'Fargo' Opens to Modest Ratings Tuesday for FX

In Fargo, winter never leaves. The premiere of “Fargo” on FX resurrects all those parkas, earflaps and never-ending white fields of the stuff we grew so tired of this year. And while the 10-episode series written by Noah Hawley (of “Bones” and “The

The road from the 1996 Coen brothers film “Fargo” to the FX series “Fargo” runs through an earlier attempt to create a TV series from the movie. “Fargo” the new anthology series, the story for which is a total departure from the story told in “Fargo

The ambitious and sublime limited series Fargo on FX may have to overcome two small obstacles before viewers tap into the eminence of its darkness and humor.

With original Fargo screenwriter-directors Joel and Ethan Coen on board as executive producers, FX set the stage for its take on the 1996 Oscar-nominated feature with the first of its 10-episode series. From showrunner Noah Hawley (My Generation), FX's 

In Fargo, winter never leaves. The premiere of “Fargo” on FX resurrects all those parkas, earflaps and never-ending white fields of the stuff we grew so tired of this year. And while the 10-episode series written by Noah Hawley