Coroner (TV series)

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Coroner
Coroner titlecard.png
Genre
Based onJenny Cooper novels
by M. R. Hall
Developed by Morwyn Brebner
Starring
Composer Tom Third
Country of originCanada
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons4
No. of episodes38
Production
Executive producers
  • Adrienne Mitchell
  • Morwyn Brebner
  • Brett Burlock
  • Peter Emerson
  • Jonas Prupas
  • Sean Reycraft (S2–4)
  • Noelle Carbone (S3–4)
  • Suzanne Colvin-Goulding (S3–4)
  • Aren Prupas (S4)
  • Serinda Swan (S4)
ProducerSuzanne Colvin-Goulding
CinematographySamy Inayeh
Running time42 minutes
Production companies
Original release
Network CBC
Release7 January 2019 (2019-01-07) 
7 April 2022 (2022-04-07)

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.

Contents

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

Recurring

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]

Series overview

SeasonEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast aired
1 87 January 2019 (2019-01-07)25 February 2019 (2019-02-25)
2 86 January 2020 (2020-01-06)24 February 2020 (2020-02-24)
3 103 February 2021 (2021-02-03)7 April 2021 (2021-04-07)
4 126 January 2022 (2022-01-06)7 April 2022 (2022-04-07)

Season 1 (2019)

No.
overall
No. in
season
TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateProd.
code
Canada viewers
(millions)
11"Black Dog" Adrienne Mitchell Morwyn Brebner 7 January 2019 (2019-01-07)351416-11.05 [14]
22"Bunny"Adrienne Mitchell Waneta Storms 14 January 2019 (2019-01-14)351416-21.02 [15]
33"Scattered"Adrienne Mitchell Sean Reycraft 21 January 2019 (2019-01-21)351416-30.95 [16]
44"Quick or Dead"Adrienne MitchellMorwyn Brebner & Wendy Motion Brathwaite 28 January 2019 (2019-01-28)351416-41.00 [17]
55"All's Well"Winnifred JongNoelle Carbone4 February 2019 (2019-02-04)351416-51.05 [18]
66"Confetti Heart" Sherren Lee Seneca Aaron11 February 2019 (2019-02-11)351416-61.10 [19]
77"The Suburbs"Paul FoxNoelle Carbone & Seneca Aaron18 February 2019 (2019-02-18)351416-7N/A
88"Bridges"Paul FoxMorwyn Brebner & Nathalie Younglai 25 February 2019 (2019-02-25)351416-81.11 [20]

Season 2 (2020)

No.
overall
No. in
season
TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateProd.
code
Canada viewers
(millions)
91"Fire"Adrienne MitchellMorwyn Brebner6 January 2020 (2020-01-06)351416-9N/A
102"Borders"Adrienne Mitchell Wendy Motion Brathwaite 13 January 2020 (2020-01-13)351416-140.96 [21]
113"Crispr Sistr"Winnifred Jong Nathalie Younglai 20 January 2020 (2020-01-20)351416-15N/A
124"Unburied"Winnifred Jong Sean Reycraft 27 January 2020 (2020-01-27)351416-11N/A
135"One Drum" Charles Officer Shannon Masters 3 February 2020 (2020-02-03)351416-16N/A
146"The Flipside"Charles OfficerSeneca Aaron10 February 2020 (2020-02-10)351416-13N/A
157"Monster in the House"Adrienne MitchellNoelle Carbone17 February 2020 (2020-02-17)351416-12N/A
168"Fire, Part 2"Adrienne MitchellMorwyn Brebner24 February 2020 (2020-02-24)351416-10N/A

Season 3 (2021)

No.
overall
No. in
season
TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateProd.
code
Canada viewers
(millions)
171"Bobby" Adrienne Mitchell Morwyn Brebner 3 February 2021 (2021-02-03)351416-26N/A
182"In Bloom"Adrienne MitchellMarsha Greene10 February 2021 (2021-02-10)351416-25N/A
193"Spirits" Charles Officer Chris Roberts17 February 2021 (2021-02-17)351416-21N/A
204"Eyes Up"Charles Officer Wendy Motion Brathwaite 24 February 2021 (2021-02-24)351416-200.81 [22]
215"Back to the Future"Gloria Ui Young Kim & Liz FarrerNoelle Carbone & Leah Cameron3 March 2021 (2021-03-03)351416-19N/A
226"No Justice, No Peace"Gloria Ui Young Kim Nathalie Younglai 10 March 2021 (2021-03-10)351416-24N/A
237"Round and Round" Samir Rehem Shannon Masters 17 March 2021 (2021-03-17)351416-23N/A
248"Blue Flock"Samir RehemSeneca Aaron24 March 2021 (2021-03-24)351416-22N/A
259"Christmas Eve"Adrienne MitchellNoelle Carbone31 March 2021 (2021-03-31)351416-18N/A
2610"Christmas Day"Adrienne MitchellMorwyn Brebner7 April 2021 (2021-04-07)351416-17N/A

Season 4 (2022)

No.
overall
No. in
season
TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateProd.
code
Canada viewers
(millions)
271"Emerge" Ruba Nadda Adriana Maggs 6 January 2022 (2022-01-06)351416-27N/A
282"Cutting Coroners"Ruba Nadda Shannon Masters 13 January 2022 (2022-01-13)351416-28N/A
293"Neighbourhood Watch" Farhad Mann Nathalie Younglai 20 January 2022 (2022-01-20)351416-29N/A
304"Heartbeet" Samir Rehem Laura Good27 January 2022 (2022-01-27)351416-30N/A
315"Degargoony"Farhad MannNoelle Carbone & Mazi Khalighi24 February 2022 (2022-02-24)351416-31N/A
326"Young Legend" Serinda Swan Motion 3 March 2022 (2022-03-03)351416-32N/A
337"True Crime"Liz Farrer JP Larocque 10 March 2022 (2022-03-10)351416-33N/A
348"LJND"Adrienne MitchellNathalie Younglai & Lindsey Addawoo17 March 2022 (2022-03-17)351416-34N/A
359"Our Home on Native Land" Corey Bowles Shannon Masters24 March 2022 (2022-03-24)351416-35N/A
3710"Safe Space"Corey BowlesSeneca Aaron31 March 2022 (2022-03-31)351416-36N/A
3711"Blast to the Past"Samir RehemNoelle Carbone7 April 2022 (2022-04-07)351416-37N/A
3812"Death Goes On"Samir RehemAdriana Maggs7 April 2022 (2022-04-07)351416-38N/A

Release

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] Season 3 premiered on 19 August 2021. [43] [44] Season 4 premiered on 2 October 2022. [45] [46]

Notes

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

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