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Craig Ferguson: American on Purpose
Life, liberty, and the pursuit of answers.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Craig Ferguson: American on Purpose actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Craig Ferguson: American on Purpose 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.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
The story
What it's about
Craig Ferguson travel coast-to-coast to explore the defining ideas, and contradictions, at the heart of the United States. Guided by his distinct humor and point of view, Ferguson examines the country's founding ideals while reflecting on his own experience becoming an American citizen. Along the way, he visits iconic locations and unexpected corners of the country and encounters a wide range of voices from comedians and entrepreneurs to historians and everyday Americans.
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
Craig Ferguson
Executive producer
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Erin Gamble
Executive producer
Aaron Saidman
Executive producer
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Katie Hinman
Executive producer
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Amy Entelis
Executive producer
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Morgan Fallon
Executive producer
Eli Holzman
Executive producer
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Lyle Gamm
Executive producer
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Craig FergusonExecutive Producer
- Erin GambleExecutive Producer
- Aaron SaidmanExecutive Producer
- Katie HinmanExecutive Producer
- Amy EntelisExecutive Producer
- Morgan FallonExecutive Producer
Where to watch
Streaming
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Where to go from here
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