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The Peripheral
2022
· TV Show
· 60 min episodes
· 1 season
B
MEANRANK
71/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #339
- IMDb #349
- Rotten Tomatoes #170
- Metacritic #330
- RatingGraph #324
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #264
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- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #126
- Metacritic Critics #323
- Metacritic Audience #319
- Criticker #238
- Trakt #318
Every rating
53–85
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 53, highest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 85.
See the TV shows the platforms disagree about most →Set in the future when technology has subtly altered society, a woman discovers a secret connection to an alternate reality as well as a dark future of her own.
Details
- Created by
- Scott B. Smith
- Based on
- The Peripheral by William Gibson
- Released
- 20 October 2022
- Country
- United States, Canada
- Language
- English
- Episode length
- 60 min
- Rated
- TV-MA
- Episodes
- 8 across 1 season
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