Monarch
FOX
Premieres: Sept. 11 at 8pm ET (following FOX’s NFL doubleheader) and Sept. 20 at 9pm ET/PT (Two-part premiere)
Airs: Tuesdays at 9pm ET/PT
Who’s In It? Susan Sarandon, Trace Adkins, Anna Friel, Beth Ditto, Joshua Sasse, Inigo Pascual
What’s It All About? Susan Sarandon brings her sass and sexiness (which she often smartly undercuts with blunt, world-weary wisdom) to the role of rags-to-riches superstar Dottie Roman in this sudsy drama, which got delayed from its original January 2022 premiere. Dottie is the Queen of Country Music, and the matriarch of an Austin music dynasty (real-life chart-topper Trace Adkins plays her husband Albie) who knows her time in the spotlight is ending. She anoints one child (Anna Friel, Pushing Daisies) as her successor, and “Heavy is the head that wears the crown, baby.” Having been in the industry for 25 years, Adkins has had a front-row seat to country music. His character is described as the “Texas truth-teller,” but even that appears to be a lie. “He has as many secrets as anybody does, but that’s just been the moniker that he’s portrayed himself as, this old-school OG truth-teller in his music,” Adkins told us. “And so, that’s just been kind of the handle that he’s gone by, but don’t take it literally.” When everyone has their own secrets and their own agendas, expect the dark side of country music to come out in this juicy drama.
