TV is becoming a medium that rivals cinema. Each year we see more and more tv series and most of them are almost perfect.
So let’s find out some things about TV series that left their mark.
- American Horror Story is an American anthology horror television series
- Sometimes abbreviated as AHS
- It is created by Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk
- It was created for the cable network FX
- Each season is conceived as a self-contained miniseries, following a different set of characters and settings, and a storyline with its own “beginning, middle, and end”
- Some plot elements of each season are loosely inspired by true events
- Many actors appear in more than one season, but often play a new character
- Evan Peters, Sarah Paulson, and Lily Rabe have returned most frequently, all appearing in nine of the ten seasons
- Frances Conroy appearing in seven
- Kathy Bates appearing in six
- Other notable actors such as Denis O’Hare, Jessica Lange, Emma Roberts, Jamie Brewer, Angela Bassett, Adina Porter, and Finn Wittrock appear in five of the ten seasons
- The first season, retroactively subtitled Murder House, takes place in Los Angeles, California, during 2011
- It centers on a family that moves into a house haunted by its deceased former occupants
- The second season, subtitled Asylum, takes place in Massachusetts, during 1964
- It follows the stories of the patients and staff of an institution for the criminally insane
- The third season, subtitled Coven, takes place in New Orleans, Louisiana, during 2013
- It follows a coven of witches who face off against those who wish to destroy them
- The fourth season, subtitled Freak Show, takes place in Jupiter, Florida, during 1952
- It centers around one of the last remaining American freak shows and their struggle for survival
- The fifth season, subtitled Hotel, takes place in Los Angeles, California, during 2015
- It focuses on the staff and guests of a supernatural hotel
- The sixth season, subtitled Roanoke, takes place in North Carolina, during 2014–2016
- It focuses on the paranormal events that take place at an isolated farmhouse haunted by the deceased Roanoke colony
- The seventh season, subtitled Cult, takes place in the fictional suburb of Brookfield Heights, Michigan, during 2016–2017
- It centers on a cult terrorizing the residents in the aftermath of the 2016 U.S. presidential election
- The eighth season, subtitled Apocalypse, features the return of the witches from Coven as they battle the Antichrist from Murder House in an attempt to prevent the apocalypse
- The ninth season, subtitled 1984, takes place outside of Los Angeles, California, during the titular year, 1984
- It focuses on a group of young staff members at a summer camp getting ready to reopen after a massacre
- In August 2018, the series was greenlit for a tenth season
- In January 2020, FX renewed the series for three more seasons
- Although reception to individual seasons has varied, American Horror Story largely has been well received by television critics, with the majority of the praise going towards the cast
- Particularly Jessica Lange, who won two Emmy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award for her performances
- Kathy Bates and James Cromwell each won an Emmy Award for their performances
- While Lady Gaga won a Golden Globe Award
- The series draws consistently high ratings for the FX network
- Its first season being the most-viewed new cable series of 2011
- Breaking Bad is an American neo-Western crime drama television series
- It was created and produced by Vince Gilligan
- The show aired on AMC from January 20, 2008, to September 29, 2013
- The show consists of five seasons for a total of 62 episodes
- It was set and filmed in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and tells the story of Walter White (Bryan Cranston), an underpaid and dispirited high school chemistry teacher who is struggling with a recent diagnosis of stage-three lung cancer
- White turns to a life of crime, partnering with his former student Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul), by producing and distributing crystallized methamphetamine to secure his family’s financial future before he dies, while navigating the dangers of the criminal underworld
- The title is a Southern colloquialism meaning to turn to a life of crime
- Gilligan characterized the series as showing Walter’s transformation from a soft-spoken Mr. Chips into Scarface
- Among the show’s co-stars are Anna Gunn and RJ Mitte as Walter’s wife Skyler and son Walter, Jr., and Betsy Brandt and Dean Norris as Skyler’s sister Marie Schrader and her husband Hank, a DEA agent
- Others include Bob Odenkirk as White’s and Pinkman’s sleazy lawyer Saul Goodman, Jonathan Banks as private investigator and fixer Mike Ehrmantraut, and Giancarlo Esposito as drug kingpin Gus Fring
- The final season introduces Jesse Plemons as the criminally ambitious Todd Alquist, and Laura Fraser as Lydia Rodarte-Quayle, a clumsy business executive secretly managing Walter’s global meth sales for her company
- Breaking Bad’s first season received generally positive reviews
- The rest of its run received universal acclaim, which would make critics laud it as one of the greatest television series of all time
- It had moderate viewership in its first three seasons
- The fourth and fifth seasons saw a significant rise in viewership when it was made available on Netflix just before the fourth season premiere
