Oz

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HBO original programming drama television series television series

Oz is a gritty HBO drama series set in a maximum-security prison, known for its dark, realistic portrayal of inmate life and institutional violence.

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Label Occurrences
Oz canonical 32
Oz (TV series) 6
Oz universe 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf HBO original programming ⓘ
drama television series ⓘ
television series ⓘ
composer Steve Rosen ⓘ
contentRating TV-MA ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
creator Tom Fontana ⓘ
executiveProducer Barry Levinson ⓘ
Tom Fontana ⓘ
fictionalPrisonName Oswald State Correctional Facility ⓘ
filmingLocation New York City ⓘ
finalAired 2003-02-23 ⓘ
firstAired 1997-07-12 ⓘ
followedBy influence on later prison dramas ⓘ
genre crime drama ⓘ
prison drama ⓘ
serial drama ⓘ
hasFormat one-hour episodes ⓘ
knownFor dark tone ⓘ
ensemble cast ⓘ
graphic violence ⓘ
gritty realism ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainCharacter Kareem Said ⓘ
Leo Glynn ⓘ
Miguel Alvarez ⓘ
Ryan O'Reily ⓘ
Tim McManus ⓘ
Tobias Beecher ⓘ
Vern Schillinger ⓘ
narrator Harold Perrineau ⓘ
nicknameOfPrison Emerald City ⓘ
notableFor being one of HBO's first hour-long drama series ⓘ
numberOfEpisodes 56 ⓘ
numberOfSeasons 6 ⓘ
originalChannelType premium cable ⓘ
originallyBroadcastOn cable television ⓘ
originalNetwork HBO ⓘ
portrays corruption in prisons ⓘ
gang conflict ⓘ
inmate life ⓘ
institutional violence ⓘ
racial tension ⓘ
precededBy HBO drama anthology tradition ⓘ
productionCompany HBO ⓘ
setting Oswald State Correctional Facility ⓘ
maximum-security prison ⓘ
targetAudience adult viewers ⓘ

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HBO → notableWork → Oz ⓘ
J.K. Simmons → notableWork → Oz ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oz (TV series)
Edie Falco → notableWork → Oz ⓘ
Edie Falco → appearedInTVSeries → Oz ⓘ
Lance Reddick → notableWork → Oz ⓘ
Tom Fontana → notableWork → Oz ⓘ
Tom Fontana → created → Oz ⓘ
Tom Fontana → wroteFor → Oz ⓘ
Barry Levinson → notableWork → Oz ⓘ
Barry Levinson → directed → Oz ⓘ
David Von Ancken → notableWork → Oz ⓘ
Rita Moreno → notableWork → Oz ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oz (TV series)
Zeljko Ivanek → notableWork → Oz ⓘ
subject surface form: Željko Ivanek
Harold Perrineau → notableWork → Oz ⓘ
Harold Perrineau → workedOn → Oz ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oz (TV series)
Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje → notableWork → Oz ⓘ
Steve Shill → directed → Oz ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oz (TV series)
Austin Pendleton → notableWork → Oz ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oz (TV series)
Frankie Faison → notableWork → Oz ⓘ
Jonathan Kimble Simmons → notableWork → Oz ⓘ
Oscar Zoroaster Phadrig Isaac Norman Henkel Emmannuel Ambroise Diggs → appearsInSeries → Oz ⓘ
Ernie Hudson → notableWork → Oz ⓘ
Luke Perry → appearedIn → Oz ⓘ
Kathryn Erbe → notableWork → Oz ⓘ
Kathryn Erbe → appearedIn → Oz ⓘ
Kevin Conway → notableWork → Oz ⓘ
Sidney Wolinsky → edited → Oz ⓘ
Luis Guzmán → appearedIn → Oz ⓘ
Vern Schillinger → appearsIn → Oz ⓘ
Vern Schillinger → fictionalUniverse → Oz ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oz universe
Antoni Corone → notableWork → Oz ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oz (TV series)
Terry Kinney → notableWork → Oz ⓘ
Terry Kinney → fictionalCharacterIn → Oz ⓘ
subject surface form: Tim McManus
Christopher Meloni → notableWork → Oz ⓘ
Luna Lauren Vélez → notableWork → Oz ⓘ
Luna Lauren Vélez → appearedIn → Oz ⓘ
Anne Meara → notableWork → Oz ⓘ
Kirk Acevedo → notableWork → Oz ⓘ
Kirk Acevedo → characterIn → Oz ⓘ