Serendipitously, it’s a story about survival against all odds.” SEE our backstage chat with Harden from her Tony-winning season. We were in the can, ready to go, so it made sense that we would go now. Harden explains, “What happened was that ‘Genius’ got shut down and we had already finished shooting. National Geographic announced last month that “Barkskins” would take the Emmy-qualifying slot that they had allocated for the Aretha Franklin-centric third season of “Genius.” It advances “Barkskins” six months in their schedule from its targeted November premiere to one now in late May, followed by back-to-back episodes over three weeks in June.
