The Burning Zone (1996)

Fantasy · Sci-Fi · Thriller

The Burning Zone is a television drama broadcast on the UPN network as part of its 1996–97 lineup. It ran for 19 episodes. The series was rerun on SciFi Channel in the mid-to-late 1990s. The Burning Zone featured a team of American agents who could be almost instantly dispatched almost anywhere in the world to fight biological warfare and naturally occurring biohazards. The series is believed to be cashing in on the success of the New York Times bestseller The Hot Zone, which spawned biological disaster movies like Outbreak. There was a villainous organization known as "The Dawn" that was responsible for some of the threats the team faced. The members of "The Dawn" were shadowy and never fully exposed but their goals and aims were clear: To allow disease and pestilence of a biological nature restore the Earth by rendering extinct the most virulent pestilence of all—mankind.

IMDb rating: 7.1 (251 votes)
Seasons: 1
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Season 1 (1996)

7.63 avg 19 episodes 8.5 → 6.9 43 min avg

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Season 1 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Pilot	8.5	23
2	The Silent Tower	8.7	25
3	St. Michael's Nightmare	8.0	23
4	Arms of Fire	8.2	16
5	Night Flight	8.4	21
6	Lethal Injection	8.0	19
7	Touch of the Dead	8.0	21
8	Hall of the Serpent	8.3	26
9	Blood Covenant	9.1	39
10	Faces in the Night	8.4	23
11	Midnight of the Carrier	8.4	21
12	Critical Mass	7.2	13
13	Death Song	6.5	10
14	The Last Endless Summer	6.9	10
15	The Last Five Pounds Are the Hardest	6.2	11
16	Elegy for a Dream	6.3	13
17	A Secret in the Neighborhood	6.4	10
18	Wild Fire	6.6	12
19	On Wings of Angels	6.9	9

The Burning Zone (1996)

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