Howard Gordon

Howard Gordon is an American television writer and producer. He is well known for his work on the action series 24 alongside the thriller Homeland, which he co-developed with Alex Gansa and Gideon Raff, and for the political drama Tyrant, which he co-developed with Craig Wright. He also produced the science fiction thriller Awake.

Works

Accused
7.5

Accused

In this crime anthology series, viewers discover how an ordinary person got caught up in an extraordinary situation, ultimately revealing how one wrong turn leads to another, until it’s too late to turn back. Told from the defendant’s point of view, each episode opens in a courtroom on the accused without knowing their crime or how they ended up on trial.

Release Date:2023-01-22

Department:Production

Job:Executive Producer

Episode Count:15

Vote Count:56

6.2

Stranger at the Gate

A U.S. Marine plots a terrorist attack on a small-town American mosque, but his plan takes an unexpected turn when he comes face to face with the people he sets out to kill.

Release Date:2022-02-23

Department:Crew

Job:Thanks

Vote Count:33

7.0

The Raid

Set nine months before 24: Legacy begins, The Raid puts us at the center of a Special Forces assault against the compound of terrorist leader Sheik Ibrahim Bin-Khalid.

Release Date:2017-12-12

Department:Production

Job:Producer

Vote Count:4

24: Legacy
6.1

24: Legacy

The story of military hero Eric Carter’s return to the U.S. and the trouble that follows him back – compelling him to ask CTU for help in saving his life, and stopping what potentially could be one of the largest-scale terror attacks on American soil.

Release Date:2017-02-05

Department:Production

Job:Executive Producer

Episode Count:12

Vote Count:243

Second Chance
6.8

Second Chance

A disgraced, 75-year-old ex-sheriff, whose life ends at the hands of corrupt cops, is brought back to life and given a second chance by a pair of young tech scientists, as a 35-year-old with unpredictable near-superhuman abilities.

Release Date:2016-01-13

Department:Writing

Job:Story

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:168

Legends
6.4

Legends

Working for the FBI's Deep Cover Operations division, Martin Odum can transform himself into a different person -- whether it's an assignment as a Serbian extremist, a corrupt Chicago police officer, a British special forces colonel, or a legendary computer hacker. But when he learns that his life, itself, may be a lie, he faces the demands of his job and a desire to solve the mystery of his identity. And given the choice between the two, Odum doesn't always make the right decision.

Release Date:2014-08-13

Department:Production

Job:Executive Producer

Episode Count:20

Vote Count:147

Awake
7.0

Awake

Michael lives in two separate realities after a car accident. In one reality, his wife Hannah survives the accident; in the other reality, his son Rex survives. Michael does not know which reality is "real", and uses the wristbands to differentiate the two. He sees two therapists: Dr. Jonathan Lee in the "red reality" and Dr. Judith Evans in the "green reality". At work, Michael's erratic behavior triggers clashes with his team; they do not know about Michael's uncanny ability to solve crimes using details from both realities.

Release Date:2012-03-01

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Episode Count:2

Vote Count:181

Homeland
7.6

Homeland

CIA officer Carrie Mathison is tops in her field despite being bipolar, which makes her volatile and unpredictable. With the help of her long-time mentor Saul Berenson, Carrie fearlessly risks everything, including her personal well-being and even sanity, at every turn.

Release Date:2011-10-02

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Episode Count:19

Vote Count:2259

24: Redemption

Jack Bauer confronts African general/aspiring dictator Benjamin Juma, whose forces have been ordered to capture the children Bauer oversees for malicious military training.

Release Date:2008-11-23

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

4.1

Queer Duck: The Movie

Queer Duck and his partner of 18 months (a lifetime in gay years), Stephen Arlo "Openly" Gator, hit a relationship crisis when the fey fowl is wooed by a brassy Broadway broad. Queer Duck wonders if he'd be happier being straight, while Gator the waiter spills his problems to a compassionate Conan O'Brien.

Release Date:2006-07-14

Department:Production

Job:Executive Producer

Vote Count:21

The Inside
7.2

The Inside

The Inside is an American crime drama television series created by Tim Minear and Howard Gordon and produced by Imagine Television. The Inside follows the work of the FBI's Los Angeles Violent Crimes Unit, a division dedicated to investigating particularly dangerous crimes. The Inside initially aired on the Fox Network from June 8 to July 13, 2005. Although thirteen episodes were produced, Fox aired only seven episodes before canceling the series. All thirteen episodes were subsequently aired on Britain's ITV4 in 2006.

