Oz
1997-2003 | Drama | USA | Created by Tom Fontana
Overview
Emerald City, an experimental unit inside Oswald prison, and the first HBO hour drama. Fontana wrote most of it, with theatrical monologues by Augustus Hill framing each episode. Violence without broadcast censors: adult television as a market. Adebisi, Beecher and Keller, Said. The Sopranos gets the credit, but Oz built the house. HBO prestige drama, number zero.
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