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Production
Executive producers
Robert King
Michelle King
Ridley Scott
David W. Zucker
Running time
43–44 minutes
Production companies
Scott Free Productions
King Size Productions
CBS Television Studios
Original release
Network
CBS
Release
June 13 (2016-06-13) – September 11, 2016 (2016-09-11)
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BrainDead is an American political satire science fiction[1][2][3] comedy-drama television series created by Robert and Michelle King.[4] The series stars Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Laurel Healy, a documentary film-maker who takes a job working for her brother Luke (Danny Pino), a U.S. Senator, when the funding for her latest film falls through. Assigned as his new constituency caseworker, she discovers that Washington, D.C. has been invaded by extraterrestrial insects which are eating the brains and taking control of people, including members of Congress and their staffers. Much of the internal comedy of the series was that, in the altered reality of Washington, D.C. politics, only a few people noticed.
CBS announced a 13-episode straight-to-series order on July 22, 2015. The show premiered on June 13, 2016. After four episodes, the show moved from its Monday timeslot to Sundays to make room for the network's coverage of the Republican and Democratic National Conventions.[5] The show had a planned four-season arc, which would have seen the bugs then invade Wall Street, Silicon Valley and Hollywood,[6] but on October 17, 2016, CBS canceled the series after one season.[7]
^Perkins, Dennis (June 14, 2016). "Promising sci-fi satire BrainDead suggests there are worse things than gridlock". The A.V. Club. Retrieved September 7, 2016.
^Heritage, Stuart (August 26, 2016). "BrainDead: the absurd new thriller that will make your head explode". The Guardian. Retrieved September 7, 2016.
^Freeman, Molly (June 14, 2016). "BrainDead Series Premiere Review: Sci-Fi Thriller Meets Political Satire". Screen Rant. Retrieved September 7, 2016.
^"About". CBS.
^Prudom, Laura (July 16, 2016). "CBS Shifts 'BrainDead' to Sundays to Make Room for Political Conventions". Variety. Retrieved July 15, 2016.
^Michael Ausiello (October 17, 2016). "BrainDead, American Gothic Not Returning for Season 2". TVLine. Archived from the original on December 4, 2016. Retrieved December 4, 2016.
^Andreev, Nellie (October 17, 2016). "Summer Series 'BrainDead' & 'American Gothic' Canceled By CBS After One Season". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved October 17, 2016.
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