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The Son
2017–2019
· TV Show
· 44 min episodes
· 2 seasons
C
MEANRANK
67/100
Every rating
52–86
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 52, highest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 86. Critics average 54, everyone else 74.
See the TV shows the platforms disagree about most →A multi-generational epic telling of the story of America's birth as a superpower through the bloody rise and fall of one Texas oil empire.
Details
- Created by
- Brian McGreevy, Lee Shipman, Philipp Meyer
- Studio
- Mad Hatter Entertainment, AMC Studios
- Released
- 8 April 2017
- Language
- English
- Episode length
- 44 min
- Rated
- TV-14
- Episodes
- 20 across 2 seasons
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