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Carnivàle

Carnivàle

7,9 /10 (466 Votes)
2003 EN 2 Seasons

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

466

Popularity

11.6

Into each generation is born a creature of light and a creature of darkness.

Status

Canceled

Type

Scripted

Created by

Daniel Knauf

Networks

HBO

Language

EN

Last air date

2005-03-27

Episodes

24

Episode runtime

54 min

Website

hbo.com
Specials

Specials

3 episodes

Season 1

Season 1

12 episodes • 2003 • ⭐ 7,3

Season 2

Season 2

12 episodes • 2005 • ⭐ 7,2

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tsdenizen

2023-08-26

⭐ 7

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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