Coroner (TV series)

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This article is about a Canadian TV series on the CBC. For the British daytime TV series, see The Coroner.
Coroner
File:Coroner titlecard.png
Genre <templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/>
Based on Jenny Cooper novels
by M. R. Hall
Developed by Morwyn Brebner
Starring
Composer(s) Tom Third
Country of origin Canada
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 4
No. of episodes 38
Production
Executive producer(s) <templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/>
  • Adrienne Mitchell
  • Morwyn Brebner
  • Brett Burlock
  • Peter Emerson
  • Jonas Prupas
  • Sean Reycraft (S2-present
  • Noelle Carbone (S3-present)
  • Suzanne Colvin-Goulding (S3-present)
  • Aren Prupas (S4-present)
  • Serinda Swan (S4-present)
Producer(s) Suzanne Colvin-Goulding
Cinematography Samy Inayeh
Running time 42 minutes
Production company(s) <templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/>
Distributor Muse Entertainment
Release
Original network CBC
Original release 7 January 2019 (2019-01-07) –
present (present)
External links
[{{#property:P856}} Website]

Coroner is a Canadian police procedural crime drama television series. Developed by Morwyn Brebner, the series is based on the Jenny Cooper crime novels by M. R. Hall. Serinda Swan stars as coroner Jenny Cooper. Coroner premiered on CBC on 7 January 2019.

Overview

The series stars Serinda Swan as Jenny Cooper,[1] a recently widowed coroner in Toronto who investigates suspicious deaths.[2][3]

Cast and characters

Main

  • Serinda Swan as Jenny Cooper
  • Roger Cross as Det. Donovan "Mac" McAvoy
  • Alli Chung as Det. Taylor Kim (season 1)
  • Andy McQueen as Det. Malik Abed
  • Éric Bruneau as Liam Bouchard (seasons 1–3; guest season 4)
  • Ehren Kassam as Ross Kalighi
  • Lovell Adams-Gray as Dr. Dwayne Allen (season 1; guest season 2)
  • Tamara Podemski as Alison Trent (seasons 1–3)[lower-alpha 1]
  • Kiley May as River Baitz (season 2–present; recurring season 1)
  • Olunike Adeliyi as Noor Armias (season 2)
  • Mark Taylor as Clark Coleman (season 3; guest season 4)
  • Uni Park as Dr. Melanie Lum-Davis (season 3)
  • Jon De Leon as Dennis Garcia (season 4; recurring season 3)
  • Thom Allison as Dr. Elijah Thompson (season 4)

Recurring

  • Saad Siddiqui as Dr. Neil Sharma (seasons 1–3)
  • Nicola Correia-Damude as Kelly Hart (season 2)
  • Jonathan Tan as Dr. Luca Cheng (season 3–present)
  • Sarah Podemski as Kirima Rite (season 3–present)
  • Jennifer Dale as Peggy, Jenny's Mom and Gordon's wife (season 3–4)

In addition, Nicholas Campbell recurs as Gordon Cooper, Jenny's father suffering from dementia.

Production and development

Coroner was developed for television by Morwyn Brebner from M. R. Hall's series of crime novels,[4] and produced by Muse Entertainment, Back Alley Film Productions, and Cineflix Studios,[5] with Adrienne Mitchell as executive producer and lead director.[2]

The first season consists of eight episodes.[4] Following the finale of the first season, CBC renewed Coroner for an eight-episode second season on 25 March 2019.[5] The third season was announced on 26 May 2020,[6] and premiered on 3 February 2021.[7][8]

On 2 June 2021, CBC announced the series had been renewed for a fourth season.[9][10] Production began on the 12-episode fourth season in July 2021,[11] and in November it was announced that the fourth season was scheduled to premiere on 6 January 2022.[12]

In June 2022, Sally Catto, CBC General Manager, announced that Serinda Swan had decided to leave the series, and options were being discussed with its producers.[13][14]

