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Genre | Period drama |
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Country of origin | United States |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 10 (list of episodes) |
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Producer(s) | W. Mark McNair |
Location(s) | Baton Rouge, Louisiana Savannah, Georgia |
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Distributor | Sony Pictures Television |
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Original network | WGN America |
Original release | March 9, 2016 | – present
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Underground is an American television period drama series created by Misha Green and Joe Pokaski about the Underground Railroad in Antebellum Georgia. The show debuted March 9, 2016, on WGN America. On April 25, 2016, WGN America renewed the show for a 10-episode second season.
On February 27, 2015, WGN America gave a 10-episode straight-to-series order for the series which is created by Misha Green and Joe Pokaski. Season one was filmed in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Season two was filmed in Savannah, Georgia. It premieres on March 8, 2017.
In Canada the show was aired on Bravo. All the season one episodes were made available on the Australian streaming platform Stan in January 2017.
The online review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes gave Underground an average score of 93% for a "Certified Fresh" rating. The series received a score of 74 for "generally favorable" reviews from the online aggregator Metacritic.