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The Magicians
2015–2020
· TV Show
· 60 min episodes
· 5 seasons
B
MEANRANK
74/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #273
- IMDb #333
- Rotten Tomatoes #165
- Metacritic #234
- RatingGraph #164
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #117
+5 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #226
- Metacritic Critics #254
- Metacritic Audience #244
- Criticker #212
- Trakt #241
Every rating
55–91
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 55, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 91.
See the most agreed on TV shows →After being recruited to a secretive academy, a group of students discovers that the magic they read about as children is very real--and more dangerous than they ever imagined.
Details
- Created by
- Sera Gamble
- Based on
- The Magicians by Lev Grossman
- Released
- 16 December 2015
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Episode length
- 60 min
- Rated
- TV-14
- Episodes
- 65 across 5 seasons
- Awards
- 0 wins, 6 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 6 →0 wins from 6 nominations across 2 ceremonies
| Saturn Awards 2021 | Best Fantasy Television Series | The Magicians | Nominee |
| Saturn Awards 2019 | Best Fantasy Television Series | The Magicians | Nominee |
| Saturn Awards 2018 | Best Fantasy Television Series | The Magicians | Nominee |
| UBCP/ACTRA Awards 2018 | Best Actress | Keegan Connor Tracy | Nominee |
| Saturn Awards 2017 | Best Fantasy Television Series | The Magicians | Nominee |
| Saturn Awards 2016 | Best Fantasy Television Series | The Magicians | Nominee |
Awards from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.
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Saturn Awards
5 nominations
| Best Fantasy Television Series | The Magicians | Nominee |
| Best Fantasy Television Series | The Magicians | Nominee |
| Best Fantasy Television Series | The Magicians | Nominee |
| Best Fantasy Television Series | The Magicians | Nominee |
| Best Fantasy Television Series | The Magicians | Nominee |
UBCP/ACTRA Awards
1 nomination
| Best Actress | Keegan Connor Tracy | Nominee |