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The Shards
2026
· TV Show
· 1 season
D
MEANRANK
54/100
Every rating
48–60
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 48, highest is IMDb on 60.
See the TV shows the platforms disagree about most →17-year-old Bret Easton Ellis is in his final year at the elite Buckley prep school. Upending his world is the arrival of a mysterious new student, Robert Mallory, whose unsettling presence coincides with the activities of a serial killer known as The Trawler.
Details
- Created by
- Bret Easton Ellis, Ryan Murphy
- Based on
- a work by Bret Easton Ellis
- Released
- 5 August 2026
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Rated
- TV-MA
- Episodes
- 9 across 1 season
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