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Tyrant

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Mixed or average reviews based on 44 Critic Reviews

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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 9 Ratings

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Series Details & Credits

FX | Release Date: June 24, 2014

Starring: Chris Noth, Jennifer Finnigan, Moran Atias, Adam Rayner, Ashraf Barhom, Noah Silver, Alexander Karim, Cameron Gharaee, Melia Kreiling

Summary: Dr. Barry Al-Fayeed (Adam Rayner) and his family travel from California to his homeland for his nephew's wedding, where he must confront his dictator father and the issues he left behind 20-years ago.

Creator: Gideon Raff

Genre(s): Drama, Action & Adventure, Suspense

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S3:E10. Two Graves
Air Date: September 7, 2016
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S3:E9. How to Live
Air Date: August 31, 2016
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S3:E8. Ask for the Earth
Air Date: August 24, 2016

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Metascore

56

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19

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20

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5

Critic Reviews

91

Boston Herald

Mark A. Perigard

Jun 24, 2014

Season 1 Review: Tyrant is the most engrossing new show of the summer.... Gordon’s razor-sharp timing, a skill honed on “24,” serves Tyrant well. Read full review

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Entertainment Weekly

Ray Rahman

Jun 30, 2015

Season 2 Review: The war crimes scares off potential friends like France and China, and gives the show an absorbing current-events sheen. [3 Jul 2015]

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The Wrap

Tim Molloy

Jun 24, 2014

Season 1 Review: It's just a good story, cleverly told. It's not going to resolve the troubles in the Middle East, but then again, neither has anything else. Read full review

60

The New York Times

Alessandra Stanley

Jun 23, 2014

Season 1 Review: Tyrant tries so hard to make audiences comfortable with its foreign setting that the story becomes a little too familiar. Read full review

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Boston Globe

Sarah Rodman

Jun 24, 2014

Season 1 Review: It has some compelling elements and some weaknesses, but since so much of what happens in the pilot is pure setup, it’s hard to tell where it’s going to go and if it will do so in a way that is engrossing or, given its subject matter, problematic. Read full review

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Newsday

Verne Gay

Jun 20, 2014

Season 1 Review: Content is the much bigger issue here. In the pilot, Tyrant at times comes perilously close to embracing derogatory media stereotypes of Arabs. Read full review

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The Huffington Post

Maureen Ryan

Jun 24, 2014

Season 1 Review: It's surprising to me that this ever got past the development stage, because nothing about Tyrant truly works. It's a halting, strained hodgepodge that ends up being an awkward mixture of bland and offensive. Read full review

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Seasons & Episodes

56

Series Overview
Season 3

58
- Season 3 Overview
  Air Date: July 6, 2016
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  S3:E10. Two Graves
  Air Date: September 7, 2016
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  S3:E9. How to Live
  Air Date: August 31, 2016
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  S3:E8. Ask for the Earth
  Air Date: August 24, 2016
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  S3:E7. Bedfellows
  Air Date: August 17, 2016
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  S3:E6. Truth and Dignity
  Air Date: August 10, 2016
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  S3:E5. A Rock and a Hard Place
  Air Date: August 3, 2016
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  S3:E4. A Prayer for Our Daughters
  Air Date: July 27, 2016
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  S3:E3. The Dead and the Living
  Air Date: July 20, 2016
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  S3:E2. Cockroach
  Air Date: July 13, 2016
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  S3:E1. Spring
  Air Date: July 6, 2016
Season 2

65
- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: June 16, 2015
Season 1

54
- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: June 24, 2014