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House of Cards (U.S. TV series) House of Cards is an American political thriller web television series created by Beau Willimon. It is an adaptation of the 1990 BBC miniseries of the same name, based on the novel by Michael Dobbs. The first thirteen-episode season premiered on February 1, 2013, on the streaming service Netflix.
List of House of Cards episodes Kevin Spacey stars as Representative Francis Underwood, the Majority Whip, who, after being passed up for the position of Secretary of State, initiates an elaborate plan to get himself into a position of greater power, aided by his wife, Claire Underwood (Robin Wright). In January 2016, Netflix renewed the series for a fifth season,[3] which premiered on May 30, 2017.[4] As of May 30, 2017,[update] 65 episodes of House of Cards have been released, concluding the fifth season.