The Handmaid's Tale is an American
dystopian television series created by Bruce Miller, based on the 1985
novel of the same name by Canadian author Margaret Atwood. The series
was ordered by the streaming service Hulu as a straight-to-series order
of 10 episodes, for which production began in late 2016. The plot
features a dystopia following a Second American Civil War wherein a
theonomic, totalitarian society subjects fertile women, called
"Handmaids", to child-bearing slavery. The Handmaid's Tale's first
season won eight Primetime Emmy Awards from 13 nominations, including
Outstanding Drama Series.
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