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The Expanse
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★ 8.1A thriller set two hundred years in the future following the case of a missing young woman who brings a hardened detective and a rogue ship's captain together in a race across the solar system to expose the greatest conspiracy in human history.
- Aired
- 2015–2022
- Seasons
- 6 · 62 episodes
- Status
- Ended
- Created by
- Mark Fergus, Hawk Ostby
- Network
- Syfy, Prime Video
- Genres
- Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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TV series
- Status
- Ended
- Network
- Prime Video
- Genres
- Science-Fiction, Thriller, Mystery
- Runtime
- 55 min
- TVMaze rating
- 8.7/10
Key facts
- Genre
- Science fiction Drama
- Based on
- The Expanse , by James S. A. Corey
- Developed by
- Mark Fergus Hawk Ostby
- Showrunners
- Mark Fergus Hawk Ostby Naren Shankar
- Starring
- Thomas Jane Steven Strait Cas Anvar Dominique Tipper Wes Chatham Paulo Costanzo Florence Faivre Shawn Doyle Shohreh Aghdashloo Frankie Adams Cara Gee Keon Alexander Jasai Chase Owens Nadine Nicole
- Composer
- Clinton Shorter
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English
- Number span no of episodes
- 62 ( list of episodes )
- Executive producers
- Naren Shankar Mark Fergus Hawk Ostby Sean Daniel Jason F. Brown Sharon Hall Broderick Johnson Andrew Kosove Laura Lancaster Daniel Abraham Ty Franck Dan Nowak Ben Roberts
- Producers
- Lynn Raynor Jason Ning Robin Veith Ben Cook Manny Danelon Alan Di Fiore Lewin Webb Robert Munroe Steven Strait Shohreh Aghdashloo Wes Chatham Dominique Tipper
- Production locations
- Toronto , Ontario, Canada
- Cinematography
- Jeremy Benning Michael Galbraith Ray Dumas
- Running time
- 42–63 minutes
- Production companies
- Penguin in a Parka SeanDanielCo ( seasons</span>"}]]}'>s. 1–3) Alcon Television Group Just So ( seasons</span>"}]]}'>s. 4–6) Hivemind ( seasons</span>"}]]}'>s. 4–6) Amazon Studios ( seasons</span>"}]]}'>s. 4–6)
- Network
- Syfy
- Release
- December 14, 2015 ( 2015-12-14 ) –, June 27, 2018 ( 2018-06-27 )
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Encyclopedic overview
The Expanse is an American science fiction television series developed by Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby for the Syfy network; it is based on the series of novels of the same name by James S. A. Corey. Set in a future where humanity has colonized the Solar System, it follows a disparate band of protagonists – United Nations Security Council member Chrisjen Avasarala (Shohreh Aghdashloo), cynical detective Josephus Miller (Thomas Jane), and ship's officer James Holden (Steven Strait) and his crew – as they unwittingly unravel and place themselves at the center of a conspiracy that threatens the system's fragile peace, while dealing with existential crises brought forth by newly discovered alien technology.
It received positive critical response, with particular praise for its visuals, character development and political narrative. It received three Hugo Awards for Best Dramatic Presentation out of six nominations, and three Saturn Award nominations for Best Science Fiction Television Series. Syfy cancelled the series after three seasons. Amazon later acquired the series, producing three more seasons, with the series concluding with its sixth. The series premiered on December 14, 2015 on Syfy, with the series finale being released on Amazon on January 14, 2022.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “The Expanse” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.