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Showtime's Emmy-nominated retelling of the life of King Henry VIII, which'''''The Tudors''''' devotes most of its time to the dissolution of his marriage to the older Catherine of Aragon and his deepening relationship with the saucy Anne Boleyn, who was to become his second wife. Gone from this series is the traditional vision of Henry as the bearded, bloated, jewel-encrusted, aging monarch who gleefully sent his wives to the chopping block. Instead, [[Jonathan Rhys Meyers]]' portrayal is that of a young, dynamic king determined to use his position to squeeze as much pleasure as he can out of life whilst balancing atop the ruthless world of Renaissance politics.
 
(He ''does'' get a beard as of the second season however.)
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A [[Spiritual Successor]] to The Tudors called ''[[The Borgias]]'' based on the life of Rodrigo Borgia (aka Pope Alexander the Sixth) and his family began airing April 2011.
 
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* [[Aborted Arc]]: The departure of Henry Czerny, who played the Duke of Norfolk, has caused endless problems for the show given how very important the real Norfolk was to the story. So far a few of his actions have been reassigned to Suffolk and Edward Seymour (in reality Norfolk was the one who orchestrated the affair between Catherine Howard and Henry).
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