The Shards

American television series
TVSeries television_series Q136722498
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Summary

The Shards is a television series[1]. It ranks in the top 8% of television_series entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (376,847 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Shards is the creator of Ryan Murphy[3].
  • The Shards is the creator of Bret Easton Ellis[4].
  • The Shards's instance of is recorded as television series[5].
  • The Shards's genre is drama television series[6].
  • The Shards's genre is erotic thriller[7].
  • The Shards's genre is crime television series[8].
  • The Shards's genre is teen drama television[9].
  • The Shards's genre is coming-of-age fiction[10].
  • The Shards's based on is recorded as The Shards[11].
  • A cast member of The Shards was Igby Rigney[12].
  • A cast member of The Shards was Q139979180[13].
  • A cast member of The Shards was Kaia Gerber[14].
  • A cast member of The Shards was Hayes Warner[15].
  • A cast member of The Shards was Q140570282[16].
  • A cast member of The Shards was Jordan Roth[17].
  • A cast member of The Shards was Evan Rachel Wood[18].
  • A cast member of The Shards was Wes Bentley[19].
  • The original language of The Shards was English[20].
  • The Shards's original broadcaster is recorded as FX[21].
  • The Shards's country of origin is recorded as United States[22].
  • The Shards comprises Q140914546[23].
  • The Shards began on August 5, 2026[24].
  • The Shards's official website is recorded as https://www.fxnetworks.com/shows/the-shards[25].
  • The Shards's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The Shards'}[26].
  • The Shards's set in period is recorded as 1980s[27].

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Authorship and Creation

Cast members include Igby Rigney[12], Q139979180[13], Kaia Gerber[14], Hayes Warner[15], Q140570282[16], and Jordan Roth[17]. Created works include Ryan Murphy[3], a screenwriter[28], b. 1965[29], of United States[30], awarded the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series[31] and Bret Easton Ellis[4], a writer[32], b. 1964[33], of United States[34], specialised in performing arts[35].

Publication

The original language of The Shards was English[20]. Genres include drama television series[6], erotic thriller[7], crime television series[8], teen drama television[9], and coming-of-age fiction[10].

Why It Matters

The Shards ranks in the top 8% of television_series entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (376,847 views/month).[2] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [34] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [35] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [36] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 19d ago · MatSuBot bot · 2026-09-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 11
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fr', 'he', 'hr', 'it', 'ru', 'sv', 'uk']
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||ru, ar */ import labels from sitelinks; cleanup"
  2. 5w ago · M2k~dewiki · 2026-09-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Fernsehserien.de id → the-shards
    Cast member → Igby Rigney, Q139979180, Kaia Gerber +5
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Fernsehserien.de id: the-shards, ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/harvesttemplates/554ea2ebb7e|details]])"
  3. 7w ago · Drsammyjohnson · 2026-08-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Cast member → Igby Rigney, Q139979180, Kaia Gerber +5
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Cast member: Jordan Roth"
  4. 8w ago · Balara86 · 2026-08-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Movieplayer tv-series id → 8813
    Logo image → The Shards Logo.svg
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Movieplayer tv-series id: 8813"
  5. 8w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14813 → 3263581
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  6. 9w ago · ~2026-42834-06 · 2026-08-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Ldif id → 626905
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  7. 9w ago · M2k~dewiki · 2026-08-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Deutsche synchronkartei series id → 63113
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  8. 10w ago · Leo Faffy · 2026-08-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Il mondo dei doppiatori id → telefilm/theshards
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  9. 10w ago · Shei98 · 2026-08-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has part(s) → Q140914546
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:1||1 */ Instagram username: theshardsfx, Added Instagram account numeric ID 47493982793 to Instagram username."
  10. 10w ago · Balara86 · 2026-08-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Comingsoon.it tv series id → 3867
    Set in period → 1980s
    Narrative location → —
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  11. 10w ago · Gabbe · 2026-08-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Narrative location → —
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  12. 13w ago · Gabbe · 2026-07-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Allociné series id → 1000001277
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  13. 13w ago · Gabbe · 2026-07-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Disney+ browse id → entity-e29b9ed7-936f-47e2-8a62-a17f35104f7a
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  14. 13w ago · Gabbe · 2026-07-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Genre → drama television series, erotic thriller, crime television series +2
    Instagram username → theshardsfx
    Facebook username → TheShardsFX
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Genre: teen drama television"
  15. 13w ago · Gabbe · 2026-07-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Cast member → Igby Rigney, Q139979180, Kaia Gerber +5
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Cast member: Q140570282"
  16. 13w ago · BorkedBot bot · 2026-07-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Creator → Ryan Murphy, Bret Easton Ellis
    Cast member → Igby Rigney, Q139979180, Kaia Gerber +5
    "/* wbsetqualifier-add:1| */ Subject named as: The Shards | Official Trailer | Igby Rigney, Kaia Gerber, Hayes Warner | FX, update youtube video data from api ([[:toolforge:editgroups/b/CB/b06dca40a1"
  17. 13w ago · Gabbe · 2026-07-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Genre → drama television series, erotic thriller, crime television series +2
    Tv maze series id → 68193
    Rotten tomatoes id → tv/the_shards
    Metacritic id → tv/the-shards
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Creator: Ryan Murphy"
  18. 13w ago · Gabbe · 2026-07-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Genre → drama television series, erotic thriller, crime television series +2
    Title → {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The Shards'}
    Youtube video id → Zpm9HUOrZIc
    Original language of film or tv show → English
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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  19. 14w ago · ~2026-39173-36 · 2026-07-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country of origin → United States
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  20. 17w ago · Skeetacus25 · 2026-06-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Official website → https://www.fxnetworks.com/shows/the-shards
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Official website: https://www.fxnetworks.com/shows/the-shards"
  21. 20w ago · Shei98 · 2026-05-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Tmdb tv series id → 298168
    Instance of → television series
    Thetvdb series id → 450799
    Imported from → —
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    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Thetvdb series id: 450799, Imported TheTVDB series ID from TheMovieDB."
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