'Ponies' merges comedy with a gritty spy story in TV dramedy

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Peacock series “Ponies” starring Emilia Clarke and Haley Lu Richardson blends comedy and drama as widows of CIA operatives become intelligence assets in the 1970s Soviet Union. Despite its hourlong episodes, it has been submitted for Emmy nominations as a comedy. Showrunners Susanna Fogel and David Iserson, both veterans of film and TV writing, love mixing humor and danger. They say the show features “funny people in serious situations.” The series has not been renewed for a second season yet, but a few Emmy nominations could change that.

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