Optics: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Optics follows two whip-smart 20-something women who are unexpectedly promoted to run crisis management PR firm Fritz & Randell, after the death of office patriarch Frank Fritz. As they battle weekly public relations crises from celebrities, sports stars and corporate titans, and power challenges from veteran PR flack Ian Randell, they slowly come to realise that their firm might have a scandal brewing of its own, and start to wonder: have they been set up to fail?

Series details

• Title: Optics
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Comedy
• Premiere date: 2025-01-29
• Final broadcast date listed: 2025-01-29
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Web channel listed by TVmaze: ABC iview
• Network country: Australia
• Typical episode runtime: 29 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 6.7/10
• TVMaze ID: 82329
• IMDb ID: tt32903033
• TVDB ID: 458677

Cast and credited roles

• Jenna Owen — Nicole Kidman
• Vic Zerbst — Greta Goldman
• Charles Firth — Ian Randell

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2025-01-29; final listed air date 2025-01-29; episode order: 6.

Source and licence

Adapted from Optics on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.