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The Expanse
2015–2022
· TV Show
· 60 min episodes
· 6 seasons
A
MEANRANK
84/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #63
- IMDb #89
- Google retired #32
- Rotten Tomatoes #69
- Metacritic #86
- RatingGraph #58
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #45
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #112
- Metacritic Critics #159
- Metacritic Audience #41
- Criticker #59
- Trakt #21
Every rating
69–96
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Criticker on 69, highest is Google on 96.
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Details
- Created by
- Hawk Ostby, Mark Fergus
- Based on
- The Expanse by James S. A. Corey
- Released
- 14 December 2015
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Episode length
- 60 min
- Rated
- TV-14
- Episodes
- 62 across 6 seasons
- Awards
- 8 wins, 20 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 28 →2 major awards won · 8 wins from 28 nominations across 9 ceremonies
| Directors Guild of Canada Awards 2018 | Best Sound Editing – Television Series | Nelson Ferriera, Kevin Banks, Nathan Robitaille, Dustin Harris, Tyler Whitham, Dashen Naidoo (for "Home") | Winner |
| Directors Guild of Canada Awards 2016 | Best Sound Editing – Television Series | Nelson Ferriera, Nathan Robitaille, Dustin Harris, Tyler Whitham, Dashen Naidoo (for "The Big Empty") | Winner |
| Writers Guild of America Awards 2022 | Adapted Short Form New Media | Wes Chatham, Julianna Damewood, Glenton Richards (for The Expanse: One Ship ) | Nominee |
| Directors Guild of Canada Awards 2021 | Best Sound Editing – Dramatic Series | Nelson Ferreira, Alex Bullick, Dustin Harris, Josh Brown, Craig MacLellan, Ayaz Kamani (for "Gaugamela") | Nominee |
| Directors Guild of Canada Awards 2021 | Best Picture Editing – Dramatic Series | Roderick Deogrades (for "Winnipesaukee") | Nominee |
| Directors Guild of Canada Awards 2019 | Best Picture Editing – Dramatic Series | Stephen Roque (for "Abaddon's Gate") | Nominee |
| Directors Guild of Canada Awards 2017 | Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Series | Robert Lieberman (for "Rock Bottom") | Nominee |
| Space Rocks Inspiration Award 2024 | Space Rocks Inspiration Award | The Expanse | Winner |
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Directors Guild of Canada Awards
6 nominations, 2 won
| Best Sound Editing – Television Series | Nelson Ferriera, Kevin Banks, Nathan Robitaille, Dustin Harris, Tyler Whitham, Dashen Naidoo (for "Home") | Winner |
| Best Sound Editing – Television Series | Nelson Ferriera, Nathan Robitaille, Dustin Harris, Tyler Whitham, Dashen Naidoo (for "The Big Empty") | Winner |
| Best Picture Editing – Dramatic Series | Roderick Deogrades (for "Winnipesaukee") | Nominee |
| Best Picture Editing – Dramatic Series | Stephen Roque (for "Abaddon's Gate") | Nominee |
| Best Sound Editing – Dramatic Series | Nelson Ferreira, Alex Bullick, Dustin Harris, Josh Brown, Craig MacLellan, Ayaz Kamani (for "Gaugamela") | Nominee |
| Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Series | Robert Lieberman (for "Rock Bottom") | Nominee |
Writers Guild of America Awards
1 nomination
| Adapted Short Form New Media | Wes Chatham, Julianna Damewood, Glenton Richards (for The Expanse: One Ship ) | Nominee |
Hugo Awards
6 nominations, 3 won
| Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form | Daniel Abraham, Ty Franck, Naren Shankar and Breck Eisner (for " Babylon's Ashes ") | Winner |
| Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form | Daniel Abraham, Ty Franck, and Naren Shankar (for "Nemesis Games") | Winner |
| Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form | Mark Fergus, Hawk Ostby and Terry McDonough (for "Leviathan Wakes") | Winner |
| Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form | Dan Nowak, Nick Gomez (for "Gaugamela") | Nominee |
| Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form | Daniel Abraham, Ty Franck, Naren Shankar, & Breck Eisner (for "Cibola Burn") | Nominee |
| Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form | Daniel Abraham, Ty Franck, Naren Shankar, & Simon Cellan Jones (for "Abaddon's Gate") | Nominee |
Saturn Awards
6 nominations, 1 won
| Television Spotlight Award | The Expanse | Winner |
| Best Science Fiction Series (Streaming) | The Expanse | Nominee |
| Best Science Fiction Television Series | The Expanse | Nominee |
| Best Science Fiction Television Series | The Expanse | Nominee |
| Best Science Fiction Television Series | The Expanse | Nominee |
| Best Streaming Science Fiction, Action & Fantasy Series | The Expanse | Nominee |
Dragon Awards
5 nominations, 1 won
| Best Science Fiction or Fantasy TV Series | The Expanse | Winner |
| Best Science Fiction or Fantasy TV Series | The Expanse | Nominee |
| Best Science Fiction or Fantasy TV Series | The Expanse | Nominee |
| Best Science Fiction or Fantasy TV Series | The Expanse | Nominee |
| Best Science Fiction or Fantasy TV Series | The Expanse | Nominee |
Space Rocks Inspiration Award
1 nomination, 1 won
| Space Rocks Inspiration Award | The Expanse | Winner |
Nebula Awards
1 nomination
| Outstanding Dramatic Presentation | Dan Nowak, Amazon Prime (for "Gaugamela") | Nominee |
People's Choice Awards
1 nomination
| The Sci-Fi/Fantasy Show of 2018 | The Expanse | Nominee |
Visual Effects Society Awards
1 nomination
| Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Episode | Robert Munroe, Clint Green, Kyle Menzies, Tom Turnbull (for "Salvage") | Nominee |