Coroner (TV series)
Coroner is a Canadian police procedural crime drama 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]
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| Genre | Crime Drama |
| Based on | Jenny Cooper novels by M. R. Hall |
| Developed by | Morwyn Brebner |
| Starring | Serinda Swan Roger Cross |
| Composer | Tom Third |
| Country of origin | Canada |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 17 |
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| Cinematography | Samy Inayeh |
| Running time | 42 minutes |
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| Distributor | Muse Entertainment |
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| 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)
- Nicola Correia-Damude as Kelly Hart (season 2)
- Olunike Adeliyi as Noor Armias (season 2)
In addition, Nicholas Campbell recurs as Gordon Cooper, Jenny's father suffering from dementia.
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 eight episodes.[3] Following the finale of the first season, on March 25, 2019 CBC renewed Coroner for an eight-episode second season.[6] It was announced in May 2020 that a third season is to follow.[2] The third season is set to premiere on February 3, 2021 in Canada and in the US on The CW at a later date.
Episodes
| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | |||
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| First aired | Last aired | ||||
| 1 | 8 | January 7, 2019 | February 25, 2019 | ||
| 2 | 8 | January 6, 2020 | February 24, 2020 | ||
| 3 | 10 | February 3, 2021 | TBA | ||
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 |
Season 3 (2021)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title [15] | Directed by | Written by | Original air date [15] | Prod. code | Canada viewers (millions) |
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| 17 | 1 | "Bobby" | Adrienne Mitchell | Morwyn Brebner | February 3, 2021 | 351416-17 | TBD |
| 18 | 2 | "In Bloom" | TBA | TBA | February 10, 2021 | 351416-18 | TBD |
| 19 | 3 | "Spirits" | TBA | TBA | February 17, 2021 | 351416-19 | TBD |
Release
The series premiered on CBC on January 7, 2019,[1] and attracted more than 1 million viewers per episode throughout the first season.[16] 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.[17] Cineflix announced that the UK broadcast of Coroner was Universal TV's strongest ever series launch.[18]
Season 2 premiered on Sky Witness in July 2020 in the UK because Universal TV had been closed by Sky following the Comcast takeover of Sky.
In May 2020, The CW acquired the U.S. broadcast rights to the series. It premiered on August 5, 2020.[19]
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