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The Sandman
2022–2025
· TV Show
· 45 min episodes
· 2 seasons
B
MEANRANK
73/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #305
- IMDb #318
- Google retired #148
- Rotten Tomatoes #205
- Metacritic #317
- RatingGraph #237
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #242
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #196
- Metacritic Critics #252
- Metacritic Audience #350
- Criticker #230
- Trakt #228
Every rating
53–86
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 53, highest is Google on 86.
See the TV shows the platforms disagree about most →Upon escaping after decades of imprisonment by a mortal wizard, Dream, the personification of dreams, sets about to reclaim his lost equipment.
Details
- Created by
- Allan Heinberg, David S. Goyer, Neil Gaiman
- Based on
- The Sandman by Neil Gaiman
- Released
- 5 August 2022
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Episode length
- 45 min
- Rated
- TV-MA
- Episodes
- 23 across 2 seasons
- Awards
- 0 wins, 7 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
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| AWGIE Awards 2024 | Animation | Catherine Smyth-McMullen (for "Dream of a Thousand Cats") | Nominee |
| Astra Creative Arts TV Awards 2024 | Best Guest Actress in a Drama Series | Gwendoline Christie | Nominee |
| Annie Awards 2023 | Best Animated Special Production | The Sandman | Nominee |
| British Academy Television Craft Awards 2023 | Best Special, Visual Effects | Industrial Light & Magic | Nominee |
| GLAAD Media Award 2023 | Outstanding New TV Series | The Sandman | Nominee |
| Nebula Awards 2023 | Ray Bradbury Nebula Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation | The Sandman | Nominee |
| Saturn Awards 2022 | Best Superhero Television Series | The Sandman | Nominee |
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AWGIE Awards
1 nomination
| Animation | Catherine Smyth-McMullen (for "Dream of a Thousand Cats") | Nominee |
Annie Awards
1 nomination
| Best Animated Special Production | The Sandman | Nominee |
Astra Creative Arts TV Awards
1 nomination
| Best Guest Actress in a Drama Series | Gwendoline Christie | Nominee |
British Academy Television Craft Awards
1 nomination
| Best Special, Visual Effects | Industrial Light & Magic | Nominee |
GLAAD Media Award
1 nomination
| Outstanding New TV Series | The Sandman | Nominee |
Nebula Awards
1 nomination
| Ray Bradbury Nebula Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation | The Sandman | Nominee |
Saturn Awards
1 nomination
| Best Superhero Television Series | The Sandman | Nominee |