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Amazon Prime Video’s acclaimed, award-winning show, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” transports viewers into the title character’s charming world through its authentic, detailed period set design and fashion, as well as with its carefully selected music.

Amazon Prime Video’s acclaimed, award-winning show, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” transports viewers into the title character’s charming world through its authentic, detailed period set design and fashion, as well as with its carefully selected music.

The late 1950s jazz, early rock and roll, and so many tunes out of the great American songbook. With all of the TV shows with standout soundtracks this year, it was a particularly welcome surprise to end 2017 on a sonic note that harkened back to the 1950s. 1958, to be precise: In The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, co-creators Amy Sherman-Palladino and Daniel Palladino created a diverse musical world that’s not only as meticulous as their fast-paced dialogue, but one that’s whip-smart with its choices and cues.

Smart, quirky, female-centric, drenched in pop-culture references—Amy Sherman-Palladino's singular TV voice has won her legions of fans and critical appreciation over the past two decades, thanks to shows like "Gilmore Girls," "Bunheads," and "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel." Sherman-Palladino—the first woman ever to win Emmy Awards for both comedy writing and directing in a single year—may write about different decades and milieus, but her sensibility is unique and unmistakable throughout.