BrainDead
2016
📺 1 Season
🎬 13 Episodes
📅 Canceled
🌐 EN
⏱️ 45 min/episode
Sci-Fi & FantasyDramaComedy
A young fresh-faced Hill staffer gets her first job in Washington, D.C. and discovers two things: 1. The government has stopped working, and 2. alien spawn have come to earth and eaten the brains of a growing number of Congressmen and Hill staffers.
Where to Watch (US)
Buy
Amazon Video
Seasons
Season 1
A government employee discovers that the cause of the tensions between the two political parties is a race of extraterrestrial insects eating the brains of the politicians.
Cast
User Reviews
A surprisingly funny show that I'd never heard of until recently. I can see why it didn't catch on though. The concept of alien bugs taking over American politics is a funny enough concept but they make it a bit more complicated than it needed to be. Plus it came out at the wrong time. American politics changed a lot around when the show came out and in many ways what is presented in the show seems oddly tame today. It's a nice bit of nostalgia though from a simpler time. There's a few really laugh out loud moments too. Tony Shalhoub steals the show. Definitely worth a watch.
April 28, 2025
Network
CBS
Production
Scott Free Productions, King Size Productions, CBS Studios
Keywords
washington dc, usapoliticsgovernmentalienusa politics