Allegiance | |
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Genre | Spy drama |
Created by | George Nolfi |
Based on | The Gordin Cell |
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Country of origin | United States |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 13 |
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Camera setup | Single-camera |
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Distributor | NBCUniversal Television Distribution |
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Original network | NBC |
Picture format | 1080i (16:9 HDTV) |
Original release | February 5 – April 30, 2015 |
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Related shows |
The Gordin Cell Spy |
External links | |
Official website |
Allegiance is an American adaptation of the Israeli spy drama series The Gordin Cell. The series premiered on February 5, 2015, on NBC.
On March 6, 2015, NBC canceled the series after five low rated episodes. On March 12, 2015, NBC confirmed that the series would move online, and a new episode premiered in the U.S. via Hulu and NBC.com. The final episode of the series was released on April 30, 2015.
On January 10, 2014, NBC ordered the series to pilot under a different title Coercion.
On February 14, 2014, Gavin Stenhouse was cast as a lead role. Hope Davis and Margarita Levieva were cast as female lead roles on February 24, 2014. The pilot was later ordered to a 13-episode series to premiere mid-season under the final title Allegiance on May 6, 2014. On December 12, 2014, NBC announced that the series would premiere on February 5, 2015 following The Blacklist as a part of the "All-New NBC Thursday" and replacing Parenthood.
Filming on the series finale ended on March 15, 2015.
The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reports a 47% approval rating with an average rating of 5.6/10 based on 32 reviews by critics, but an 87% audience score with an average rating of 4.4/5 based on 111 user ratings.Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 57 out of 100 based on 28 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews".
The series premiered in Australia on June 30, 2015 on SoHo.