Oz

American drama television series

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★ 8.1

The daily lives of prisoners in Emerald City, an experimental unit of the Oswald Maximum Security Prison where ingroups - Muslims, Latinos, Italians, Aryans - stick close to their mutual friends and terrorize their mutual enemies.

Aired: 1997–2003
Seasons: 6 · 56 episodes
Status: Ended
Created by: Tom Fontana
Network: HBO
Genres: Crime, Drama

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Genre: Crime Serial drama Psychological drama Thriller Tragedy
Created by: Tom Fontana
Showrunner: Tom Fontana
Written by: Tom Fontana
Starring: Ernie Hudson Terry Kinney Harold Perrineau Eamonn Walker Kirk Acevedo Rita Moreno J. K. Simmons Lee Tergesen Dean Winters Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
Music by: Steve Rosen Dave Darlington
Country of origin: United States
Number span no of episodes: 56 ( list of episodes )
Executive producers: Tom Fontana Barry Levinson Jim Finnerty
Producers: Debbie Sarjeant Mark A. Baker Irene Burns Bridget Potter Jorge Zamacona Greer Yeaton
Cinematography: Alex Zakrzewski Jean de Segonzac Craig DiBona Glenn Kershaw
Editors: Sue Blainey Cindy Mollo Vanessa Procopio Jay Pires James Y. Kwei Ken Eluto Deborah Moran
Running time: 55–80 minutes
Production companies: The Levinson / Fontana Company HBO Original Programming Viacom Productions (seasons 4–5) Rysher Entertainment (seasons 1–5)
Network: HBO
Release: July 12, 1997 ( 1997-07-12 ) –, February 23, 2003 ( 2003-02-23 )

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Duration: 55
Official website: www.hbo.com/oz
Image: Oz titlecard.svg

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number of seasons: 6
number of episodes: 56
title: Oz
start time: 1997-07-12
end time: 2003-02-23

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Oz is an American prison drama television series created, co-executive produced, and principally written by Tom Fontana. Set at a fictional men's prison, it was the first one-hour dramatic television series produced by the premium cable network HBO. Oz ran for six seasons, from its premiere on July 12, 1997, to its series finale on February 23, 2003.

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