Series overview

Season Episodes Originally aired
First aired Last aired
1 8 7 January 2019 (2019-01-07) 25 February 2019 (2019-02-25)
2 8 6 January 2020 (2020-01-06) 24 February 2020 (2020-02-24)
3 10 3 February 2021 (2021-02-03) 7 April 2021 (2021-04-07)
4 12 6 January 2022 (2022-01-06) 7 April 2022 (2022-04-07)

Season 1 (2019)

No.
overall		 No. in
season		 Title Directed by Written by Original air date Prod.
code		 Canada viewers
(millions)
1 1 "Black Dog" Adrienne Mitchell Morwyn Brebner 7 January 2019 (2019-01-07) 351416-1 1.051[15]
2 2 "Bunny" Adrienne Mitchell Waneta Storms 14 January 2019 (2019-01-14) 351416-2 1.015[16]
3 3 "Scattered" Adrienne Mitchell Sean Reycraft 21 January 2019 (2019-01-21) 351416-3 0.948[17]
4 4 "Quick or Dead" Adrienne Mitchell Morwyn Brebner & Wendy Motion Brathwaite 28 January 2019 (2019-01-28) 351416-4 1.004[18]
5 5 "All's Well" Winnifred Jong Noelle Carbone 4 February 2019 (2019-02-04) 351416-5 1.051[19]
6 6 "Confetti Heart" Sherren Lee Seneca Aaron 11 February 2019 (2019-02-11) 351416-6 1.102[20]
7 7 "The Suburbs" Paul Fox Noelle Carbone & Seneca Aaron 18 February 2019 (2019-02-18) 351416-7 N/A
8 8 "Bridges" Paul Fox Morwyn Brebner & Nathalie Younglai 25 February 2019 (2019-02-25) 351416-8 1.112[21]

Season 2 (2020)

No.
overall		 No. in
season		 Title Directed by Written by Original air date Prod.
code		 Canada viewers
9 1 "Fire" Adrienne Mitchell Morwyn Brebner 6 January 2020 (2020-01-06) 351416-9 N/A
10 2 "Borders" Adrienne Mitchell Wendy Motion Brathwaite 13 January 2020 (2020-01-13) 351416-14 956,000[22]
11 3 "Crispr Sistr" Winnifred Jong Nathalie Younglai 20 January 2020 (2020-01-20) 351416-15 N/A
12 4 "Unburied" Winnifred Jong Sean Reycraft 27 January 2020 (2020-01-27) 351416-11 N/A
13 5 "One Drum" Charles Officer Shannon Masters 3 February 2020 (2020-02-03) 351416-16 N/A
14 6 "The Flipside" Charles Officer Seneca Aaron 10 February 2020 (2020-02-10) 351416-13 N/A
15 7 "Monster in the House" Adrienne Mitchell Noelle Carbone 17 February 2020 (2020-02-17) 351416-12 N/A
16 8 "Fire, Part 2" Adrienne Mitchell Morwyn Brebner 24 February 2020 (2020-02-24) 351416-10 N/A

Season 3 (2021)

No.
overall		 No. in
season		 Title Directed by Written by Original air date Prod.
code		 Canada viewers
17 1 "Bobby" Adrienne Mitchell Morwyn Brebner 3 February 2021 (2021-02-03) 351416-26 N/A
18 2 "In Bloom" Adrienne Mitchell Marsha Greene 10 February 2021 (2021-02-10) 351416-25 N/A
19 3 "Spirits" Charles Officer Chris Roberts 17 February 2021 (2021-02-17) 351416-21 N/A
20 4 "Eyes Up" Charles Officer Wendy Motion Brathwaite 24 February 2021 (2021-02-24) 351416-20 812,000[23]
21 5 "Back to the Future" Gloria Ui Young Kim & Liz Farrer Noelle Carbone & Leah Cameron 3 March 2021 (2021-03-03) 351416-19 N/A
22 6 "No Justice, No Peace" Gloria Ui Young Kim Nathalie Younglai 10 March 2021 (2021-03-10) 351416-24 N/A
23 7 "Round and Round" Samir Rehem Shannon Masters 17 March 2021 (2021-03-17) 351416-23 N/A
24 8 "Blue Flock" Samir Rehem Seneca Aaron 24 March 2021 (2021-03-24) 351416-22 N/A
25 9 "Christmas Eve" Adrienne Mitchell Noelle Carbone 31 March 2021 (2021-03-31) 351416-18 N/A
26 10 "Christmas Day" Adrienne Mitchell Morwyn Brebner 7 April 2021 (2021-04-07) 351416-17 N/A

