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*Palm Royale*
Palm Royale
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Genre	Period comedy drama
Created by	Abe Sylvia
Based on	Mr. & Mrs. American Pie; by Juliet McDaniel
Starring	Kristen Wiig; Ricky Martin; Josh Lucas; Leslie Bibb; Amber Chardae Robinson; Laura Dern; Allison Janney; Carol Burnett;
Theme music composer	Jeff Toyne
Country of origin	United States; Canada;
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	10
Production
Executive producers	Laura Dern; Jayme Lemons; Katie O'Connell Marsh; John Norris; Abe Sylvia; Tate Taylor; Kristen Wiig; Sharr White; Sheri Holman;
Production companies	Jaywalker Pictures; Aunt Sylvia's Moving Picture co.; Wyolah Entertainment; Boat Rocker Media; Inkshares; Apple Studios;
Original release
Network	Apple TV+
Release	March 20, 2024 –; present

Palm Royale is a period comedy-drama television series created by Abe Sylvia,^[2] based on the 2018 novel Mr. & Mrs. American Pie by Juliet McDaniel.^[3] The series premiered on March 20, 2024, with the first three episodes on Apple TV+.^[4] The series was renewed for a second season in June 2024.^[5]

Premise

Set in 1969, outsider Maxine Dellacorte-Simmons (Kristen Wiig) strives to attain a place in the high society of Palm Beach, Florida, through the town's most exclusive country club, the Palm Royale, in the process learning what she will and won't do to achieve this status.^[6]

Cast and characters

Main

Kristen Wiig as Maxine Dellacorte-Simmons
Ricky Martin as Robert Diaz
Josh Lucas as Douglas Darby Dellacorte-Simmons
Leslie Bibb as Dinah Donohue
Amber Chardae Robinson as Virginia
Laura Dern as Linda Shaw/Penelope Rollins
Allison Janney as Evelyn Rollins
Carol Burnett as Norma Dellacorte

Recurring

Bruce Dern as Skeet Rollins
Julia Duffy as Mary Meredith Jones Davidsoul
Kaia Gerber as Mitzi
Claudia Ferri as Raquel Kimberly-Marco
Jordan Bridges as Perry Donohue, Ambassador to Luxembourg
Dominic Burgess as Grayman
Jason Canela as Eddie
James Urbaniak as Palm Royale Manager
Mindy Cohn as Ann Holiday
Ben Palacios as Prince of Luxembourg / Reginald Baggins
Aqueela Zoll as Princess Stephanie of Luxembourg
Crosby Fitzgerald as Sylvia
Bellina Logan as Rita
Wesley Mann as Benny Barnhill
Rick Cosnett as Sergeant Tom Sanka
Roberto Sanchez as Pinky
Avi Rothman as Astronaut Grant Herkimer
Michael Hitchcock as Chester
Adam J. Harrington as Agent Stevens
Richard Whiten as Agent Clune
Albert Malafronte as Dr. Prescott

