Channel Zero: Season 1

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Channel Zero

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SyFy | Season Premiere Date: October 11, 2016

Starring: Paul Schneider, Shaun Benson, Natalie Brown

Summary: The anthology series will feature a creepypasta, a horror story usually based on user-created images or other media shared on the internet (Slender Man is a well-known example). In season one, child psychologist Mike Painter (Paul Schneider) becomes suspicious that an 1980s children's show called Candle Cove may be behind the disappearanceThe anthology series will feature a creepypasta, a horror story usually based on user-created images or other media shared on the internet (Slender Man is a well-known example). In season one, child psychologist Mike Painter (Paul Schneider) becomes suspicious that an 1980s children's show called Candle Cove may be behind the disappearance of several children, including his twin brother years ago when more children begin disappearing in his hometown.… Expand

Genre(s): Drama, Horror, Suspense, Science Fiction

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Season 1 Episodes

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S1:E6. Welcome Home
Air Date: November 15, 2016
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S1:E5. Guest of Honor
Air Date: November 8, 2016
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S1:E4. A Strange Vessel
Air Date: November 1, 2016

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Collider Evan Valentine

Oct 11, 2016

The series runs like clockwork in that nearly every five minutes, in the episodes we were presented, there is a legitimate unsettling scary moment to whet your whistle for terror. The series is sure to go down as a horror classic, so prepare yourself and enter Candle Cove. You won’t regret it. Read full review

Lenika Cruz

Oct 26, 2016

Channel Zero’s more mundane approach to horror might keep it on the outskirts of popular attention, but the show is all the more compelling for its restraint. Read full review

Jen Chaney

Oct 11, 2016

Once it gets going, Channel Zero: Candle Cove smartly peels back additional layers of its central mystery so that the audience won’t be satisfied until they finally get to the core of what really happened in Iron Hill all those years ago. Read full review

Emily L. Stephens

Oct 11, 2016

With its thoughtful, understated performances and visuals and its frank embrace of uncertainty, this show should be compulsively watchable. Instead, the repetitive plotting and clumsy scares punctuating Channel Zero: Candle Cove fill a stylish, spooky story with unwelcome static. Read full review

Mitchel Broussard

Oct 11, 2016

Channel Zero might lack a distinct personality of its own to execute a hair-raising, short-form spook fest on the level of its concisely creepy source material, but it has an admirable, all-too-relatable emotional backbone centering on childhood fears, and a range of subtle and in-your-face frights, earning it at least a passing glance on your Halloween watchlist. Read full review

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greenisgood

Nov 12, 2018

Not too sure what a lot of the the negative reviews are about, probably people trying to compare this show to other conventional shows.
A couple of negative reviews i read hinted at not being able to understand what was happening, and i think this is cus we have other decently good showsNot too sure what a lot of the the negative reviews are about, probably people trying to compare this show to other conventional shows.
A couple of negative reviews i read hinted at not being able to understand what was happening, and i think this is cus we have other decently good shows like 'Stranger Things' (which is a comparison i keep hearing in my own circles) and other such variables which seem to lay out all the plot points for easy understanding which is not bad at all cus i loved Stranger Things.
BUT I Think this this show has much better writing considering quite a lot of the plot points in the first season depends on your own understanding of how things are happening and what your understanding is about human psychology which I absolutely love.
Almost every episode I watched held my interest considering i never watched and or heard about the creepypasta tht it is based on, and maybe because of my ignorance of the subject matter it was based on i never could tell where the story was heading and I kept enjoying myself not knowing. Even at the end of the season, which was not the most brilliant of climaxes, but suitable in its own narrative, quite a lot of the 'but why or but how' questions were left up to your interpretation.
The acting was excellent all around, and especially the children felt like real kids i know, who are bratty, whiny, noisy and or cry very fast.
I loved the story from the angle of a therapist cus his meek and almost calmly thought out way in interacting with all the weird on goings in the season was quite refreshing.
MY Only regret is i was kinda putting off watching this show until NOW, thinking that it was just another 'kids going missing under un-natural on-goings' ordeal, and I had just only finished 'Dark' which is another well written show.… Expand

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Soulforge

Nov 20, 2016

An interesting premise, like a Stephen king novel, acting was passable, the monsters creepy and often times disturbing, a definite must see.

