''Swimming with Sharks'' is an American television series starring

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and

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inspired by the 1994 film of the same name. The series premiered at the SXSW Film Festival and was named one of the "10 to watch" by Variety Magazine. The series premiered in the US on April 15, 2022 on

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and internationally on Amazon Prime.

Premise

The series follows a young female assistant at the center of a studio filled with manipulators and schemers, none of whom know she is poised to outwit them all.

Cast

as Lou Simms *

as Joyce Holt *

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as Redmond Isaacson * Thomas Dekker as Travis *

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as Marty Bruhl *

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as Meredith Lockheart * Ross Butler as Alex * Gerardo Celasco as Miles Bresson *

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as Olive Mace

Episodes

Production

The show, which is set and filmed in Los Angeles, was originally picked up by

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before it went under. The production endured a nearly 8-month

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shutdown.

Reception

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, season 1 of the series has a 70% rating with an average score of 6.80 out of 10 based on 10 reviews. The site's critical consensus read: "''Swimming with Sharks'' doesn’t have enough teeth to deliver on its promise of satirical bite, but the water’s warm for viewers who enjoy frothy entertainment.".

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, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 60 out of 100 based on 7 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".

References

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