Carnivàle

About Carnivàle

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.

Carnivàle is a mystery, science fiction, and fantasy series that ran on HBO. The series is filed under supernatural power, 1930s, surrealism, and dark secret.

Its 2 seasons and 24 episodes aired between September 2003 and March 2005. Seasons run to about 12 episodes.

Nick Stahl leads the cast as Ben Hawkins, Michael J. Anderson as Samson, Clea DuVall as Sofie, and Cynthia Ettinger as Rita Sue Dreifuss.

It streams on HBO Max and HBO Max Amazon Channel in the United States. Spider-Noir, Mildred Pierce, and The Last Tycoon make useful companions to Carnivàle, all filed under great depression and period drama. TMDB voters put it at 7.9 out of 10 across 476 votes and it carries a TV-MA rating.