Black Sails is an American television drama series created by Jon Steinberg and Robert Levine for Starz that debuted on January 25, 2014.
[1] It was produced by Film Afrika Worldwide and Platinum Dunes.
It was written as a prequel to Robert Louis Stevenson's novel Treasure Island.
[2] On July 20, 2016, Starz announced that the series' fourth season would be its last; the season premiered on January 29, 2017 and concluded on April 2, 2017.
[3][4] During the course of the series, 38 episodes of Black Sails aired over four seasons.