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Alcatraz
DramaScience-FictionThriller
Switching between eras, Alcatraz focuses on the Alcatraz prison, which was shut down in 1963 due to unsafe conditions for its prisoners and guards. The show's premise is that both the prisoners and the guards disappeared in 1963 and have abruptly reappeared in modern-day San Francisco, where they are being tracked down by a government agency.
- Status
- Ended
- Language
- English
- Premiered
- January 16, 2012
- Ended
- March 26, 2012
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