The OA

2016 American mystery drama television series

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2021 BBC listed 'The OA' as the 88th best TV series of the 21st century.
2021 The series was named the ninth best TV show of all time by Empire magazine.
2020 Paz Vega was nominated for Best Female Performance in an International Production at the 29th Actors and Actresses Union Awards, recognizing her performance in the show.
2019 Wired listed The OA as the sixth best TV show of the 2010s decade.
2019 NME ranked The OA as the 20th best TV show of the 2010s decade.
September 2019 Empire magazine crowned The OA as the best television series of 2019 (up to that point).
August 2019 An unnamed fan began a hunger strike outside Netflix's Los Angeles Headquarters to protest the show's cancellation, which prompted Marling and Batmanglij to visit and offer her food and water.
August 5 2019 Fans launched the #SaveTheOA and #TheOAisReal social media campaign on Twitter, started a Change.org petition, and created a digital billboard in Times Square to protest the show's cancellation.
August 5 2019 Netflix cancels The OA after two seasons, leaving the series with a cliffhanger ending, despite the creators' original plan for a five-season story arc.
March 22 2019 Second season (Part II) of The OA is released on Netflix.
2018 Brit Marling and Zal Batmanglij received a Writers Guild of America Award nomination for Episodic Drama for the episode 'Homecoming', highlighting their writing achievements for the series.
2017 The OA was nominated for Outstanding Drama Series at the GLAAD Media Awards, recognizing the show's representation of LGBTQ+ themes and characters.
February 8 2017 Netflix renews The OA for a second season, dubbed 'Part II'.
December 16 2016 The OA debuts on Netflix, created and executive-produced by Brit Marling and Zal Batmanglij, marking their third collaborative project.
March 5 2015 Netflix officially announces The OA, ordering eight one-hour episodes with Brit Marling set to star, Zal Batmanglij to direct, and both to write and executive produce, following a multiple-network bidding war.
December 2012 Brit Marling and Zal Batmanglij begin conceptualizing The OA, spending two years independently developing the series before pitching to studios.
2010 NME ranked 'The OA' as the 20th best TV show of the decade.
2010 Wired listed 'The OA' as the sixth best TV show of the decade.

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