Coroner (TV series)
Coroner is a Canadian drama television series developed by Morwyn Brebner, and based on the Jenny Cooper series of novels by M. R. Hall. The series premiered on CBC in January 2019.[1] It was announced in May 2020 that a third season of the series has been ordered.[2]
| Coroner | |
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| Genre | Drama |
| Based on | Jenny Cooper novels by M.R. Hall |
| Developed by | Morwyn Brebner |
| Starring | Serinda Swan Roger Cross |
| Composer(s) | Tom Third |
| Country of origin | Canada |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 16 |
| Production | |
| Cinematography | Samy Inayeh |
| Running time | 42 minutes |
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| Distributor | Muse Entertainment |
| Release | |
| Original network | CBC |
| Original release | January 7, 2019 – present |
Overview
The series stars Serinda Swan as Jenny Cooper, a recently-widowed coroner in Toronto who investigates suspicious deaths.[3][4]
Cast
- Serinda Swan as Jenny Cooper
- Roger Cross as Det. Donovan “Mac” McAvoy
- Alli Chung as Det. Taylor Kim (season 1)
- Eric Bruneau as Liam Bouchard
- Ehren Kassam as Ross Kalighi
- Tamara Podemski as Alison Trent
- Lovell Adams-Gray as Dr. Dwayne Allen (season 1; guest season 2)
- Saad Siddiqui as Dr. Neil Sharma
- Andy McQueen as Det. Malik Abed
- Kiley May as River Baitz (season 2; recurring season 1)
- Nicholas Campbell as Gordon Cooper (season 2; recurring season 1)
- Nicola Correia-Damude as Kelly Hart (season 2)
- Olunike Adeliyi as Noor Armias (season 2)
Production and development
The series was developed from the M. R. Hall novels for television by Morwyn Brebner,[5] and was produced by Muse Entertainment, Back Alley Film Productions, and Cineflix Studios, with Adrienne Mitchell as executive producer and lead director.[3]
The first season of Coroner consists of 8 episodes.[3] Following the finale of the first season, on March 25, 2019 CBC renewed Coroner for an 8-episode second season.[6] It was announced in May 2020 that a third season is to follow.[2]
Episodes
| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First aired | Last aired | ||||
| 1 | 8 | January 7, 2019 | February 25, 2019 | ||
| 2 | 8 | January 6, 2020 | February 24, 2020 | ||
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 | January 7, 2019 | 351416-1 | 1.051[7] |
| 2 | 2 | "Bunny" | Adrienne Mitchell | Waneta Storms | January 14, 2019 | 351416-2 | 1.015[8] |
| 3 | 3 | "Scattered" | Adrienne Mitchell | Sean Reycraft | January 21, 2019 | 351416-3 | 0.948[9] |
| 4 | 4 | "Quick or Dead" | Adrienne Mitchell | Morwyn Brebner & Motion | January 28, 2019 | 351416-4 | 1.004[10] |
| 5 | 5 | "All's Well" | Winnifred Jong | Noelle Carbone | February 4, 2019 | 351416-5 | 1.051[11] |
| 6 | 6 | "Confetti Heart" | Sherren Lee | Seneca Aaron | February 11, 2019 | 351416-6 | 1.102[12] |
| 7 | 7 | "The Suburbs" | Paul Fox | Noelle Carbone & Seneca Aaron | February 18, 2019 | 351416-7 | N/A |
| 8 | 8 | "Bridges" | Paul Fox | Morwyn Brebner & Nathalie Younglai | February 25, 2019 | 351416-8 | 1.112[13] |
Season 2 (2020)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code | Canada viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 1 | "Fire" | Adrienne Mitchell | Morwyn Brebner | January 6, 2020 | 351416-9 | N/A |
| 10 | 2 | "Borders" | Adrienne Mitchell | Motion | January 13, 2020 | 351416-14 | 0.956[14] |
| 11 | 3 | "Crispr Sistr" | Winnifred Jong | Nathalie Younglai | January 20, 2020 | 351416-15 | N/A |
| 12 | 4 | "Unburied" | Winnifred Jong | Sean Reycraft | January 27, 2020 | 351416-11 | N/A |
| 13 | 5 | "One Drum" | Charles Officer | Shannon Masters | February 3, 2020 | 351416-16 | N/A |
| 14 | 6 | "The Flipside" | Charles Officer | Seneca Aaron | February 10, 2020 | 351416-13 | N/A |
| 15 | 7 | "Monster in the House" | Adrienne Mitchell | Noelle Carbone | February 17, 2020 | 351416-12 | N/A |
| 16 | 8 | "Fire, Part 2" | Adrienne Mitchell | Morwyn Brebner | February 24, 2020 | 351416-10 | N/A |
Release
The series premiered on CBC on January 7, 2019,[1] and attracted more than 1 million viewers per episode throughout the first season.[15] The series was subsequently renewed for a second season.[6]
In October 2018, it was announced that NBCUniversal International Networks had acquired the global distribution rights to Coroner. The series of eight one-hour episodes premiered in the UK, Germany, France, Spain, Poland, Africa, Latin America, Brazil, and Australia from late 2019.[16] Cineflix announced that the UK broadcast of Coroner constituted Universal TV’s strongest ever series launch.[17]
In May 2020, The CW acquired the U.S. broadcast rights to the series. It premiered on August 5, 2020.[18]
References
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- CBC Greenlights Season 3 of Coroner May 26, 2020 thetvjunkies.com, accessed May 26, 2020
- About the Show: CORONER cbc.ca/mediacentre, accessed 29 May 2018
- Petski, Denise (20 June 2018). "Serinda Swan To Star In CBC Drama Series 'Coroner'". deadline.com. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
- "Greg David: CBC announces new and returning programming slate for 2018-19 season". tv-eh.com, 24 May 2018, accessed 28 July 2018
- CBC announces first round of renewals for the 2019-20 season tv-eh.com, accessed 8 December 2019
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- Top Programs – Total Canada (English) February 11, 2019 - February 17, 2019 - Numeris assets.numeris.ca, accessed 8 December 2019
- Top Programs – Total Canada (English) February 25, 2019 - March 3, 2019 - Numeris assets.numeris.ca, accessed 8 December 2019
- Top Programs – Total Canada (English) January 13, 2020 - January 19, 2020 - Numeris assets.numeris.ca, accessed 30 January 2020
- Top Programs – Total Canada (English) February 25, 2019 - March 3, 2019 assets.numeris.ca, accessed 8 December 2019
- "Greg David: NBCUniversal International Networks acquires CBC series Coroner". tv-eh.com, 8 October 2018, accessed 8 November 2018
- Coroner is the #1 New Canadian Drama of the 2018/19 Broadcast Season www.cineflixrights.com, accessed 28 December 2019
- Petski, Denise (June 16, 2020). "The CW Acquires Four Alternative Series For Summer Lineup & Finalizes Premiere Dates". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved June 17, 2020.