June 2018 Acorn TV Calendar

Monday, June 4th

TALES OF THE CITY (Trailer)

"One of the 10 best miniseries" - Entertainment Weekly

"Exquisite" - San Francisco Chronicle

*Watch before Netflix revival in 2019 with new episodes

Deftly chronicling the quest for love and connection across a spectrum of sexual experiences, the influential, star-studded, Peabody Award-winning PBS miniseries, stars Oscar(R) winner Olympia Dukakis (Moonstruck), three-time Oscar(R) nominee Laura Linney (John Adams, The Savages), Gemini winner Paul Gross (Slings & Arrows), Billy Campbell (Cardinal, The Killing, Once and Again), Thomas Gibson (Criminal Minds), Parker Posey (Louie) and Ian McKellen (Lord of the Rings). Based on the ground-breaking novel by Armistead Maupin, Tales of the City follows a colorful cast of characters living at 28 Barbary Lane in anything-goes 1970s San Francisco. The series received universal acclaim when it debuted in 1994, hailed as "a brilliant evocation of a time and place" (Los Angeles Times), and remains a television landmark. Newly arrived in freewheeling 1970s San Francisco, wide-eyed Mary Ann Singleton (Laura Linney) quickly realizes just how far from Cleveland she really is. Moving into a funky house at 28 Barbary Lane - where her landlady (Olympia Dukakis) welcomes her with a joint - Mary Ann befriends the other residents and finds a good-natured home amid the drugs, drama, and debauchery. (6 EPS)