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[02/19/26 - 10:00 AM]
Daring Dark Polish Comedy "The Stroke" Exclusive U.S. Debut Thursday, March 12, 2026 Only on European Streamer Viaplay U.S.
In a fearless performance, Jacek Poniedzialek plays a celebrated culinary critic and TV personality, brilliant and caustic, who built a career skewering bourgeois taste while privately unraveling.

[02/12/26 - 08:51 AM]
Global TV at Its Best - Viaplay U.S. Announces March Slate - Prestige Dramas from Ukraine, Sweden and Poland
Highlights include "The Stroke," a daring Polish prestige drama about a powerful cultural figure whose stroke dismantles his body, status, and emotional armor.







STROKE, THE (VIAPLAY US)
BROADCAST HISTORY:
3/12/26 - ???
STATUS:
on hiatus or fate to be determined
TIME SLOT:
completed airing its current season
CURRENT SEASON:
1 (8 episodes)
VISIT THE OFFICIAL WEB SITE
ADDITIONAL NOTES:
completed airing its first season on 3/19/26; has yet to be renewed for a second season
DESCRIPTION:
(from Viaplay US's web site, March 2026) Jacek, a vibrant foodie, gay man, and Warsaw bon vivant, stars in his own popular TV food show. Surrounded by a cast of eccentric friends and harbouring self-destructive tendencies, his life unfolds in a dramedy that playfully satirises Poland’s artistic elite, those who see Warsaw as “the only real Polish city.” Unlike anything else on television, this unique series is the brainchild of playwright and screenwriter Paweł Demirski. From the start, Demirski set out to create a character who defies the modern-day burnout culture, a wildly passionate figure who truly believes that the best is yet to come.
PRINCIPAL CAST INFORMATION:
· Jacek Poniedziałek as Jacek
CREW INFORMATION:
· Paweł Demirski as CRTR
GENRE(S):
· comedy (all)
· comedy (single-camera)
STUDIO INFORMATION:
· no information is available