Oz (TV series)
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Created by | Tom Fontana |
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Network | HBO |
Release | July 12, 1997 February 23, 2003 | –
Oz is an American
Oz premiered on July 12, 1997, and ran for six seasons. The series finale aired on February 23, 2003.Overview
"Oz" is the nickname for the Oswald State Correctional Facility, formerly Oswald State Penitentiary, a fictional
Plot
In an experimental unit of the prison, unit manager
Under McManus and Warden
Oz chronicles McManus' attempts to keep control over the inmates of Em City. There are many groups of inmates throughout the show, and not everyone within each group survives the show's events. There are the African-American
Cast and characters
Main actors are credited as "starring" in the opening title sequence, while supporting actors are listed under "also starring". Guest actors are listed in the show's end credits.
Main
Actor | Character | Seasons | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||
Ernie Hudson | Warden Leo Glynn
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Terry Kinney | Tim McManus
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Harold Perrineau | Augustus Hill | Main | |||||
Eamonn Walker | Kareem Saïd
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Main | |||||
Kirk Acevedo | Miguel Alvarez
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Supporting | Main | ||||
Rita Moreno | Sister Peter Marie Reimondo
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Supporting | Main | ||||
J. K. Simmons | Vernon Schillinger | Main | |||||
Lee Tergesen | Tobias Beecher | Main | |||||
Dean Winters | Ryan O'Reily | Supporting | Main | ||||
Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje | Simon Adebisi | Guest | Supporting | Main |
Supporting
Actor | Character | Seasons | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |||
B.D. Wong
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Father Ray Mukada
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Edie Falco | Officer Diane Whittlesey | Supporting | Guest | |||||
Sean Whitesell | Donald Groves
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Supporting | ||||||
Tony Musante | Nino Schibetta
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Leon Robinson | Jefferson Keane
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Supporting | Guest | |||||
Jon Seda | Dino Ortolani | Guest | Guest | |||||
Lauren Vélez | Dr. Gloria Nathan
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Guest | Supporting | |||||
George Morfogen | Bob Rebadow
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Guest | Supporting | |||||
J. D. Williams | Kenny Wangler | Guest | Supporting | |||||
Željko Ivanek | Governor James Devlin
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Guest | Supporting | |||||
muMs da Schemer | Arnold "Poet" Jackson
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Guest | Supporting | |||||
Granville Adams | Zahir Arif | Guest | Supporting | |||||
Rick Fox | Jackson Vahue | Guest | Supporting | Supporting | ||||
Eddie Malavarca | Peter Schibetta | Guest | Supporting | |||||
Tom Mardirosian | Agamemnon Busmalis
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Guest | Supporting | |||||
Christopher Meloni | Chris Keller
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Guest | Supporting | |||||
Scott William Winters | Cyril O'Reily | Guest | Supporting | |||||
Austin Pendleton | William Giles
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Guest | Supporting | |||||
Kathryn Erbe | Shirley Bellinger | Guest | Supporting | Guest | ||||
Luis Guzmán | Raoul "El Cid" Hernandez
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Guest | Supporting | |||||
Mark Margolis | Antonio Nappa
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Guest | Supporting | Guest | ||||
Chuck Zito | Chucky Pancamo | Guest | Supporting | |||||
R.E. Rogers | James Robson | Guest | Supporting | |||||
Evan Seinfeld | Jaz Hoyt | Guest | Supporting | |||||
Otto Sanchez | Carmen "Chico" Guerra | Guest | Supporting | |||||
Sean Dugan | Timmy Kirk
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Guest | Guest | Supporting | ||||
Robert Clohessy | Officer Sean Murphy
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Supporting | ||||||
Kristin Rohde | Officer Claire Howell | Supporting | ||||||
Philip Casnoff | Nikolai Stanislofsky
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Seth Gilliam | Officer Clayton Hughes | Supporting | ||||||
Kevin Conway | Seamus O'Reily
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Guest | Supporting | |||||
Charles Busch | Nathaniel "Nat" Ginzburg | Guest | Supporting | |||||
David Zayas | Enrique Morales | Supporting | ||||||
Reg E. Cathey | Martin Querns
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Supporting | Guest | |||||
Erik King | Moses Deyell | Supporting | ||||||
Lance Reddick | Johnny Basil / Desmond Mobay
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Lord Jamar | Supreme Allah / Kevin Ketchum | Supporting | ||||||
Michael Wright | Omar White
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Anthony Chisholm | Burr Redding | Supporting | ||||||
Luke Perry | Jeremiah Cloutier | Supporting | ||||||
Betty Buckley | Suzanne Fitzgerald | Supporting | ||||||
Blake Robbins | Officer Dave Brass | Guest | Supporting | |||||
Patti LuPone | Stella Coffa | Supporting | ||||||
Joel Grey | Lemuel Idzik
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Supporting | ||||||
Bobby Cannavale | Alonzo Torquemada | Supporting |
Episodes
Season | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
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First aired | Last aired | |||
1 | 8 | July 12, 1997 | August 25, 1997 | |
2 | 8 | July 11, 1998 | August 31, 1998 | |
3 | 8 | July 14, 1999 | September 1, 1999 | |
4 | 16 | 8 | July 12, 2000 | August 30, 2000 |
8 | January 7, 2001 | February 25, 2001 | ||
5 | 8 | January 6, 2002 | February 24, 2002 | |
6 | 8 | January 5, 2003 | February 23, 2003 |
Oz took advantage of the freedoms of
On an episode of Saturday Night Live that Jerry Seinfeld hosted on October 2, 1999, a sketch was produced that showed what life was like for his character of the same name behind bars after being transferred to the Oswald State Correctional Facility sometime after the events of Seinfeld (1989–1998).[8] The roughly four-minute sketch shows the opening credits for the HBO series with clips of Jerry mixed in doing various activities around the prison. The sketch continues and mixes in different story lines from both Oz and Seinfeld and has Jerry interacting with various characters from the show in his typical quick-witted, sarcastic way.[9] Seinfeld's second cousin, Evan Seinfeld, plays Jaz Hoyt in Oz.
