How is it possible that Apple TV’s high-budget “Palm Royale” doesn’t work? With this insanely talented cast and trendy concept, it should be a slam dunk, right? The main reason it’s not is a depressingly common one in today’s TV and streaming landscape: It’s the wrong length. Like so many recent projects, it wears out its welcome with narrative diversions that don’t work and subplots that sag in the middle of the season to the point where it becomes impossible to care.

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What does it take to join high society? Maxine Simmons is about to find out in “Palm Royale.” The Apple TV+ series follows Simmons as she challenges societal divides and her own perceptions of fitting in. Set during the late ‘60s, the project examines this tumultuous period from a female perspective. ‘Royale” is loosely based on Juliet McDaniel’s novel “Mr.

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Our handy yearly feature of the Most Anticipated TV Shows & Mini-Series Of 2024 comes into play once more. And pretty high on the list is the highly anticipated Palm Beach-set series “Palm Royale,” an Apple TV+ comedy series from Laura Dern, creator Abe Sylvia (writer of “The Eyes of Tammy Faye”), and director Tate Taylor (“The Help”).

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