Obliterated

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Obliterated
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Genre
Created by
Starring
Theme music composerLeo Birenberg, Zach Robinson
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes8
Production
Executive producers
  • Jon Hurwitz
  • Hayden Schlossberg
  • Josh Heald
  • Dina Hillier
Running time44–58 minutes
Production companiesCounterbalance Entertainment
Sony Pictures Television Studios
Original release
Network Netflix
ReleaseNovember 30, 2023 (2023-11-30)

Obliterated is an American action comedy-drama television series created by Jon Hurwitz, Hayden Schlossberg, and Josh Heald. The series stars Nick Zano and Shelley Hennig. It was released on Netflix on November 30, 2023. In February 2024, the series was canceled after one season.

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Premise

An elite joint special-operations team is assembled from various branches of the U.S. Armed Forces and intelligence services to stop a deadly terrorist network from blowing up Las Vegas. They complete the mission and celebrate with a night on the town, filled with sex, drugs, and alcohol. They discover that the nuclear bomb they neutralized was fake, so the team must fight through their intoxications to find the real one to save the day.

Cast

Main

Recurring

Guest

Episodes

No.TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal release date
1"Real American Heroes" Jon Hurwitz & Hayden Schlossberg Josh Heald & Jon Hurwitz & Hayden SchlossbergNovember 30, 2023 (2023-11-30)
2"Born in the U.S.S.R"Josh HealdJosh Heald & Jon Hurwitz & Hayden SchlossbergNovember 30, 2023 (2023-11-30)
3"Craps"Joel NovoaRachele LynnNovember 30, 2023 (2023-11-30)
4"Walks Of Shame" America Young Bob DeardenNovember 30, 2023 (2023-11-30)
5"Shots! Shots! Shots!"Sherwin ShilatiTeleplay by : Rowan Wheeler
Story by : Kate Sargeant		November 30, 2023 (2023-11-30)
6"From Vegas with Love"Joel NovoaJoe PiarulliNovember 30, 2023 (2023-11-30)
7"Make It Rain"Jon Hurwitz & Hayden SchlossbergRachele LynnNovember 30, 2023 (2023-11-30)
8"Last Call"Josh HealdBob DeardenNovember 30, 2023 (2023-11-30)

Production

Cobra Kai 's Jon Hurwitz, Hayden Schlossberg, and Josh Heald created Obliterated under their overall deal at Sony Pictures Television with plans to write and executive produce the series as well. In October 2019, TBS gave a straight-to-series order of ten episodes; [1] however, the show was later moved from TBS to Netflix and reduced to eight episodes. [2] Hurwitz, Schlossberg, and Heald also directed, and Dina Hillier helped executive produce with the three. [3] Nick Zano and Shelley Hennig were cast in the lead roles, [4] and the main cast later added Terrence Terrell, Alyson Gorske, C. Thomas Howell, Eugene Kim, Paola Lázaro, and Kimi Rutledge. [5] [6] Additional recurring roles and guest stars were announced in October 2022. [7]

Filming began in July 2022, taking place in Las Vegas and Albuquerque. [8] [9] On February 1, 2024, Netflix canceled the series after one season. [10]

Release

Eight episodes of Obliterated were released on Netflix on November 30, 2023. The date announcement also came with the arrival of first look images. [11]

Reception

The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 47% approval rating with an average rating of 5/10. The website's critics consensus reads, "Obliterated pulls out all the stops to be as memorable a binge as a bar crawl, but the hangover sets in quickly for this overly busy series." [12] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 46% out of 100 based on nine critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". [13] Leila Latif of The Guardian gave the series one out of five stars and wrote, "The pace is so excruciating and the show so repetitive that by the third hour, nothing would seem more heroic than someone detonating the bomb and putting us all out of our misery". [14]

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