HBO’s ‘Mrs. Fletcher’ explores a midlife sexual awakening

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Host Mark Olsen talks with Tom Perrotta, the author of “Mrs. Fletcher,” and now the showrunner and executive producer of the new HBO series. Also in this episode, as the heated competition in the video subscription world gets underway, Olsen talks with the Times’ TV editor Matt Brennan about the streaming wars. And in the “Glenn Whipp Awards Minute,” entertainment columnist Whipp discusses this year’s honorary Oscar winners who will be recognized this Sunday at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Governors Awards.