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  • 2019
  • TV-14
  • National Geographic
  • 2019
  • TV-14
  • National Geographic

Summary When a highly infectious virus with no known cure appears at the Reston Monkey Facility in 1989, U.S. Army veterinarian Dr. Nancy Jaax (Julianna Margulies) works to stop it from spreading in this six-part miniseries based on Richard Preston's 1995 nonfiction book about Ebola.

Created By: Brian Peterson, Kelly Souders, James V. Hart

  • 2019
  • TV-14
  • National Geographic
  • 2019
  • TV-14
  • National Geographic

The Hot Zone

Season 1 Premiere: May 26, 2019
Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 12 Critic Reviews
69
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 33 User Ratings
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Summary When a highly infectious virus with no known cure appears at the Reston Monkey Facility in 1989, U.S. Army veterinarian Dr. Nancy Jaax (Julianna Margulies) works to stop it from spreading in this six-part miniseries based on Richard Preston's 1995 nonfiction book about Ebola.

Created By: Brian Peterson, Kelly Souders, James V. Hart

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 12 Critic Reviews
69
75% Positive
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25% Mixed
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Generally Favorable Based on 12 Critic Reviews
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75% Positive
9 Reviews
25% Mixed
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80
May 28, 2019
Having established that Margulies does a fine job leading “The Hot Zone,” neither she nor her impressive list of co-stars, including Liam Cunningham, Noah Emmerich and James D’Arcy, are given many opportunities to chew scenery. They don’t need to, because showrunners and executive producers Kelly Sounders and Brian Peterson built the script to make fear of infection the centerpiece.
By Melanie McFarland FULL REVIEW
80
May 1, 2019
Death is nothing new on television. But the grotesque hemorrhaging Ebola induces in its unlucky sufferers brings home the gravity of the story, and the courage of its players. ... “The Hot Zone” works best as an examination of process in precisely this way — showing what it takes to defeat an outbreak, both in Jaax’s storyline and in one told in flashback, as her mentor (“Game of Thrones’s” Liam Cunningham) attempts to find an Ebola survivor and thus to use his or her antibodies for a cure.
By Daniel D'Addario FULL REVIEW

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Generally Favorable Based on 33 User Ratings
6.3
55% Positive
18 Ratings
33% Mixed
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12% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 33 User Ratings
6.3
55% Positive
18 Ratings
33% Mixed
11 Ratings
12% Negative
4 Ratings

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75
May 23, 2019
Showrunners Kelly Souders and Brian Peterson, veterans of “Under the Dome” and “Smallville,” sprinkle in enough science to balance the crazier elements of “The Hot Zone,” Peak TV’s version of a summer disaster flick.
By Rob Owen FULL REVIEW
70
May 28, 2019
Though flawed, “The Hot Zone” is an effective, real-life horror story whose key points are hard to brush aside.
By Lorraine Ali FULL REVIEW
70
May 23, 2019
With apologies to King Kong, monkey business has never been scarier than in this tense if preachy six-part docudrama. [27 May - 9 Jun 2019, p.13]
By Matt Roush FULL REVIEW
60
May 28, 2019
What The Hot Zone does very well is focus its story on science and procedure. It can be hard to balance drama and accuracy when one of the series’ most key lines is “the antibodies are in the plasma!” but the series makes it work.
By Allison Keene FULL REVIEW
40
May 28, 2019
A tale of human vulnerability doesn’t seem to have any human beings present. The home-life stories that are meant to add emotional heft are distracting and brittle, and the characters are under-imagined.
By Margaret Lyons FULL REVIEW
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Production Company:
  • 20th Television
  • Fox 21 Television Studios
  • Lynda Obst Productions
  • Scott Free Productions
Initial Release Date: May 26, 2019
Number of seasons: 2 Seasons
Rating: TV-14
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Awards

Women's Image Network Awards
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Young Entertainer Awards
• 1 Nomination
Directors Guild of Canada
• 1 Nomination

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