Atlanta (TV series)

Atlanta
On a black background, the word Atlanta is written in white block capital letters, the first and last letter A have extra stylized curls.
Also known asAtlanta: Robbin' Season (season 2)
Genre
Created byDonald Glover
ShowrunnerDonald Glover
Starring
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons4
No. of episodes41 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
Production locations
Cinematography
  • Christian Sprenger
  • Stephen Murphy
  • Gabriel Patay
Editors
  • Isaac Hagy
  • Kyle Reiter
  • Ivan Victor
  • Jen Bryson
  • Cameron Ross
Camera setupSingle-camera
Running time22–39 minutes
Production companies
  • RBA (seasons 1–2)
  • Gilga (seasons 3–4)
  • 343 Incorporated
  • MGMT. Entertainment
  • FXP
Original release
NetworkFX
ReleaseSeptember 6, 2016 (2016-09-06) –
November 10, 2022 (2022-11-10)
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Atlanta is an American comedy-drama television series created by Donald Glover. The series follows college dropout and music manager Earnest "Earn" Marks (Glover) and rapper Alfred "Paper Boi" Miles (Brian Tyree Henry) as they navigate a strange, seemingly otherworldly Atlanta hip hop scene. Atlanta also stars LaKeith Stanfield as Darius, Earn and Alfred's eccentric friend, and Zazie Beetz as Vanessa "Van" Kiefer, Earn's on-again-off-again girlfriend and the mother of his daughter.

The series was produced by RBA, Gilga, 343 Incorporated, MGMT. Entertainment, and FXP and is primarily set and filmed in Atlanta and the surrounding Georgia area; the third season features international filming locations. Atlanta is one of the only American cable television series to feature an all-Black writing staff (featuring Glover as writer, executive producer and showrunner),[6][7] with much of the focus set on examining race, class, identity, the American Dream, existentialism and modern African-American culture through an Afro-Surrealist lens.[8] It is also notable for its use of bottle and standalone episodes, which often do not feature the main cast.

Atlanta premiered on September 6, 2016,[9] and was initially exclusively broadcast on cable channel FX in the United States and in other countries through the Fox Networks Group, and was distributed in the United States by Disney–ABC Domestic Television. The fourth and final season concluded on November 10, 2022,[10][11] with the series containing 41 episodes overall.

Atlanta received widespread critical acclaim and is widely regarded as one of the best television series of the 2010s.[12][13][14][15] It has received numerous awards and nominations, including two Peabody Awards, two Golden Globe Awards for Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy; Glover has received the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy, and two Primetime Emmy Awards, one for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series and one Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series, the latter being the first ever awarded to an African American.

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