‘Rivals,’ Hulu’s British Dark Comedy, Is Pitch-Perfect in Season 2: TV Review

By Aramide Tinubu

Aramide Tinubu

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Guilty pleasures are one thing, but utterly delicious bits of television are something else entirely. Season 2 of Hulu’s “Rivals,” the 1980s-set dark comedy adapted from Jilly Cooper’s “Rutshire Chronicles” novels, is exactly that. The series, which is set in the fictional county of Rutshire, England, follows an intense rivalry. Legendary television executive Lord Tony Baddingham (David Tennant), the managing director of Corinium, is on a rampage.  His former show host Declan O’Hara (Aidan Turner) has teamed up with retired Olympian turned politician and notorious rake Rupert Campbell-Black (Alex Hassell) for their own television enterprise. While Season 1 was a delightful entry into this over-the-top world of the British elite, Season 2 has taken things up a notch with a tonally perfect and exceptional continuation of a truly scandalous series.

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