We tend to forget, now that the streaming service has a plethora of original series, that Netflix really started to hit its stride with original content thanks to “House of Cards” and “Orange is the New Black.” The latter of those series is the brainchild of “Weeds” creator Jenji Kohan, who has gone on to help spearhead another Netflix hit, “GLOW.” Now, she lends her creativity (and all-important name) to the upcoming series “American Princess.”

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“American Princess,” as the name suggests, is about an American socialite (we don’t have princesses, silly) who falls on hard times and has to take a job at a Renaissance Fair.

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If you came to “UnREAL” well after its first season aired, you’d be forgiven. Lifetime wasn’t exactly known for prestige television, and a scripted look behind the scenes at a “The Bachelor”-type show didn’t seem to have the pedigree required to distract people from whatever series led by another white male antihero they were obsessed with at the time. Co-created by Marti Noxon and Sarah Gertrude Shapiro, the first year of the show built buzz week after week and in the months since it aired with a combo of juicy drama, cutting dialogue and insightful satire.

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Watch: Full Trailer For Will Ferrell & Kristin Wigg’s Ridiculous Lifetime Spoof ‘A Deadly Adoption’

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