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Compass Points from PBS News
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Compass Points from PBS News actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Compass Points from PBS News reads strongest on Serialized, Cliffhanger Intensity and Tension.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
The story
What it's about
Experts analyze prominent international affairs topics and America's role in a shifting world.
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Stephanie KotubyExecutive Producer
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