SERIES PREMIERE: The 1986 miniseries Life and Loves of a She-Devil (much, much better than the subsequent Roseanne Barr-Meryl Streep movie) was all about an unattractive woman reinventing herself, physically as well as emotionally, to wreak revenge on those who had slighted or rejected her. And long before that, in 1973, Stockard Channing starred in a made-for-TV movie called The Girl Most Likely To…, written by Joan Rivers (!), with the same basic premise. And now, in 2018, comes Dietland, which stars Joy Nash as an advice columnist labeled as “morbidly obese,” and seeking a path of both reinvention and revenge. Among the costars in this dark comedy, or light drama, is Julianna Margulies (pictured), returning to TV by playing a seemingly heartless magazine editor. For a full review, see David Hinckley's All Along the Watchtower.

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