Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- ~54 min/episode
- Length
- 2 seasons · 24 episodes
- Status
- Cancelled
- Age rating
- TV-MA
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
The story
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.
- tarot cards
- carnival
- chosen one
- striptease
- great depression
- surrealism
- evil preacher
- period drama
- traveling circus
- carny
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Clea DuVall
- Cynthia Ettinger
- Carla Gallo
- Adrienne Barbeau
- Amy Madigan
- Toby Huss
- Debra Christofferson
- Brian Turk
- Diane Salinger
- Ralph Waite
- John Fleck
- Directed
- Jack Bender, John Patterson, Todd Field, Tim Hunter, Tucker Gates, Scott Winant & 7 more
- Created
- Daniel Knauf
- Written
- Ronald D. Moore, Daniel Knauf, William Schmidt, Tracy Tormé, Nicole Yorkin, Henry Bromell & 2 more
Production
- Rating
- 7.9 / 10 · 466 ratings
- Network & studio
- HBO, 3 Arts Entertainment
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
