The Strain

70
Metascore
2014-2017
4 seasons
FX Network
Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Suspense
TV-MA

The story of Dr. Ephraim Goodweather, the head of the Center for Disease Control Canary Team in New York City. He and his team are called upon to investigate a mysterious viral outbreak with hallmarks of an ancient and evil strain of vampirism. As the strain spreads, Eph, his team, and an assembly of everyday New Yorkers, wage war for the fate of humanity itself.

70
Metascore
2014-2017
4 seasons
FX Network
Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Suspense
TV-MA

Here's What's Coming to Hulu in May

Claws, I, Tonya and more!

Mon, Apr 16, 2018

The Strain Season 4 Premiere Date Announced

Your summer just got scarier

Tue, May 9, 2017

The Strain Season 4 Premiere Date Announced

Lock Your Doors! FX Renews The Strain for Another Season

The epidemic cannot be contained!

Fri, Aug 7, 2015

Lock Your Doors! FX Renews The Strain for Another Season

Mega Buzz: What Does the Master Want With Those Blind Kids on The Strain?

Plus: Will Eph and Nora actually make the cure?

Fri, Jul 17, 2015

Mega Buzz: What Does the Master Want With Those Blind Kids on The Strain?

The Networks Are Eager to Get You On Demand and Off Your DVR

As the fall TV season gets underway, you're going to hear a lot about "live-plus-3-day" and "live-plus-7-day" ratings in the coming weeks. More viewers are watching TV on a delayed basis, and network executives would prefer that everyone stop talking about next-day ratings, which don't capture the full audience snapshot, and instead wait to include several more days of time-shifted viewing.

Wed, Sep 24, 2014

The Networks Are Eager to Get You On Demand and Off Your DVR

Weekend TV: Madam Secretary Joins The Good Wife

Many observers will try to compare Elizabeth McCord, the fictional Madam Secretary (of State) winningly played by Téa Leoni, to Hillary Clinton — given the high-profile government cabinet position, and the hair color, and a Benghazi-like crisis by the second episode. But the real comparison to be made is with the show's Sunday night companion piece on CBS: The Good Wife, and that's where this well-meaning and generally entertaining Madam comes up a bit short.

Fri, Sep 19, 2014

Weekend TV: Madam Secretary Joins The Good Wife

FX Renews The Strain for Season 2

FX has renewed The Strain for a second season, the network announced Tuesday.

Tue, Aug 19, 2014

USA Orders Alien Drama From Lost’s Carlton Cuse

Whoa, that Carlton Cuse is one busy guy! Currently the executive producer of FX's The Strain and A&E's Bates Motel, Cuse is now taking a dip in the USA pool. The network announced Mondaythat it has given a pilot order to Colony, an alien invasion drama from Cuse and Ryan Condal.

Mon, Jul 28, 2014

USA Orders Alien Drama From Lost’s Carlton Cuse

Mega Buzz: Blacklist's Mommy Issues, Extant's Ex and a Following Romance

Please send all questions to megascoop@tvguide.com or tweet them to @NatalieAbrams Anything on The Blacklist? — Michelle  While everyone has been focused on the mystery of Liz's father, Season 2 will also explore who Liz's mother was. "If the part about my dad wasn't true, what is the truth, if any, that I need to learn about my mom?" executive producer John Eisendrath says of Liz's mindset this year. In other news, there will be a small time jump when the show returns, but Berlin will still very much be in the picture as the main villain in the "first portion of the year," Eisendrath adds. Will Molly's alien boyfriend Marcus pop up again on Extant? — George Yes, and the fact that whatever this entity is appeared to Molly as her dead first love is...

Wed, Jul 16, 2014

Mega Buzz: Blacklist's Mommy Issues, Extant's Ex and a Following Romance

The Strain: Is FX's Vampire Drama Too Graphic?

Warning: The Strain might not be for everyone. FX's new vampire drama isn't a melancholy love story about the undead cursed to walk the earth for eternity and forced to hide their true nature. Instead, these vampires are fierce, blood-hungry killing machines with basically one goal: spread the strain of vampirism around the world. Based on the novels from Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan, the horror story follows Dr. Ephraim Goodweather (Corey Stoll), an epidemiologist at the Centers for Disease Control, whose team is called in to investigate a mysterious "dead" plane that lands at JFK. Every passenger, save for four, have mysteriously died from an unknown virus that will soon turn them into vampires — cogs in the ultimate war in which vampires will take over the world. Add new fall shows to your Watchlist For the uninitiated, you might recognize the show from...

Fri, Jul 11, 2014

The Strain: Is FX's Vampire Drama Too Graphic?

Weekend TV: FX's Creepy Strain, Return of Ray Donovan and Masters of Sex

"It's not for everyone," growls the grizzled, sword-wielding Armenian pawnshop owner (Game of Thrones' David Bradley), whose unromantic notion of vampire slaying includes mass decapitations and body burnings. Likewise, FX's deliciously freaky and gruesomely graphic The Strain (Sunday, 10/9c) won't be for all tastes. But the network is betting, probably correctly, that a midsummer popcorn feast of classic monster-movie horror, served without apology and blessedly free of irony, will resonate with fright fans eager to jump out of their seats, which turns out to be a Strain specialty. This could, and deserves to be, FX's Walking Dead-sized blockbuster.

Fri, Jul 11, 2014

Weekend TV: FX's Creepy Strain, Return of Ray Donovan and Masters of Sex

FX and FXX Set Summer Premiere Dates for The Strain, The Bridge and More

FX and FXX announced their summer premiere dates for new and returning shows, including Guillermo del Toro's The Strain. Based on the best-selling vampire novel, The Strain tells the story of the head of the CDC who is called upon to investigate and contain a mysterious viral outbreak of ancient vampirism. The drama premieresSunday, July 13 at 10/9c on FX.

Fri, May 16, 2014

FX and FXX Set Summer Premiere Dates for The Strain, The Bridge and More