The lines between innocence and sacrifice meet in-between the horrors and consequence of human nature.

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penkypoo

Feb 27, 2017

There is not much that is original in entertainment anymore, Channel Zero is a welcome and refreshing change from the norm. The first six episodes are one story that was inspired by a "creepy pasta" called Candle Cove. The premise is spooky but the show takes spooky and changes it toThere is not much that is original in entertainment anymore, Channel Zero is a welcome and refreshing change from the norm. The first six episodes are one story that was inspired by a "creepy pasta" called Candle Cove. The premise is spooky but the show takes spooky and changes it to outright disturbing, If you liked the Twilight Zone, the X Files, and Paranormal Witness..give this one a go.… Expand

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jamess

Nov 17, 2016

It took me a few moments to recognize Paul Schneider, the laid back Mark Brendanawicz from Parks & Rec, as the lead character of Channel Zero. But that connection helps (and the good will he created through that character, you can't help but like him immediately), because his character,It took me a few moments to recognize Paul Schneider, the laid back Mark Brendanawicz from Parks & Rec, as the lead character of Channel Zero. But that connection helps (and the good will he created through that character, you can't help but like him immediately), because his character, child psychologist Mike Painter, is laid back, even in the face of horror. But that helps also, given that we can't always believe what Mike is seeing is real or not. And so soon after Stranger Things, another series that looks like the adaptation of some unknown Stephen King novel. The flashbacks of Mike and his twin brother have a very "It" feeling, sp. since they have to battle the local bully. Just two episodes in, and I'm curious to find out the secret.… Expand

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Milord56

Feb 7, 2017

Interesting concept, good story and weird enough to keep me guessing what direction it will take. Schneider as Mike is a rather unsympathetic leading man though very well portrayed. I have found nearly very episode much more watchable if you fast-forward through the ponderously longInteresting concept, good story and weird enough to keep me guessing what direction it will take. Schneider as Mike is a rather unsympathetic leading man though very well portrayed. I have found nearly very episode much more watchable if you fast-forward through the ponderously long self-indulgent "director-thinks-this-will-build-suspense" sequences that can become quite boring. The annoying background noise that someone must have thought passed for a musical sound track just makes my teeth itch. Killing off some of the more enjoyable characters was not the way I would have chosen to go, but it is possible they were logistical decisions (this or that actor had another project or was impossible to work with or had to spend time in rehab. Who knows?)
Despite the flaws, it is superior to much of the dreck that airs these days. I think it is worth watching the second season if it comes to pass.… Expand

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Qldgamer

Oct 15, 2016

I came int the show with no idea what it was about and found it very confusing plot and some average acting. It has some interesting ideas but they are lost in the confusion.

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motorcity6

Dec 27, 2016

The show starts off boring and it never properly picks up. The antagonist and the antagonist's helpers are corny. I remember hearing from a friend that there is a constant and regular sense of dread although I was too busy being bothered by the bad storytelling and plot holes. It is a badThe show starts off boring and it never properly picks up. The antagonist and the antagonist's helpers are corny. I remember hearing from a friend that there is a constant and regular sense of dread although I was too busy being bothered by the bad storytelling and plot holes. It is a bad show, and even though American Horror Story is a sub-par show, it is inferior to AHS.… Expand

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Seasons & Episodes

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Series Overview
Season 4

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- Season 4 Overview
  Air Date: October 26, 2018
Season 3

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- Season 3 Overview
  Air Date: February 7, 2018
Season 2

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- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: September 20, 2017
Season 1

75
- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: October 11, 2016
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  S1:E6. Welcome Home
  Air Date: November 15, 2016
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  S1:E5. Guest of Honor
  Air Date: November 8, 2016
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  S1:E4. A Strange Vessel
  Air Date: November 1, 2016
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  S1:E3. Want to See Something Cool?
  Air Date: October 25, 2016
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  S1:E2. I'll Hold Your Hand
  Air Date: October 18, 2016
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  S1:E1. You Have to Go Inside
  Air Date: October 11, 2016