<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Website </Td> </Tr> <P> The Strain is an American horror drama television series that aired on FX from July 13, 2014, to September 17, 2017 . It was created by Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan, based on their novel trilogy of the same name . Carlton Cuse serves as executive producer and showrunner . Del Toro and Hogan wrote the pilot episode, "Night Zero", which del Toro directed . A thirteen - episode first season was ordered on November 19, 2013 . The pilot episode premiered at the ATX Television Festival in Austin, Texas, in early June 2014 . </P> <P> On August 6, 2014, FX renewed The Strain for a 13 - episode second season which premiered on July 12, 2015 . On August 7, 2015, FX renewed The Strain for a 10 - episode third season which premiered on August 28, 2016 . FX renewed the series for a fourth and final season on September 27, 2016, which premiered on July 16, 2017 . During the course of the series, 46 episodes of The Strain aired over four seasons . </P> <P> The show centers around Dr. Ephraim Goodweather, the head of the CDC's New York - based Canary Project, who is called upon to investigate an airplane landing wherein everyone aboard is dead . What his team discovers is a viral outbreak that has similarities to an ancient strain of vampirism . The virus begins to spread and Goodweather works with his team and a group of the city's residents to wage a war to save humanity . </P>

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