sweet duet with Showtime’s mini-series, “George & Tammy.” Created by Abe Sylvia (“The Eyes of Tammy Faye,” “Nurse Jackie,” The Affair”), the six-episode mini-series dives into the true tumultuous whirlwind romance between famous country musicians George Jones (Michael Shannon) and Tammy Wynette (Jessica Chastain).

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Unlike its sister categories, Outstanding Drama Series and Outstanding Comedy Series, the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series has just five slots to fill. That means a competitive race that always leaves some worthy programs on the outside looking in. The good news for potential contenders is that “The White Lotus” has graduated to Drama Series, and the category is the most wide-open it’s been in years.

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It’s been a truly stellar year for television, with each new month providing ample opportunities to immerse ourselves in superb storytelling as the “to watch” list grows longer by the day. Most of the tentpole series have come and gone, with the major IP of Marvel, “Star Wars,” “The Lord of the Rings,” and “Game of Thrones” and their spinoffs all dominating a large part of the conversation.

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At the risk of repeating ourselves, though we do encourage you to read our intro and list of the Best TV Shows & Mini-Series of 2021, there is a lot of television out there and it’s only growing. And growing immensely. With the advent of the streaming age and then the super-charged streaming age of the last two/three years. In trying to catch up to Netflix, Disney+ launched November 2019, AppleTV+ and HBO Max weren’t far behind and now pretty much every company in movies and television has its own streaming network.

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Jessica Chastain is not only one of the best actors working today, she is also one who chooses really interesting projects to work on. Earlier this year, she appeared as Tammy Faye Bakker in the biopic “The Eyes of Tammy Faye,” where she is almost unrecognizable as the infamous televangelist. And according to her social media, it appears Chastain is already jumping into another biopic project, her long-in-development “George and Tammy” series, which has an even more exciting cast than we initially realized.

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Jessica Chastain is heading to TV. And she’s going to play one of the most iconic country music singers of all time.

According to Variety, Chastain is set to star in “George & Tammy,” a new limited series that will follow the life of Tammy Wynette and her marriage with fellow country music star, George Jones. Chastain will play Wynette in the upcoming streaming series, which will debut exclusively on Spectrum’s platform for nine months before heading to on ViacomCBS’ forthcoming streaming service and Paramount Network.

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