Halt and Catch Fire (TV series)
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| Genre | Period drama |
| Created by | Christopher Cantwell Christopher C. Rogers |
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| Theme music composer | Trentemøller |
| Composer(s) | Paul Haslinger |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 30 (list of episodes) |
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| Location(s) | Atlanta, Georgia |
| Running time | 42 minutes |
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AMC Studios Lockjaw Productions Gran Via Productions |
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| Original network | AMC |
| Original release | June 1, 2014 – present |
| External links | |
| Official website | |
Halt and Catch Fire is an American period drama television series created by Christopher Cantwell and Christopher C. Rogers that premiered on AMC on June 1, 2014. The series depicts a fictionalized insider's view of the personal computer revolution of the 1980s and later the growth of the World Wide Web in the early 1990s. The series' first two seasons were set in the Silicon Prairie of Dallas–Fort Worth, while the third and fourth seasons are set in Silicon Valley. The show's title refers to computer machine code instruction HCF, the execution of which would cause the computer's central processing unit to stop working ("catch fire" was a humorous exaggeration).
In August 2014, AMC renewed Halt and Catch Fire for a second season, which premiered on May 31, 2015 and concluded on August 2, 2015. In October 2015, AMC renewed the series for a 10-episode third season, with the first episode airing on August 21, 2016, ahead of the two-hour season premiere on August 23, 2016. AMC renewed Halt and Catch Fire for a fourth and final season of 10 episodes on October 10, 2016.
AMC ordered the pilot for Halt and Catch Fire in November 2012, and production began on the pilot in April 2013 in Atlanta, Georgia. AMC announced in July 2013 that it had ordered Halt and Catch Fire to a series of ten episodes. The series was created by Christopher Cantwell and Christopher C. Rogers, with Jonathan Lisco as showrunner. In August 2014, AMC renewed the show for a second season of ten episodes, which premiered on May 31, 2015 and concluded on August 2, 2015. Lisco stepped down as showrunner after the second season, with Cantwell and Rogers taking over the role for the third season.
Influences on the show's development and production included works such as Steve Jobs' biography and Tracy Kidder's The Soul of a New Machine.
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