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Masters of Sex

Masters of Sex

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  • Title:Masters of Sex
  • User score:
    7.1
  • First air date:2013-09-29
  • Genres:Drama
  • Number of seasons:4
  • Number of episodes:46
  • Status:Canceled
William Masters and Virginia Johnson are real-life pioneers of the science of human sexuality. Their research touched off the sexual revolution and took them from a midwestern teaching hospital to the cover of Time magazine and multiple appearances on Johnny Carson's couch. He is a brilliant scientist out of touch with his own feelings, and she is a single working mother ahead of her time. The series chronicles their unusual lives, romance, and unlikely pop culture trajectory.

List of Seasons

Season 1
S1 - Season 1
7.4
12 episodes

Air date: 2013-09-29

In 1956, former nightclub singer and single mother Virginia Johnson becomes the assistant to renowned OBGYN William Masters. They embark on their pioneering study in human sexuality while trying to navigate their personal feelings for each other. Masters' wife Libby tries to conceive a child to save her marriage. Dr. Ethan Haas chafes under the supervision of Dr. Masters and deals with a changing society. University Provost Barton Scully struggles to support his protege William Masters while dealing with a long-held personal secret.

Season 2
S2 - Season 2
7.2
12 episodes

Air date: 2014-07-13

Dr. William Masters and Virginia Johnson struggle to get their work back on track while taking their relationship to a much more intimate place. Libby flounders in a loveless marriage and turns to volunteering. Former prostitute Betty DiMello tries for the American dream and ends up working with Masters and Johnson. Dr. Austin Langham becomes the spokesman for a popular diet company and the boy toy to its aggressive founder.

Season 3
S3 - Season 3
6.8
12 episodes

Air date: 2015-07-12

Welcome to the swinging sixties. Thrust into the spotlight by the publication of their controversial study, Dr. William Masters and Virginia Johnson find themselves the unlikely leaders of the sexual revolution. But as newfound fame and pressures mount, their relationship becomes twisted and tangled – putting the couple in a position that even they might not be able to handle.

Season 4
S4 - Season 4
7.0
10 episodes

Air date: 2016-09-11

The seventies are in full swing and sexual experimentation is all the rage. Masters and Johnson should be celebrating, but their clinic is in legal trouble, their personal lives are in tatters and their relationship is on the rocks.

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Production Companies

Sony Pictures Television
Timberman/Beverly Productions

Top Cast

Michael Sheen

Michael Sheen

William Masters

Lizzy Caplan

Lizzy Caplan

Virginia Johnson

Caitlin FitzGerald

Caitlin FitzGerald

Libby Masters

Annaleigh Ashford

Annaleigh Ashford

Betty DiMello

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