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Maniac
2018
· TV Show
· 40 min episodes
· 1 season
B
MEANRANK
73/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #307
- IMDb #180
- Google retired #25
- Rotten Tomatoes #27
- Metacritic #28
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #60
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- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #26
- Metacritic Critics #18
- Metacritic Audience #111
- Criticker #95
- Trakt #267
Every rating
19–90
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 19, highest is Google on 90.
See the TV shows the platforms disagree about most →The story of a grifter who joins a mysterious pharmaceutical trial promising to solve all her problems with a revolutionary new pill. Inside the trial, she forms a connection with another subject, and their minds are plunged into a series of fantastical, reality-bending adventures that force them to confront their past traumas.
Details
- Created by
- Cary Joji Fukunaga, Patrick Somerville
- Released
- 21 September 2018
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Episode length
- 40 min
- Rated
- TV-MA
- Episodes
- 10 across 1 season
- Awards
- 0 wins, 7 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 7 →0 wins from 7 nominations across 7 ceremonies
| Art Directors Guild Awards 2018 | Excellence in Production Design for a Television Movie or Limited Series | Alex Digerlando | Nominee |
| Directors Guild of America Awards 2018 | Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television and Limited Series | Cary Joji Fukunaga | Nominee |
| Producers Guild of America Awards 2018 | Outstanding Producer of Limited Series Television | Patrick Somerville, Cary Joji Fukunaga, Michael Sugar, Doug Wald, Jonah Hill, Emma Stone, Pal Kristiansen, Anne Kolbjørnsen, Espen Huseby, Carol Cuddy, Mauricio Katz, Caroline Williams, Ashley Zalta, Jessica Levin & Jon Mallard | Nominee |
| Screen Actors Guild Awards 2018 | Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie | Emma Stone | Nominee |
| Writers Guild of America Awards 2018 | Television: Long Form – Adapted | Nick Cuse, Cary Joji Fukunaga, Amelia Gray, Danielle Henderson, Mauricio Katz, Patrick Somerville & Caroline Williams | Nominee |
| Golden Reel Awards 2018 | Broadcast Media: Short Form Music / Musical | Episode 2: "Windmills" | Nominee |
| Satellite Awards 2018 | Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film | Emma Stone | Nominee |
Awards from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.
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Art Directors Guild Awards
1 nomination
| Excellence in Production Design for a Television Movie or Limited Series | Alex Digerlando | Nominee |
Directors Guild of America Awards
1 nomination
| Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television and Limited Series | Cary Joji Fukunaga | Nominee |
Producers Guild of America Awards
1 nomination
| Outstanding Producer of Limited Series Television | Patrick Somerville, Cary Joji Fukunaga, Michael Sugar, Doug Wald, Jonah Hill, Emma Stone, Pal Kristiansen, Anne Kolbjørnsen, Espen Huseby, Carol Cuddy, Mauricio Katz, Caroline Williams, Ashley Zalta, Jessica Levin & Jon Mallard | Nominee |
Screen Actors Guild Awards
1 nomination
| Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie | Emma Stone | Nominee |
Writers Guild of America Awards
1 nomination
| Television: Long Form – Adapted | Nick Cuse, Cary Joji Fukunaga, Amelia Gray, Danielle Henderson, Mauricio Katz, Patrick Somerville & Caroline Williams | Nominee |
Golden Reel Awards
1 nomination
| Broadcast Media: Short Form Music / Musical | Episode 2: "Windmills" | Nominee |
Satellite Awards
1 nomination
| Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film | Emma Stone | Nominee |