The Strain

American television series

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★ 7.5

A high concept thriller that tells the story of Dr. Ephraim Goodweather, the head of the Center for Disease Control Canary Team in New York City. He and his team are called upon to investigate a mysterious viral outbreak with hallmarks of an ancient and evil strain of vampirism. As the strain spreads, Eph, his team, and an assembly of everyday New Yorkers, wage war for the fate of humanity itself.

Aired: 2014–2017
Seasons: 4 · 46 episodes
Status: Ended
Created by: Guillermo del Toro, Carlton Cuse
Network: FX
Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama, Mystery

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Genre: Vampire horror Drama
Created by: Guillermo del Toro Chuck Hogan
Based on: The Strain , by Guillermo del Toro Chuck Hogan
Showrunner: Carlton Cuse
Starring: Corey Stoll David Bradley Mía Maestro Kevin Durand Jonathan Hyde Richard Sammel Sean Astin Jack Kesy Natalie Brown Miguel Gomez Ben Hyland Max Charles Ruta Gedmintas Rupert Penry-Jones Samantha Mathis Joaquín Cosío
Voices of: Robin Atkin Downes
Composer: Ramin Djawadi
Country of origin: United States
Original language: English
Number span no of episodes: 46 ( list of episodes )
Executive producers: Guillermo del Toro Carlton Cuse Chuck Hogan Gary Ungar J. Miles Dale David Weddle Bradley Thompson Regina Corrado
Producers: Ra'uf Glasgow Gennifer Hutchison
Production locations: Toronto , Ontario
Cinematography: Checco Verese Gabriel Beristain Miroslaw Baszak
Editors: Kathryn Himoff Christopher Nelson Sarah Boyd
Running time: 39–70 minutes
Production companies: Double Dare You Cuse Productions FXP
Network: FX

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Duration: 40
FilmAffinity ID: 863644
Official website: www.fxnetworks.com/thestrain

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start time: 2014-07-13
number of seasons: 4
number of episodes: 46
Commons category: The Strain (TV series)
title: The Strain
end time: 2017-09-17
social media followers: 55100

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The Strain is an American horror drama television series that aired on FX from July 13, 2014, to September 17, 2017. It was created by Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan, based on their novel trilogy of the same name. Carlton Cuse served as executive producer and showrunner. Del Toro and Hogan wrote the pilot episode, "Night Zero", which del Toro directed. A thirteen-episode first season was ordered on November 19, 2013. The pilot episode premiered at the ATX Television Festival in Austin, Texas, in early June 2014.

On August 6, 2014, FX renewed The Strain for a 13-episode second season which premiered on July 12, 2015. On August 7, 2015, FX renewed The Strain for a 10-episode third season which premiered on August 28, 2016. FX renewed the series for a fourth and final season on September 27, 2016, which premiered on July 16, 2017. During the course of the series, 46 episodes of The Strain aired over four seasons.