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  • 2014
  • TV-14
  • SyFy
  • 2014
  • TV-14
  • SyFy

Summary Set three years after a zombie virus nearly kills everyone, a team that includes leader Hammond (Harold Perrineau), second-in-command Garnett (Tom Everett Scott), and a computer hacker who goes by the name Citizen Z (DJ Qualls), seek to move a survivor of the virus from New York to the only functioning lab in California to produce an an...

Created By: Craig Engler, Karl Schaefer

  • 2014
  • TV-14
  • SyFy
  • 2014
  • TV-14
  • SyFy

Z Nation

5 Seasons
Season 1 Premiere: Sep 12, 2014
Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 11 Critic Reviews
48
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 310 User Ratings
6.7
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Summary Set three years after a zombie virus nearly kills everyone, a team that includes leader Hammond (Harold Perrineau), second-in-command Garnett (Tom Everett Scott), and a computer hacker who goes by the name Citizen Z (DJ Qualls), seek to move a survivor of the virus from New York to the only functioning lab in California to produce an an...

Created By: Craig Engler, Karl Schaefer

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 11 Critic Reviews
48
27% Positive
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45% Mixed
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27% Negative
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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 11 Critic Reviews
48
27% Positive
3 Reviews
45% Mixed
5 Reviews
27% Negative
3 Reviews

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75
Sep 11, 2014
Z Nation is the show you watch if you want to see zombie guts splattered across the screen--and there’s nothing wrong with that.
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67
Sep 10, 2014
Although the acting can be a bit mechanical, Syfy’s Z Nation may have enough pop, intrigue and indispensable gore to serve as more than a mere placeholder for AMC’s The Walking Dead.
By Ed Bark FULL REVIEW

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User Score
Generally Favorable Based on 310 User Ratings
6.7
64% Positive
198 Ratings
14% Mixed
43 Ratings
22% Negative
69 Ratings

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User Score
Generally Favorable Based on 310 User Ratings
6.7
64% Positive
198 Ratings
14% Mixed
43 Ratings
22% Negative
69 Ratings

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10
neomoonsevin
Dec 13, 2022
Doc was funny as I love this zombie show just **** it got cancelled before the 6th season could begin
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9
BubbaBaxter
Feb 15, 2021
A fun alternatve to the Walking Dead franchise. A great show made even better/funnier after a bowl of BC bud :-)
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60
Sep 15, 2014
As a B-level entry it’s at least entertaining, and if some of the sillier aspects of the pilot can be improved on could be one of those mindless entertainment options we all need now and again.
By Tim Goodman FULL REVIEW
50
Sep 11, 2014
Gore-hounds will find a couple of visual shots fascinating, but there’s little here for anyone to justify the hour investment.
By Mark A. Perigard FULL REVIEW
40
Sep 11, 2014
If you'll take zombies any way you can get 'em, Z Nation will hold you over. More discriminating fans may want to wait until next month, when The Walking Dead rumbles back to life.
By David Hiltbrand FULL REVIEW
33
Sep 5, 2014
We resent the storytelling for not maximizing the sublime ridiculousness of a rabid zombie baby hunting the adult heroes. [12 Sep 2014, p.58]
By Jeff Jensen FULL REVIEW
0
Sep 10, 2014
Even for SyFy, this is Grade Z television.
By David Wiegand FULL REVIEW
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8
Lord_Fall
Nov 16, 2020
Z Nation is where zombie apocalypse meets funny jokes, while a lone guy from the North Pole broadcasts pitiful jokes to no mans land. A series which is irreverent and unpretentious. Humour that bites hard.
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Jrtlaktalk
May 19, 2020
This isn't a good show. In fact, it is completely ridiculous and absurd but... it was an absurdly fun ride. Well, it was an absurdly fun ride, that is up until season 5, when it got itself cancelled. How did this fun ride manage to get itself cancelled? Well, season 5 was when the gender politics of Hollywood turned it into female empowerment gibberish. They made all of the males weak, irritating and whiny henchmen while simultaneously replacing every significant role with a strong and brave female: the hero, the leader, the scientist, the villain, the computer expert and the moral support. Well, actually, they replaced the male computer expert, which was a hacker the NSA specifically recruited, back in season 4 with a nomadic female eskimo. They kept the male in, but apparently the nomadic female eskimo was just way more intelligent... Despite this however, it was still a fun ride - marginally less, but the fun was still there. But with season 5 - they went too far with their illogical empowerment - and got itself cancelled.
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Production Company:
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  • The Asylum
Initial Release Date: Sep 12, 2014
Number of seasons: 5 Seasons
Rating: TV-14
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