Tribal (TV series)

Tribal is a Canadian television crime drama series, which premiered February 20, 2020 on APTN.[1] The series stars Jessica Matten as Sam Woodburn, the newly appointed chief of an indigenous police force in the Nêhiyawak First Nation in Alberta, and Brian Markinson as Chuck “Buke” Bukansky, a racist and sexist white cop from Calgary whom she is paired with to solve crimes.[2]

Tribal
GenreDrama
Written byRon E. Scott
Adam Frost
Adriana Capozzi
Tamara Moulin
Christina Ray
Directed byRon E. Scott
StarringJessica Matten
Brian Markinson
Adam MacDonald
ComposerMike Shields
Country of originCanada
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes8
Production
Executive producers
  • Ron E. Scott
  • Janet Hamley
  • Adam Frost
ProducersScott Lepp
Nancy Laing
Production companyPrairie Dog Film + Television
Release
Original networkAPTN
Picture format1080i (HDTV)
Original releaseFebruary 20, 2020 (2020-02-20) –
present

The cast also includes Adam MacDonald, Ryan Northcott, Julian Black Antelope, Garry Chalk, Justin Rain, Michelle Thrush, Glen Gould, John Cassini, Joel Oulette and Georgina Lightning.

The first season consists of eight episodes. In advance of the series premiere, APTN announced that the show will have a second season.[2]

In his year-end review of television in 2020, critic John Doyle of The Globe and Mail singled out both Markinson and Matten as having given two of the year's best performances in Canadian television.[3]

References
  1. "First Nations crime series Tribal comes to APTN". The Globe and Mail, February 20, 2020.
  2. Sabrina Furminger, "Vancouver actor tackles ugly role in APTN police procedural Tribal". Vancouver Courier, February 12, 2020.
  3. John Doyle, "Great Canadian TV performances of 2020". The Globe and Mail, December 15, 2020.


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