Starz's 'Dangerous Liaisons' Adaptation Lands An Early Season 2 Renewal

Cable network Starz has become one of the television industry's most unabashedly female-focused programmers, specifically making programming that's not just about women, but aimed squarely at female viewers. From swoony period romances like Outlander to historical dramas about often overlooked or misunderstood female figures like The Serpent Queen, the network has been downright eager to reach out to an audience demographic that's often treated as an afterthought.

Its latest offering is the sumptuous period drama Dangerous Liaisons, a prequel of sorts (the network refers to it as a "prelude") to the events depicted in the nineteenth-century French epistolary novel by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos and the 1998 Academy Award-winning feature film starring Glenn Close, John Malkovich, and Michelle Pfeiffer. It looks fantastic, with lush sets, gorgeous costumes, and a crackling lead couple that seems as likely to stab one another as to kiss.

Clearly, the network agrees, since Starz is so confident in the show and its likely success that it's already given in a Season 2 renewal, well before its first season has even premiered.