Home of Cards is an American political thriller tv collection produced by Beau Willimon. It is an adjustment of the 1990 BBC miniseries of the very same name as well as based upon the 1989 novel of the exact same name by Michael Dobbs. The first 13-episode season was launched on February 1, 2013, on the streaming service Netflix.
Residence of Cards is set in Washington, D.C., as well as is the story of Congressman Frank Underwood (Kevin Spacey), a Democrat from South Carolina’s fifth legislative district as well as Home Majority Whip, and also his equally enthusiastic other half Claire Underwood (Robin Wright). Frank is passed over for visit as Secretary of State, so he starts a fancy strategy to attain power, aided by Claire. The series handles themes of ruthless materialism, [2] control, betrayal, and also power. [3]
Residence of Cards received favorable reviews and several honor elections, consisting of 33 Primetime Emmy Award nominations, including for Outstanding Drama Series, Impressive Lead Actor for Spacey, and also Exceptional Lead Starlet for Wright. [4] It is the first original online-only internet television collection to get significant Emmy nominations. [5] The program likewise earned eight Golden Globe Honor nominations, with Wright winning for Best Starlet– Tv Collection Drama in 2014 and Spacey winning for Best Star– Television Series Drama in 2015. [6]
In 2017, adhering to sex-related misbehavior claims against Spacey, Netflix announced that Spacey would be eliminated from the show. The sixth as well as last period was generated and launched in 2018 without Spacey’s participation; in the narrative, his character Frank Undergrowth was exterminated between periods.