Generally, "The Act" nails what it's going for — a grotty, nasty, ... Mar 6, 2019 9:00am PT TV Review: ‘The Act’ Hulu's true-crime anthology with Patricia Arquette.

HBO made a documentary about the case, “Mommy Dead and Dearest,” in 2017, and “The Act” premiered in 2019, with King as Gypsy Rose and Patricia Arquette as Dee Dee Blanchard.