Episodes

No.	Title ^[2]	Directed by	Teleplay by ^[2]	Original air date ^[7]
1	"Maxine Goes to Palm Beach"	Tate Taylor	Abe Sylvia	March 20, 2024 (2024-03-20)
Maxine (Max) is interested in becoming a member of the club Palm Royale and to become part of the lives of the ultra-wealthy in Palm Beach. Max jumps the back wall of the club and attempts to befriend the ladies she admires from the society periodical "Shiny Sheets." She is identified, rebuffed, and expelled by the manager, who informs her that she'd never become a member since it requires the sponsorship of an existing member. Robert Diaz, the ex Korean War Marine and current Palm Royale bartender, escorts her out. Maxine attempts to befriend Dinah Donohue when she sees her driving away in tears after an altercation with Eddie, the tennis coach at the Palm Royale. She gets Dinah to rear-end her vehicle and then gets her to confide in her. Dinah informs her that she is pregnant with Eddie's child, but she does not want the child because she wants to be pragmatic about things. Maxine asks Dinah to become her sponsor, but she won't sponsor Maxine's membership to the Palm Royale because, as she says, a friendship between them is unlikely. When Max brings it up again, Dinah explains that it does not look like Max could afford the club membership on account of her dated attire. The clothing Max is wearing is actually pilfered from her comatose aunt-in-law, Norma Dellacorte. Max returns to steal her aunt-in-law's jewelry and pawns it off to become cash solvent. Max runs into Linda, a feminist who attempts to recruit her in her movement, but Max declines. Later, she decides to visit Linda to get her help with finding an abortion provider for Dinah. After the abortion, Dinah is grateful, but she still will not sponsor Max and calls her a liar for pretending to be a Dellacorte and to have the financial wherewithal to become a member of the Palm Royale. Max picks up Dinah's dress for a ball and drives by the abandoned Dellacorte mansion. Max tries on Dinah's dress, and Dinah catches her in the act. At that moment, Max's pilot husband shows up and Dinah is embarrassed and decides to sponsor Max.
2	"Maxine Saves a Cat"	Tate Taylor	Sheri Holman	March 20, 2024 (2024-03-20)
Maxine finds out she's only granted temporary membership for the first month and that she'll need two more sponsors to become a full member. Maxine ends up donating $10,000 to another member at the club to buy a table to bring an item for the fibrosis auction after pawning the last items in her aunt-in-law Norma's remaining jewelry collection. Now she only needs one more member's signature, and her eyes are set on Evelyn. She runs into Linda at Norma's nursing facility and learns that Linda is actually Evelyn's step daughter. Linda's father is in the same care facility as Norma. Maxine and Linda go to the feminist meeting where Maxine doubles down on her commitment to the ideals of the Palm Royale, suggesting that just like the feminists, she's trying to disrupt society from the inside. Maxine travels to the Dellacorte estate to find another item to auction and runs into Robert, the bartender who initially reported her and got her kicked out of the club at the beginning of episode one. He says he's staying in the pool house to take care of the estate and Norma, but didn't know that Norma's embolism has moved, threatening her life. At the auction, Dinah confesses to Maxine that she got back with Eddie, the tennis coach. Maxine ends up bidding $75,000 to beat Evelyn and keep the cat statue she stole from Norma's estate. Later, Maxine reveals to Linda, who was there to conspire with Evelyn against Max, that she was only trying to get into the Palm Royale as a gift to her husband to give him his old life back. She feels awful because they got married when she was pregnant at 23 and she lost the baby, making everyone at the club think she tricked Douglas into marriage. Linda signs to be the third member sponsor on Maxine's card. At the very end of the episode, Robert checks on Norma, who is beginning to show signs of coming back to life.
3	"Maxine Like a Dellacorte"	Abe Sylvia	Sharr White	March 20, 2024 (2024-03-20)
We find out that just before her embolism developed, Robert was fighting with Norma and that they had been living together for 3 years. Maxine's escapades in the previous episode find her as the front page story of the "Shiny Sheets," the Palm Beach newspaper. Maxine finds Evelyn, Dinah, Raquel, and Mary, who insist that she host cocktail hour that night, and she decides to have them meet her at the Dellacorte estate. When Maxine arrives, she commands Robert to clean up, essentially blackmailing him because he has no way to prove that he isn't also illegally staying there. Maxine finds no food in the house, so she asks Linda to create a table spread, who reveals that all "Charity" events never donate any actual money to charity, but in reality keep all the donations for the wealthy wives who host the events. Linda sees Robert and flirts with him. When the four ladies show up, they each ask Maxine for a specialty cocktail. Maxine goes to ask Robert for help only to find Linda chatting with him in the casita. Maxine is able to make and bring the drinks just in time and then the ladies begin to interrogate her about her plans for the Beach Ball, Palm Beach's most exclusive and famous event. The Rolodex that Norma used to invite influential guests is essential to the success of the party, and while Maxine tries to remain calm under pressure, she eventually admits to Evelyn that she has no money and she needs Evelyn's help to make the Beach Ball successful. After revealing to Maxine that Norma swore she would never give Douglas a cent of her estate, and that when she dies it will all go to a feline foundation, Evelyn agrees to help her while Linda sneaks out of the Dellacorte estate with the golden Rolodex.
4	"Maxine Rolls the Dice"	Abe Sylvia	Becky Mode	March 27, 2024 (2024-03-27)
5	"Maxine Shakes the Tree"	Stephanie Laing	Emma Rathbone	April 3, 2024 (2024-04-03)
6	"Maxine Takes a Step"	Stephanie Laing	Celeste Hughey	April 10, 2024 (2024-04-10)
7	"Maxine Bags a Prince"	Abe Sylvia	Logan Faust & Sheri Holman	April 17, 2024 (2024-04-17)
8	"Maxine Saves the Whale"	Claire Scanlon	Sharr White	April 24, 2024 (2024-04-24)
9	"Maxine Makes a Splash"	Claire Scanlon	Kelly Hutchinson	May 1, 2024 (2024-05-01)
10	"Maxine Throws a Party"	Tate Taylor	Sheri Holman & Kelly Hutchinson	May 8, 2024 (2024-05-08)

Production

It was announced in February 2022 that Apple TV+ had given a greenlight to the 10-part series named Mrs. American Pie, which would see Kristen Wiig star, and Laura Dern executive producing in addition to potentially co-starring. Abe Sylvia will write the series with Tate Taylor directing.^[8] In May, Allison Janney, Leslie Bibb, Ricky Martin and Josh Lucas were added to the cast.^[9]^[10]^[11]^[12] Carol Burnett, Amber Chardae Robinson, Jordan Bridges, Kaia Gerber, and Julia Duffy would be amongst additional castings announced in June.^[13]^[14]^[15]

