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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
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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
5 Reviews
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
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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Production Company:
  • Go2 Digital Media
  • The Asylum
Initial Release Date: Sep 12, 2014
Number of seasons: 5 Seasons
Rating: TV-14
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