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Alcatraz
2012
· TV Show
· 60 min episodes
· 1 season
D
MEANRANK
57/100
Every rating
34–69
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 34, highest is IMDb on 69.
See the TV shows the platforms disagree about most →In 1963, all the prisoners and guards mysteriously disappear from Alcatraz. In the present day, they resurface and a secret agency is tasked with re-capturing them.
Details
- Created by
- Bryan Wynbrandt, Elizabeth Sarnoff, Steven Lilien
- Studio
- Bad Robot, Warner Bros. Television
- Released
- 16 January 2012
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Episode length
- 60 min
- Rated
- TV-14
- Episodes
- 13 across 1 season
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