Becoming Elizabeth - Season 1 (2026)

Critics and viewers have offered varied perspectives on the first season:

: The Hollywood Reporter highlighted it as a "smartly crafted portrait of royal intrigue," noting its visual style and focus on self-preservation. Becoming Elizabeth - Season 1

The STARZ series Becoming Elizabeth (2022) focuses on the volatile adolescent years of the future Queen Elizabeth I following the death of King Henry VIII. Critics and viewers have offered varied perspectives on

Despite generally positive critical reception, STARZ cancelled the series after its eight-episode first season, leaving the story of Elizabeth's rise to the throne unfinished. like those at IndieWire

: Some reviewers, like those at IndieWire , praised it as a "searing examination of the politics of the time," while Common Sense Media felt it leaned more toward "soapy melodrama".