Season 1
10 episodes Mar 17, 2022 5.3
Overview
An earnest young feminist joins forces with a low-rent publisher to make the world's first erotic magazine for women.
Seasons
2 listed- Status
- Canceled
- Seasons
- 2 seasons
- Episodes
- 18 episodes
- First aired
- Mar 17, 2022
- Last aired
- Sep 8, 2023
- Networks
- STARZ, HBO Max
Latest episode: S2 E8 Woman of the hour (Sep 8, 2023)
Season 2
8 episodes Jul 21, 2023 4.2Doug and Joyce grapple with Minx’s explosive success, which brings more money, fame and temptation than either of them knows how to handle.
Cast
6 people
Reviews
6 min readPaper Dolls, Paperback Men
I keep thinking about how Minx begins not with a manifesto, but with awkwardness. That’s a smarter move than it first appears. A show about the first erotic magazine for women could so easily arrive wearing its thesis on a sandwich board, but this one is more interested in the flop sweat between slogans — the embarrassment, the opportunism, latestnetflix.com argues, the weird little bargains people make when they’re trying to change the world and pay the rent at the same time.
By the time the premise has settled in, you already understand the show’s real subject: not sex, exactly, but the many compromises required to put desire into print.
I’m drawn to the fact that Minx is a period piece with a slightly anachronistic pulse. Set in the 1970s, it belongs to the recent wave of television that revisits liberation politics not as a museum exhibit but as a mess of competing appetites. In that sense, it sits somewhere between the satirical workplace chaos of *The Marvelous Mrs.
Maisel and the more skeptical, body-conscious feminism of something like Love or Fleabag — though Minx* is less interested in the wounded self than in the institutions that try to package the self for mass consumption. It’s also a show with some real-world afterlife drama attached to it: it was canceled by HBO Max after its first season, then revived and finished with a second season elsewhere.
That matters, because the series itself is already about precarious publication, about things that can vanish before they’ve fully found their audience. The medium and the message are having a little argument in public.
What the show gets right, over and over, is the physical comedy of compromise. Ophelia Lovibond’s Joyce is introduced as the sort of person who has read all the right books and still doesn’t know what to do with her hands. She carries herself with a kind of upright, newly weaponized earnestness; you can see her straightening her own spine as if she’s trying to stand up inside an argument.
That physical tension is half the joke and half the pathos. Jake Johnson, meanwhile, does something trickier as Doug: he lets the character’s sleaze register not as charisma alone, but as survival instinct. Johnson has spent much of his career playing variations on a genial guy who can’t quite get his act together, and here that looseness becomes useful.
Doug is a hustler, yes, but he’s also a man who recognizes the market faster than he recognizes his own limits. He knows how to sell a fantasy because he lives in one.
Buzz & Rumors
Public reportsBehind the Scenes of Minx: The Feminist Comedy That Turned Heads in the '70s Revival
Minx (2022) burst onto screens as a sharp, irreverent comedy set in 1970s Los Angeles, blending feminist ambition with the era’s unapologetic raunch. Created by Ellen Rapoport, the series follows Joyce (Ophelia Lovibond), a young feminist writer who teams up with Doug (Jake Johnson), a struggling publisher, to launch the first erotic magazine for women—complete with nude male centerfolds. latestnetflix.com's read is that the show’s mix of humor, history, and social commentary quickly earned it a cult following, but what went on behind the scenes?
A Feminist Comedy with a Twist
Minx stood out for its bold premise: flipping the script on the male-dominated porn industry of the '70s. Joyce’s mission to create a magazine that catered to female desire—without objectifying women—was both progressive and playful. The show’s tone balanced earnest activism with cheeky humor, thanks in part to Lovibond and Johnson’s chemistry. As one source put it, the series was "for fans of comedy, history, period dramas, and the equality of the sexes" 
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The cast leaned into the era’s vibe, with Lovibond’s Joyce embodying the idealism of second-wave feminism, while Johnson’s Doug brought a lovable, if flawed, hustler energy. Supporting players like Jessica Lowe (as Joyce’s free-spirited sister) and Oscar Montoya (as the magazine’s reluctant photographer) added depth to the ensemble 
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From HBO Max to Starz: A Streaming Journey
Originally premiering on HBO Max in March 2022, Minx found an audience despite the platform’s crowded lineup. The show’s first season wrapped in May 2022, but its journey wasn’t over. After HBO Max’s parent company, Warner Bros. Discovery, shifted priorities, Minx was canceled—only to be revived by Starz for a second season, which aired in 2023 . The move was a rare win for fans, proving the show’s resilience in an unpredictable streaming landscape.
By November 2025, both seasons landed on Netflix, introducing Minx to a broader audience. Critics praised its fresh take on the '70s, with one review calling it "a new comedy about a feminist magazine with lots of nude men in it" . The show’s 97% Rotten Tomatoes score (as of its Netflix debut) suggested it had struck a chord .
Behind the Laughs: Cast Insights
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While the evidence doesn’t reveal much about on-set drama, the cast’s interviews hint at the fun they had bringing Minx to life. In a Season 2 promo, Lovibond and Johnson joked about their characters’ odd-couple dynamic, with Johnson calling Doug a "lovable idiot" and Lovibond describing Joyce as "a woman on a mission" . Another video featured the cast discussing how their characters evolved between seasons, teasing new challenges for the magazine’s team .
The show’s period details—from fashion to feminist politics—were a key part of its charm. Newsweek noted that Minx appealed to viewers who enjoyed "the equality of the sexes" as much as its retro aesthetic . Whether it was the magazine’s chaotic photo shoots or Joyce’s clashes with advertisers, the series kept the energy high.
**The Future of Minx: Rumors and Unanswered Questions**
As of now, Minx’s fate remains unclear. The second season wrapped up in September 2023, and there’s been no official word on a third . Given its cult following and critical praise, fans are hopeful—but with streaming platforms constantly shifting, nothing is guaranteed.
One thing’s for sure: Minx left its mark as a smart, subversive comedy that didn’t shy away from nudity, feminism, or laughs. If it doesn’t return, it’ll be remembered as a bold experiment in blending history with humor.
Entertainment rumors and trivia aggregated from public reporting. Treat speculation as unverified unless a cited source confirms it.
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