Matt Groening's Disenchantment presents a binge-drinking Disney princess with an overbite

Here’s what’s happening in the world of television for Friday, August 17 and Saturday, August 18. All times are Eastern.
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Disenchantment (Friday, Netflix): Once upon a time, a princess wanted more than the dull story that had been written for her. She struggled against her parents’ wishes, gained a charming sidekick or two, and chased after her own happily ever after. Disenchantment’s Bean (Abbi Jacobson) is that girl, but with a Matt Groening spin—she’s essentially a Disney princess with an overbite and a drinking problem. Her teen rebellion involves accidentally skewering the prince she is being forced to marry. Her charming sidekicks are her own personal demon and an elf who’s becoming acquainted with human customs. In Groening’s first new series in 19 years, he’s Simpson-ized the classic medieval fairy tale, populated his Dreamland with the likes of John DiMaggio, Eric André, and Nat Faxon, and written in a female lead—a first for him. He promises that “Disenchantment will be about life and death, love and sex, and how to keep laughing in a world full of suffering and idiots, despite what the elders and wizards and other jerks tell you.” In our own world of suffering and idiots, Disenchantment might be the magic potion to make it all a little bit better. Danette Chavez has the review, and Vikram Murthi’s recaps will run through the weekend.