This show was insanely cool and had the potential to be one of HBO's best ever shows. Seriously, I'd take these two seasons over just about anything the premium channel has put out. There's a level of creativity and thoughtfulness that is near unheard of in TV. Unfortunately, these seasons amount to god-tier set-up for shit-hits-the-fan moments that we never got to see. As soon as we were going to get some big pay-offs, Carnivàle was cancelled. Nobody watched it: it was too slow, too smart, too weird for its time. This is one of the biggest creative what-ifs ever in my opinion. I still love th…
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Carnivàle
Overview
Carnivàle is an American television series set in the United States during the Great Depression and Dust Bowl. In tracing the lives of two disparate groups of people, its overarching story depicts the battle between good and evil and the struggle between free will and destiny; the storyline mixes Christian theology with gnosticism and Masonic lore, particularly that of the Knights Templar.
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First air date
14/09/2003
Votes
476
Popularity
13.1
Specials
Season 1
Season 2
Nick Stahl
Ben Hawkins
Michael J. Anderson
Samson
Clea DuVall
Sofie
Cynthia Ettinger
Rita Sue Dreifuss
Carla Gallo
Libby Dreifuss
Adrienne Barbeau
Ruthie
Amy Madigan
Iris Crowe
Debra Christofferson
Lila
Brian Turk
Gabriel
John Carroll Lynch
Varlyn Stroud
Clancy Brown
Brother Justin Crowe
Tim DeKay
Clayton 'Jonesy' Jones
Toby Huss
Felix 'Stumpy' Dreifuss
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