Coroner | |
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Genre | |
Based on | Jenny Cooper novels by M. R. Hall |
Developed by | Morwyn Brebner |
Starring | |
Composer | Tom Third |
Country of origin | Canada |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 4 |
No. of episodes | 38 |
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Executive producers |
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Producer | Suzanne Colvin-Goulding |
Cinematography | Samy Inayeh |
Running time | 42 minutes |
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Original network | CBC |
Original release | 7 January 2019 – present |
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.
The series stars Serinda Swan as Jenny Cooper, [1] a recently widowed coroner in Toronto who investigates suspicious deaths. [2] [3]
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]
Season | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
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First aired | Last aired | |||
1 | 8 | 7 January 2019 | 25 February 2019 | |
2 | 8 | 6 January 2020 | 24 February 2020 | |
3 | 10 | 3 February 2021 | 7 April 2021 | |
4 | 12 | 6 January 2022 | 7 April 2022 |
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code | Canada viewers (millions) |
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1 | 1 | "Black Dog" | Adrienne Mitchell | Morwyn Brebner | 7 January 2019 | 351416-1 | 1.05 [14] |
2 | 2 | "Bunny" | Adrienne Mitchell | Waneta Storms | 14 January 2019 | 351416-2 | 1.02 [15] |
3 | 3 | "Scattered" | Adrienne Mitchell | Sean Reycraft | 21 January 2019 | 351416-3 | 0.95 [16] |
4 | 4 | "Quick or Dead" | Adrienne Mitchell | Morwyn Brebner & Wendy Motion Brathwaite | 28 January 2019 | 351416-4 | 1.00 [17] |
5 | 5 | "All's Well" | Winnifred Jong | Noelle Carbone | 4 February 2019 | 351416-5 | 1.05 [18] |
6 | 6 | "Confetti Heart" | Sherren Lee | Seneca Aaron | 11 February 2019 | 351416-6 | 1.10 [19] |
7 | 7 | "The Suburbs" | Paul Fox | Noelle Carbone & Seneca Aaron | 18 February 2019 | 351416-7 | N/A |
8 | 8 | "Bridges" | Paul Fox | Morwyn Brebner & Nathalie Younglai | 25 February 2019 | 351416-8 | 1.11 [20] |
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code | Canada viewers (millions) |
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9 | 1 | "Fire" | Adrienne Mitchell | Morwyn Brebner | 6 January 2020 | 351416-9 | N/A |
10 | 2 | "Borders" | Adrienne Mitchell | Wendy Motion Brathwaite | 13 January 2020 | 351416-14 | 0.96 [21] |
11 | 3 | "Crispr Sistr" | Winnifred Jong | Nathalie Younglai | 20 January 2020 | 351416-15 | N/A |
12 | 4 | "Unburied" | Winnifred Jong | Sean Reycraft | 27 January 2020 | 351416-11 | N/A |
13 | 5 | "One Drum" | Charles Officer | Shannon Masters | 3 February 2020 | 351416-16 | N/A |
14 | 6 | "The Flipside" | Charles Officer | Seneca Aaron | 10 February 2020 | 351416-13 | N/A |
15 | 7 | "Monster in the House" | Adrienne Mitchell | Noelle Carbone | 17 February 2020 | 351416-12 | N/A |
16 | 8 | "Fire, Part 2" | Adrienne Mitchell | Morwyn Brebner | 24 February 2020 | 351416-10 | N/A |
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code | Canada viewers (millions) |
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17 | 1 | "Bobby" | Adrienne Mitchell | Morwyn Brebner | 3 February 2021 | 351416-26 | N/A |
18 | 2 | "In Bloom" | Adrienne Mitchell | Marsha Greene | 10 February 2021 | 351416-25 | N/A |
19 | 3 | "Spirits" | Charles Officer | Chris Roberts | 17 February 2021 | 351416-21 | N/A |