Season 4 (2022)

No.
overall		 No. in
season		 Title Directed by Written by Original air date Prod.
code		 Canada viewers
(millions)
27 1 "Emerge" Ruba Nadda Adriana Maggs 6 January 2022 (2022-01-06) 351416-27 N/A
28 2 "Cutting Corners" Ruba Nadda Shannon Masters 13 January 2022 (2022-01-13) 351416-28 N/A
29 3 "Neighbourhood Watch" Farhad Mann Nathalie Younglai 20 January 2022 (2022-01-20) 351416-29 N/A
30 4 "Heartbeet" Samir Rehem Laura Good 27 January 2022 (2022-01-27) 351416-30 N/A
31 5 "Degargoony" Farhad Mann Noelle Carbone & Mazi Kalighi 24 February 2022 (2022-02-24) 351416-31 N/A
32 6 "Young Legend" Serinda Swan Motion 3 March 2022 (2022-03-03) 351416-32 N/A
33 7 "True Crime" Liz Farrer JP Larocque 10 March 2022 (2022-03-10) 351416-33 N/A
34 8 "LJND" Adrienne Mitchell Nathalie Younglai & Lindsey Addwoo 17 March 2022 (2022-03-17) 351416-34 N/A
35 9 "Our Home on Native Land" Corey Bowles Shannon Masters 24 March 2022 (2022-03-24) 351416-35 N/A
37 10 "Safe Space" Corey Bowles Seneca Aaron 31 March 2022 (2022-03-31) 351416-36 N/A
37 11 "Blast to the Past" Noelle Carbone Samir Rehem 7 April 2022 (2022-04-07) 351416-37 N/A
38 12 "Death Goes On" Samir Rehem Adriana Maggs 7 April 2022 (2022-04-07) 351416-38 N/A

Release

Coroner premiered on CBC on 7 January 2019,[24][25] and attracted more than 1 million viewers per episode throughout the first season.[26] The series was subsequently renewed for a second season.[5] Season 2 premiered on 6 January 2020;[27] followed by Season 3 on February 3, 2021.[7][8] The fourth season premiered on 6 January 2022.[28][29]

In September 2018, Cineflix Rights acquired the global distribution rights to Coroner.[30]

In October 2018, NBCUniversal International Networks acquired Coroner from Cineflix Rights for their channels in the UK, Germany, France, Spain, Poland, Africa, Latin America, Brazil and Australia.[31][32]

Season 1 premiered in the United Kingdom on Universal TV on 21 January 2019.[33] Cineflix announced that the broadcast of Coroner in the UK was Universal TV's strongest ever series launch.[34] After the shut down of Universal TV in January 2020 with the takeover of Sky Group by Comcast and the subsequent merger of operations,[35] Season 2 premiered in the UK on Sky Witness on 29 July 2020.[36] Season 3 premiered on 22 February 2021.[37]

UK's Channel 4 acquired the first and second seasons in May 2020[38][39] and began broadcasting the series on the More4 channel on 6 May 2021.[40]

In the United States, The CW acquired the broadcast rights to the series in June 2020.[41] Coroner premiered in the U.S. on 5 August 2020.[42] Season 2 premiered on 7 October 2020.[43] The third season premiered on 19 August 2021.[44][45] In July 2022, The CW announced the premiere of season 4 on October 2 at 9 p.m.[46][47]

Notes

  1. ↑ Podemski was credited as part of the main cast during her sole appearance in the third season.

References

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