Scripted series · ABC TV
Todd Sampson's Why?
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Todd Sampson's Why? actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Todd Sampson's Why? reads strongest on Cliffhanger Intensity, Tension and World Building.
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 much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
The story
What it's about
Todd Sampson explores the intriguing complexities of human behaviour, driven by a curiosity to unravel the mysteries behind our actions. Each episode embarks on a quest to understand the things people do.
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
- Todd SampsonExecutive Producer
- Jeff SiberryProducer
Writing
- Todd SampsonWriter
Direction
- Jeff SiberryDirector
Where to watch
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