Broadcast
Syndication
On April 21, 2009,
International broadcast history
In Australia, Oz was screened uncensored on Channel "OH" on Optus TV, then free-to-air channel,
In Bosnia and Herzegovina, it was aired on the federal TV station called FTV. In Canada, Oz aired on the Showcase Channel at Friday 10 p.m. EST. In
Rights
The series was co-produced by HBO and
Reception
Season | Rotten Tomatoes |
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1 | 80% (25 reviews)[11] |
2 | 100% (6 reviews)[12] |
3 | 100% (6 reviews)[13] |
6 | 92% (12 reviews)[14] |
Critical reception
Critical reception of Oz was mostly positive. The first season of Oz has been ranked a 70 based on the rating aggregator website Metacritic, indicating generally favorable reviews by critics.[15] Caryn James from The New York Times stated: "Set almost entirely in the prison, a high-tech horror with glass-walled cells, Oz can also be unpleasant to watch, it is so gruesome and claustrophobic. Yet... as the series moves beyond its introductory shock value, it becomes more serious, disturbing and gripping.... The point of Oz, with its depiction of guilty men in torturous circumstances, is never subtle, but it is complicated and strong."[16] Steve Johnson of the Chicago Tribune wrote: "Engaging, often Brutal."[17]
Other reviews were more critical of the series. Frederic Biddle of the
Awards and nominations
Oz has had a successful run at many award associations,
Additional nominations consist of the NAACP Image Awards (seven), a GLAAD Media Award,[34] a Producers Guild of America Award,[35][36] a Writers Guild of America Award,[36] and although the series has not been the recipient of any major awards, it was however nominated for two Primetime Emmy Awards, for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series (Charles S. Dutton),[37] and Outstanding Casting for a Series (Alexa L. Fogel).[38]
Home media
VHS & DVD
The first two seasons of Oz were released on
Season | Release date | Additional | ||
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Region 1 | Region 2 | Region 4 | ||
The Complete First Season | March 19, 2002 | February 5, 2007[41] | February 15, 2007[42] | |
The Complete Second Season | January 7, 2003 | August 6, 2007[43] | August 16, 2007[44] | |
The Complete Third Season | February 24, 2004 | October 29, 2007[45] | November 8, 2007[46] | |
The Complete Fourth Season | February 1, 2005 | March 3, 2008[47] | March 20, 2008[48] | |
The Complete Fifth Season | June 21, 2005 | June 30, 2008[49] | June 19, 2008[50] | |
The Complete Sixth Season | September 5, 2006 | September 22, 2008[51] | September 18, 2008[52] | |
The Complete Series (Seasons 1–6) | September 5, 2006 | September 7, 2009[53] | TBA |
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Soundtrack
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Sources
- Season 1, Episode 2, DVD Commentary on "Oz: The Complete First Season."
- Season 2, Episode 5, "Oz: The Complete Second Season."
Further reading
- Chavez, Dannette (12 July 2017). "20 years ago, Oz locked down the prestige-drama formula". AVClub. Archived from the original on 4 December 2017. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
- Jarvis, Brian. "The Violence of Images: inside the prison TV drama Oz". ResearchGate. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
- Oz: behind these walls: the journal of Augustus Hill. New York: HarperEntertainment. 2003. OCLC 51241977.
- Peden, Laura David (15 July 2001). "The Inmates of 'Oz' move Into a new Emerald City". The New York Times. p. 2:24. OCLC 1645522. Archived from the originalon 27 May 2015. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
- Stemple, Lara (2007). "HBO's OZ and the Fight against Prisoner Rape: Chronicles from the Front Line". In Johnson, Merri Lisa (ed.). Third Wave Feminism and Television: Jane Puts it in a Box. London: OCLC 72151012.
- Van Elteren, Mel. Hart, Kylo-Patrick (ed.). "Mediated deviance and social otherness: Interrogating influential representations". Journal of American Culture. Michigan State University East Lansing: Wiley-Blackwell. OCLC 1754751.
External links
- Oz at IMDb