Attempts to replicate the stylish retro-drama success of AMC's Mad Men have been hit and miss, resulting in a dull rip-off (NBC's The Playboy Club), a marginally-better soap opera (ABC's Pan Am), and one riveting exception (BBC's The Hour). Starz is the latest network to play this card, premiering its ambitious new retro drama Magic City over the weekend. Described by LA Weekly as "Mad Men + plus more sex + a hint of The Sopranos," the series is set at a haute Miami Beach hotel in 1959, and centers on dashing hotelier Ike Evans (Grey Anatomy's Jeffrey Dean Morgan) as he attempts to keep his business...
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