20 | 4 | "Eyes Up" | Charles Officer | Wendy Motion Brathwaite | 24 February 2021 | 351416-20 | 0.81 [22] |
21 | 5 | "Back to the Future" | Gloria Ui Young Kim & Liz Farrer | Noelle Carbone & Leah Cameron | 3 March 2021 | 351416-19 | N/A |
22 | 6 | "No Justice, No Peace" | Gloria Ui Young Kim | Nathalie Younglai | 10 March 2021 | 351416-24 | N/A |
23 | 7 | "Round and Round" | Samir Rehem | Shannon Masters | 17 March 2021 | 351416-23 | N/A |
24 | 8 | "Blue Flock" | Samir Rehem | Seneca Aaron | 24 March 2021 | 351416-22 | N/A |
25 | 9 | "Christmas Eve" | Adrienne Mitchell | Noelle Carbone | 31 March 2021 | 351416-18 | N/A |
26 | 10 | "Christmas Day" | Adrienne Mitchell | Morwyn Brebner | 7 April 2021 | 351416-17 | N/A |
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code | Canada viewers (millions) |
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27 | 1 | "Emerge" | Ruba Nadda | Adriana Maggs | 6 January 2022 | 351416-27 | N/A |
28 | 2 | "Cutting Coroners" | Ruba Nadda | Shannon Masters | 13 January 2022 | 351416-28 | N/A |
29 | 3 | "Neighbourhood Watch" | Farhad Mann | Nathalie Younglai | 20 January 2022 | 351416-29 | N/A |
30 | 4 | "Heartbeet" | Samir Rehem | Laura Good | 27 January 2022 | 351416-30 | N/A |
31 | 5 | "Degargoony" | Farhad Mann | Noelle Carbone & Mazi Khalighi | 24 February 2022 | 351416-31 | N/A |
32 | 6 | "Young Legend" | Serinda Swan | Motion | 3 March 2022 | 351416-32 | N/A |
33 | 7 | "True Crime" | Liz Farrer | JP Larocque | 10 March 2022 | 351416-33 | N/A |
34 | 8 | "LJND" | Adrienne Mitchell | Nathalie Younglai & Lindsey Addawoo | 17 March 2022 | 351416-34 | N/A |
35 | 9 | "Our Home on Native Land" | Corey Bowles | Shannon Masters | 24 March 2022 | 351416-35 | N/A |
37 | 10 | "Safe Space" | Corey Bowles | Seneca Aaron | 31 March 2022 | 351416-36 | N/A |
37 | 11 | "Blast to the Past" | Samir Rehem | Noelle Carbone | 7 April 2022 | 351416-37 | N/A |
38 | 12 | "Death Goes On" | Samir Rehem | Adriana Maggs | 7 April 2022 | 351416-38 | N/A |
Coroner premiered on CBC on 7 January 2019, [23] [24] and attracted more than 1 million viewers per episode throughout the first season. [25] The series was subsequently renewed for a second season. [5] Season 2 premiered on 6 January 2020; [26] followed by Season 3 on February 3, 2021. [7] [8] The fourth season premiered on 6 January 2022. [27] [28]
In September 2018, Cineflix Rights acquired the global distribution rights to Coroner. [29]
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. [30] [31]
Season 1 premiered in the United Kingdom on Universal TV on 21 January 2019. [32] Cineflix announced that the broadcast of Coroner in the UK was Universal TV's strongest ever series launch. [33] After the shut down of Universal TV in January 2020 with the takeover of Sky Group by Comcast and the subsequent merger of operations, [34] Season 2 premiered in the UK on Sky Witness on 29 July 2020. [35] Season 3 premiered on 22 February 2021. [36]
UK's Channel 4 acquired the first and second seasons in May 2020 [37] [38] and began broadcasting the series on the More4 channel on 6 May 2021. [39]
In the United States, The CW acquired the broadcast rights to the series in June 2020. [40] Coroner premiered in the U.S. on 5 August 2020. [41] Season 2 premiered on 7 October 2020. [42] The third season premiered on 19 August 2021. [43] [44] In July 2022, The CW announced the season 4 premiere on 2 October 2022. [45] [46]
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