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Carnivàle( 2003)

TV-MASci-Fi & FantasyMysteryDrama
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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.

  1. Daniel Knauf

    Creator

Series Cast

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    Nick Stahl

    Ben Hawkins

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    Clancy Brown

    Brother Justin

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    Michael J. Anderson

    Samson

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    Adrienne Barbeau

    Ruthie

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    Debra Christofferson

    Lila

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    Tim DeKay

    Clayton Jones

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    Clea DuVall

    Sofie

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    Cynthia Ettinger

    Rita Sue Dreifuss

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    Carla Gallo

    Libby Dreifuss

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    Toby Huss

    Stumpy Dreifuss

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    Amy Madigan

    Iris Crowe

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    Brian Turk

    Gabriel

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    Ralph Waite

    Norman Belthus

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    John Fleck

    Gecko

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    Blake Shields

    Osgood

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    John Carroll Lynch

    Varlyn Stroud

Current Season

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Season 2

2005 | 12 Episodes

Season 2 of Carnivàle premiered on Jan 09 2005

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A review by tsdenizen

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Written by tsdenizen on Sat Aug 26 2023
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 the...

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Facts

Status

Canceled

Status

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Type

Scripted

Original Language

English

Keywords

  • tarot cards
  • carnival
  • striptease
  • great depression
  • surrealism
  • period drama
  • carny
  • dust bowl
  • reverend
  • circus freak
  • dark fantasy
  • dark secret
  • freak show
  • 1930s
  • supernatural power