Carnivàle

Carnivàle

2003-09-14 • 2 Seasons •
Sci-Fi & Fantasy Mystery Drama
7.9
User Score
427 votes

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

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.

Seasons

Specials

Specials

None

3 Episodes

Season 1

Season 1

2003-09-14

12 Episodes

Season 2

Season 2

2005-01-09

12 Episodes

Top Billed Cast

Show Details

Status

Canceled

Original Language

en

Number of Seasons

2

Number of Episodes

24

First Air Date

2003-09-14

Last Air Date

2005-03-27

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Reviews

tsdenizen

tsdenizen

2023-08-26T11:59:54.578Z

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 these seasons, but rewatching them know that the story doesn't get its proper end isn't too appealing. Still can't rate it lower though: what we got was way too good.