Release Date:2005-06-08

Department:Production

Job:Consulting Producer

Episode Count:13

Vote Count:20

24
7.8

24

Counterterrorism agent Jack Bauer fights the bad guys of the world, a day at a time. With each week's episode unfolding in real-time, "24" covers a single day in the life of Bauer each season.

Release Date:2001-11-06

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Character:Marcus Holt (photo only)

Episode Count:47

Vote Count:1563

10.0

Ball & Chain

A couple who are struggling in their marriage end up getting superpowers.

Release Date:2001-06-06

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Vote Count:1

Angel
7.9

Angel

The vampire Angel, cursed with a soul, moves to Los Angeles and aids people with supernatural-related problems while questing for his own redemption. A spin-off from Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Release Date:1999-10-05

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Episode Count:3

Vote Count:921

Strange World
5.3

Strange World

Strange World is an American television program about military investigations into criminal abuses of science and technology. ABC commissioned 13 episodes, of which three aired in March 1999, before the network cancelled the program. The remaining ten episodes produced subsequently premiered on the Sci-Fi Channel in Spring 2002. The series was created by Howard Gordon and Tim Kring. In a webchat during the 2002 run on Sci Fi, Gordon stated that, since the producers felt ABC was not going to support the show, the producers had the opportunity to write a conclusion to the story.

Release Date:1999-03-08

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:3

Buffy the Vampire Slayer
8.1

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Into every generation a slayer is born: one girl in all the world, a chosen one. She alone will wield the strength and skill to fight the vampires, demons, and the forces of darkness; to stop the spread of their evil and the swell of their number. She is the Slayer.

Release Date:1997-03-10

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:1775

The X-Files
8.4

The X-Files

The exploits of FBI Special Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully who investigate X-Files: marginalized, unsolved cases involving paranormal phenomena. Mulder believes in the existence of aliens and the paranormal while Scully, a skeptic, is assigned to make scientific analyses of Mulder's discoveries that debunk Mulder's work and thus return him to mainstream cases.

Release Date:1993-09-10

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Episode Count:19

Vote Count:3163

Sisters
7.3

Sisters

The Reed sisters of Winnetka, Illinois, are a close-knit group. Alex, Georgie, Teddy, and Frankie navigate the waters of life's triumphs and tragedies with the help of their mom, Bea. And no matter what befalls them, they know they can count on their sisters to help pull them through. (Sisters is an Emmy Award-winning television drama.)

Release Date:1991-05-11

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:9

Beauty and the Beast
7.5

Beauty and the Beast

Beauty and the Beast is an American drama series which first aired on CBS in 1987. Creator Ron Koslow's updated version of the fairy tale has a double focus: the relationship between Vincent, a mythic, noble man-beast, and Catherine, a savvy Assistant District Attorney in New York; and a secret Utopian community of social outcasts living in a subterranean sanctuary. Through an empathetic bond, Vincent senses Catherine's emotions, and becomes her guardian.

Release Date:1987-09-25

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Episode Count:10

Vote Count:264

The Wizard
6.6

The Wizard

The Wizard is a live-action, family friendly, action/adventure series created by Michael Berk, Douglas Schwartz, and Paul B. Radin. The series included lessons in diversity, friendship, imagination, respect, and never giving up.

Release Date:1986-09-09

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:8

Spenser: For Hire
6.6

Spenser: For Hire

Mystery and suspense series based on Robert Parker's "Spenser" novels. Spenser, a private investigator living in Boston, gets involved in a new murder mystery each episode.

Release Date:1985-09-20

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Episode Count:2

Vote Count:29

The Beast in Me

The Beast in Me

Since the tragic death of her young son, acclaimed author Aggie Wiggs has receded from public life, unable to write, a ghost of her former self. But she finds an unlikely subject for a new book when the house next door is bought by Nile Sheldon, a famed and formidable real estate mogul who was once the prime suspect in his wife’s disappearance. At once horrified and fascinated by this man, Aggie finds herself compulsively hunting for the truth – chasing his demons while fleeing her own – in a game of cat and mouse that might turn deadly.

Department:Production

Job:Executive Producer

Episode Count:1

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