神话任务第四季

　　《The Halcyon》的背景设置在上世纪四十年代，讲述了一家在伦敦市中心的五星级酒店的“繁华而迷人”的故事，以及它在战时所展现的另一个世界。本剧由Charlotte Jones创作，由Left Bank Pictures公司制作，由Sharon Hughff以及《唐顿庄园》制作人Chris Croucher担任执行制作人。本剧讲述了在战时的背景下，以酒店为依托，展现了家庭、政治、人物关系和工作等社会各层次各方面的场景，并会通过一个而美国访问记者Joe O'Hara的角度表现出来。 本剧引用狄更斯那句著名的话开篇“这是最好的时代，也是最坏的时代”，将于2017年与观众见面。ITV的影剧部门主管Steve November说：“酒店是反映二战时期各种雄心壮志最好的场所，那是我们国家历史上最非凡的一段时期，而伦敦也在这样一个时间里不断地改变。《The Halcyon》让我们进入到战时这所酒店的核心，体验它的忙绿、繁华和勃勃生机，同时也反映出人们在那样一种环境下如何在对抗外敌时继续各自的生活。”

　　FOX热播剧《沉睡谷》(Sleepy Hollow)第一季的结尾，几位主人公纷纷遇险，留给观众无限悬念。妮可儿·贝海尔(Nicole Beharie)饰演的艾比被困炼狱，汤姆·梅森(Tom Mison)出演的伊卡博德被活埋，奥兰多·琼斯(Orlando Jones)扮演的欧文锒铛入狱，琳迪·格林伍德((Lyndie Greenwood)出演的珍妮发生严重车祸，凶多吉少。这样的安排，连主演梅森都大呼意外：“这样一个烂摊子，我们要如何收拾?”

　　Hannah has a past life. A past trauma. And a terrible fear of heights. Now, one late-night call brings her back to where it all began.

　　海伦米伦也要回归电视圈了！——奥斯卡影后涉足/重返电视圈趋势更甚，HBO刚刚请到梅丽尔·斯特里普加盟《大小谎言》第二季，又宣布海伦·米伦将出演4集限定剧《伟大的凯瑟琳/凯瑟琳大帝》(Catherine the Great)，饰演俄罗斯历史上唯一一位被冠以“大帝”之名的女皇叶卡捷琳娜二世·阿列克谢耶芙娜。这也给了HBO竞争艾美奖限定剧类奖项的机会，此前归为限定剧的《大小谎言》因为续订而被归为剧情类剧集。
　　该剧探索世界上最强大的女君主在政治动荡不安、充满情欲的宫廷中的生活，她与将军格里高利·波将金的私情，丑闻、阴谋、冲突交织的政权等。HBO将其形容为“讲述关于痴迷的爱恋的故事”，凯瑟琳和波将金不能公开结婚、公开滥交，建立了一种独特而忠诚的关系，战胜无数对手，将俄罗斯塑造成当时的最强帝国。
　　与米伦合作了2005年限定剧《伊丽莎白一世》的编剧Nigel Williams将操刀剧本，与米伦合作了2006年限定剧《头号嫌疑犯7》的导演菲利普·马丁执导，David M. Thompson(《金衣女人》《彭伯利谋杀案》)、查理·帕丁森(《伊丽莎白一世》《皮囊》)、Jules Hussey(《胡顿与女爵》)联合米伦和马丁共同制片。
　　Thompson表示米伦在拍摄《金衣女人》时向他提到了这个想法，称凯瑟琳这一人物是她一直都想诠释的。
　　米伦凭借《头号嫌疑犯》《菲尔·斯派特》《伊丽莎白一世》《兰德的激情》《永不放弃》《罗马之春》等限定剧/电视电影获得过11次艾美奖提名，4次获奖，她也获得了4次奥斯卡提名，并于2007年拿下奥斯卡最佳女主角(《女王》)。
　　这部剧由HBO和Sky联合制作，这也是双方合作的第3部剧集，前2部为《切尔诺贝利》和《伦敦黑帮》。双方此前签订了2.5亿美元的合作协议，HBO将负责北美播出，Sky负责英国、爱尔兰、德国等欧洲地区。

　　Season 3: 2001–2002
　　Cast: Rob Lowe, Stockard Channing, Dulé Hill, Allison Janney, Janel Moloney, Richard Schiff, John Spencer, Bradley Whitford and Martin Sheen
　　The third season, which covers the administration's third and fourth years in office, starts off with Bartlet announcing his intention to run for reelection and is heavily devoted to the upcoming presidential election. Other prominent plotlines include Congressional investigations into whether Bartlet committed electoral fraud by concealing his MS, a death threat against C.J. and the ensuing relationship she develops with a Secret Service agent assigned to her, the Qumari defense minister Abdul Shareef plotting terrorist attacks against the US, and a troubling meeting between Toby and the President that leaves Bartlet with a bout of insomnia in "Night Five." The season finale, "Posse Comitatus" closes several of these storylines as Bartlet meets his opponent in the elections and reaffirms his commitment to beat him. The episode ends with the president finally deciding to order Shareef's assassination (a legally questionable act) and C.J.'s agent's murder, just after the man threatening C.J. was caught.
　　From a critical perspective, series creator Aaron Sorkin acknowledged in October 2002 that the terrorism-related plots designed to keep the series relevant after the real-life 9/11 attacks were awkward at times, saying "from week to week, you felt like you were writing the show handcuffed, a little bit. I didn't know how to write it anymore. It was a constant search for what I wasn't doing that used to make the show work. [...] Maybe there was a way to make it work; there probably was. I wasn't able to find it in twenty-two episodes." [1] Nonetheless, the show went on to win its third "Outstanding Drama" Emmy in a row.