- By the time that the series finale aired, it was among the most-watched cable shows on American television
- The show received numerous awards, including 16 Primetime Emmy Awards, eight Satellite Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, two Peabody Awards, two Critics’ Choice Awards, and four Television Critics Association Awards
- Cranston won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series four times
- While Aaron Paul won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series three times
- Anna Gunn won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series twice
- In 2013, Breaking Bad entered the Guinness World Records as the most critically acclaimed show of all time
- Better Call Saul, a prequel series featuring Odenkirk, Banks, and Esposito reprising their Breaking Bad roles
- It debuted on AMC on February 8, 2015
- It has been renewed for a final sixth season
- The sequel film El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie starring Aaron Paul was released on Netflix and in theaters on October 11, 2019
- Better Call Saul is an American television crime drama series
- It was created by Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould
- It is both a spin-off and a prequel of Gilligan’s previous series, Breaking Bad
- Set in the early-to-mid-2000s in Albuquerque, New Mexico, the series develops Jimmy McGill (Bob Odenkirk), an earnest lawyer and former con-man, into a greedy criminal defense attorney known as Saul Goodman
- Also shown is the moral decline of retired police officer Mike Ehrmantraut (Jonathan Banks), who becomes closely affiliated with the Juarez drug cartel to support his family
- Jimmy and Mike’s interactions remain sporadic until their respective storylines fully converge
- The show premiered on AMC on February 8, 2015, airing five seasons to date
- A sixth and final season, consisting of 13 episodes
- This season is scheduled to air in 2021
- At the start of the series, Jimmy works as a public defender
- Struggling financially, he lives in the back room of a nail salon which doubles as an office
- His romantic interest and former colleague, Kim Wexler (Rhea Seehorn), is an attorney at Hamlin, Hamlin & McGill (HHM), a law firm co-owned by Jimmy’s brilliant, but unwell brother, Chuck McGill (Michael McKean) and proud associate, Howard Hamlin (Patrick Fabian)
- After hiring Jimmy as legal representation, Mike provides advice and security for Nacho Varga (Michael Mando), an intelligent drug dealer who later becomes an informant for Gus Fring (Giancarlo Esposito), an ambitious drug lord and legitimate businessma
- Their operations are disrupted by members of the violent Salamanca family, including Lalo Salamanca (Tony Dalton)
- Odenkirk, Banks, and Esposito reprise their roles from Breaking Bad, as do many others who make guest appearances
- Better Call Saul has received critical acclaim, with particular praise for its acting, characters, writing, direction, and cinematography
- Many critics have called it a worthy successor to Breaking Bad and one of the best prequels ever made
- Some critics deemed it superior to its predecessor
- It has garnered many nominations, including a Peabody Award, 23 Primetime Emmy Awards, eleven Writers Guild of America Awards, five Critics’ Choice Television Awards, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and two Golden Globe Awards
- The series premiere held the record for the highest-rated scripted series premiere in basic cable history at the time of its airing
- Brooklyn Nine-Nine is an American police procedural comedy television series
- It was created by Dan Goor and Michael Schur
- The series revolves around Jake Peralta (Andy Samberg), an immature but talented NYPD detective in Brooklyn’s fictional 99th Precinct, who often comes into conflict with his new commanding officer, the serious and stern Captain Raymond Holt (Andre Braugher)
- The rest of the cast features Stephanie Beatriz as Rosa Diaz, Terry Crews as Terry Jeffords, Melissa Fumero as Amy Santiago, Joe Lo Truglio as Charles Boyle, Chelsea Peretti as Gina Linetti, Dirk Blocker as Michael Hitchcock, and Joel McKinnon Miller as Norm Scully
- The series is produced as a single-camera comedy
- Fox originally ordered 13 episodes for its first season, eventually expanding it to 22 episodes
- Brooklyn Nine-Nine premiered on September 17, 2013
- On May 10, 2018, Fox canceled the series after five seasons
- The following day, NBC picked up the series for a sixth season
- It premiered on NBC on January 10, 2019
- The eighth season is set to premiere in 2021
- The series has been acclaimed by critics for its cast
- Especially Samberg and Braugher
- It has won two Creative Arts Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy
- Samberg has won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy
- Braugher has been nominated for four Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
- He has won two Critics’ Choice Television Awards for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
- The series has also received particular praise for its portrayal of serious issues while retaining a sense of humor
- For its portrayal of LGBTQ+ people, the series won a GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Comedy Series
TV series trivia | 100 did you know facts about famous shows (Part 7)
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