The show's development team made plot and writing decisions based on the cast.^[16]

Filming began in May 2022.^[17]

The show was renamed Palm Royale in April 2023.^[18]^[19]

On June 6, 2024, it was announced that the show had been renewed for a second season.^[5] Filming on the second season started on October 9, 2024.^[20]

Reception

The review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reported a 57% approval rating based on 67 critic reviews, with an average rating of 5.8/10. The website's critics consensus reads, "Palm Royale's fabulous cast and visual splendor make for a diverting enough destination, but its wayward tone results in a curiously unfulfilling trip to paradise."^[21] Metacritic assigned a score of 57 out of 100 based on 31 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".^[22]

Accolades

Award	Date of ceremony	Category	Recipient(s) and nominee(s)	Result	Ref.
Astra TV Awards	December 8, 2024	Best Streaming Comedy Series	Palm Royale	Pending	^[23]
		Best Actress in a Streaming Comedy Series	Kristen Wiig	Pending
		Best Supporting Actor in a Streaming Comedy Series	Ricky Martin	Pending
		Best Supporting Actress in a Streaming Comedy Series	Laura Dern	Pending
		Best Supporting Actress in a Streaming Comedy Series	Allison Janney	Pending
		Best Directing in a Streaming Comedy Series	Tate Taylor (for "Maxine Goes to Palm Beach")	Pending
		Best Writing in a Streaming Comedy Series	Abe Sylvia (for "Maxine Goes to Palm Beach")	Pending
Artios Awards	February 12, 2025	Outstanding Achievement in Casting – Television Pilot and First Season Comedy	Kerry Barden, Paul Schnee, Roya Semnanian, Rachel Goldman	Pending	^[24]
Costume Designers Guild Awards	February 6, 2025	Excellence in Period Television	Alix Friedberg and Leigh Ball (for "Maxine Throws a Party")	Pending	^[25]
Critics' Choice Television Awards	January 12, 2025	Best Actress in a Comedy Series	Kristen Wiig	Pending	^[26]
Hollywood Music in Media Awards	November 20, 2024	Main Title Theme – TV Show/Limited Series	Jeff Toyne	Nominated	^[27]
		Music Supervision – Television	George Drakoulias & Ian Herbert	Nominated
		Soundtrack Album	Palm Royale	Nominated
Gotham TV Awards	June 4, 2024	Outstanding Performance in a Comedy Series	Kristen Wiig	Nominated	^[28]
Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild Awards	February 15, 2025	Best Period and/or Character Make-Up in a Television Series, Television Limited or Miniseries or Television New Media Series	Tricia Sawyer, Marissa Lafayette, Marie Del Prete, Simone Almekias-Siegl, Marja Webster	Pending	^[29]
Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild Awards	February 15, 2025	Best Period and/or Character Hair Styling in a Television Series, Television Limited or Miniseries or Television New Media Series	Karen Bartek, Brittany Madrigal, Frida Aradottir, Jill Crosby, Tiffany Bloom	Pending	^[29]
Primetime Emmy Awards	September 15, 2024	Outstanding Comedy Series	Adam Gomolin, Rock Shaink, Sheri Holman, Sharr White, Tate Taylor, John Norris, Katie O'Connell Marsh, Kristen Wiig, Laura Dern, Jayme Lemons, Abe Sylvia, Becky Mode, Emma Rathbone, Celeste Hughey, Jesse Sternbaum, and Kelly Hutchinson	Nominated	^[30]
		Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series	Kristen Wiig	Nominated
		Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series	Carol Burnett	Nominated
Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards	September 8, 2024	Outstanding Choreography for Scripted Programming	Brooke Lipton (for "Maxine's Entrance")	Nominated
		Outstanding Period Costumes	Alix Friedberg, Carolyn Dessert, Leigh Bell, Lindsay Newton, and Valerie Keiser (for "Maxine Throws a Party")	Nominated
		Outstanding Hairstyling	Karen Bartek, Brittany Madrigal, Cyndra Dunn, Tiffany Bloom, Frida Aradottir, and Jill Crosby (for "Maxine Rolls the Dice")	Nominated
		Outstanding Makeup (Non-Prosthetic)	Tricia Sawyer, Marissa Lafayette, Kenny Niederbaumer, Marie DelPrete, Simone Siegl, and Marja Webster (for "Pilot")	Nominated
		Outstanding Main Title Design	Ronnie Koff, Rob Slychuk, Nader Husseini, and Lexi Gunvaldson	Nominated
		Outstanding Music Composition for a Series	Jeff Toyne (for "Maxine Saves a Cat")	Nominated
		Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music	Jeff Toyne	Won
		Outstanding Production Design for a Narrative Period or Fantasy Program (One Hour or More)	Jon Carlos, Mark Taylor, Amelia Brooke, and Ellen Reede (for "Maxine's Like a Dellacorte")	Nominated