Where I live it is playing, 1 episode at a time on Sunday nights. I'm re-reading David Ritz's book, RESPECT, The Life of Aretha Franklin. It is very well documented and has quotes from all the key players. The book alludes to her being bi-polar, and certainly with her big plans and fabrications that never amounted to anything and her unquestionable depressions...this makes sense. Also that she struggled with alcohol abuse. As far an I know he was never sued, so this series is probably more real than we'll get from anything the family has their hands in.