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★ 8.1The 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
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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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