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Person of Interest
2011–2016
· TV Show
· 43 min episodes
· 5 seasons
A
MEANRANK
83/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #83
- IMDb #88
- Google retired #10
- Rotten Tomatoes #106
- Metacritic #112
- RatingGraph #10
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #106
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #158
- Metacritic Critics #238
- Metacritic Audience #22
- Criticker #86
- Trakt #78
Every rating
66–98
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Metacritic critics on 66, highest is Google on 98.
See the TV shows the platforms disagree about most →An off-the-grid and presumed-dead former CIA agent, John Reese, is hired by a mysterious tech billionaire software genius, Harold Finch, to prevent violent crimes before they happen in New York City via an advanced surveillance software.
Details
- Created by
- Jonathan Nolan
- Released
- 22 September 2011
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Episode length
- 43 min
- Rated
- TV-14
- Episodes
- 103 across 5 seasons
- Awards
- 8 wins, 17 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 25 →8 wins from 25 nominations across 20 ceremonies
| Best Foreign TV series 2017 | Best Foreign TV series | Person of Interest | Winner |
| Best Television Episode Teleplay 2017 | Best Television Episode Teleplay | Jonathan Nolan, Denise Thé / "return 0" | Nominee |
| Best TV Action Series 2016 | Best TV Action Series | Person of Interest | Winner |
| Best TV Series 2016 | Best TV Series | Person of Interest | Nominee |
| Best Television Episode Teleplay 2016 | Best Television Episode Teleplay | Erik Mountain, Melissa Scrivner Love / "Terra Incognita" | Nominee |
| Favorite TV Crime Drama 2016 | Favorite TV Crime Drama | Person of Interest | Winner |
| Favorite TV Crime Drama Actor 2016 | Favorite TV Crime Drama Actor | Jim Caviezel | Nominee |
| Television Composer of the Year 2016 | Television Composer of the Year | Ramin Djawadi | Nominee |
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Best TV Action Series
5 nominations, 2 won
| Best TV Action Series | Person of Interest | Winner |
| Best TV Action Series | Person of Interest | Winner |
| Best TV Action Series | Person of Interest | Nominee |
| Best TV Action Series | Person of Interest | Nominee |
| Best TV Action Series | Person of Interest | Nominee |
Best Foreign TV series
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign TV series | Person of Interest | Winner |
Favorite New TV Drama
1 nomination, 1 won
| Favorite New TV Drama | Person of Interest | Winner |
Favorite TV Crime Drama
1 nomination, 1 won
| Favorite TV Crime Drama | Person of Interest | Winner |
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
1 nomination, 1 won
| Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series | Taraji P. Henson | Winner |
People's Choice TV Action Series
1 nomination, 1 won
| People's Choice TV Action Series | Person of Interest | Winner |
People's Choice TV Series
1 nomination, 1 won
| People's Choice TV Series | Person of Interest | Winner |
Best Television Episode Teleplay
2 nominations
| Best Television Episode Teleplay | Jonathan Nolan, Denise Thé / "return 0" | Nominee |
| Best Television Episode Teleplay | Erik Mountain, Melissa Scrivner Love / "Terra Incognita" | Nominee |
Best Network Television Series
1 nomination
| Best Network Television Series | Person of Interest | Nominee |
Best Sound Editing – Short Form Dialogue and ADR in Television
1 nomination
| Best Sound Editing – Short Form Dialogue and ADR in Television | Thomas DeGorter, H. Jay Levine, Maciek Malish, Matt Sawelson / "Witness" | Nominee |
Best Sound Editing – Short Form Music in Television
1 nomination
| Best Sound Editing – Short Form Music in Television | Tom Trafalski / "Firewall" | Nominee |
Best TV Episode
1 nomination
| Best TV Episode | "If-Then-Else" | Nominee |
Best TV Hero
1 nomination
| Best TV Hero | Taraji P. Henson for the character "Joss Carter" | Nominee |
Best TV Series
1 nomination
| Best TV Series | Person of Interest | Nominee |
Favorite Dramatic TV Actor
1 nomination
| Favorite Dramatic TV Actor | Jim Caviezel | Nominee |
Favorite TV Crime Drama Actor
1 nomination
| Favorite TV Crime Drama Actor | Jim Caviezel | Nominee |
Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series
1 nomination
| Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series | Taraji P. Henson | Nominee |
Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (One Hour)
1 nomination
| Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (One Hour) | Noah Timan, Keith Rogers, Frank Morrone, Scott Weber / "Pilot" | Nominee |
Outstanding Sound – Television
1 nomination
| Outstanding Sound – Television | Thomas DeGorter, Keith Rogers, Matt Sawelson, Scott Weber / "Matsya Nyaya" | Nominee |
Television Composer of the Year
1 nomination
| Television Composer of the Year | Ramin Djawadi | Nominee |