Cracked (Canadian TV series)

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Cracked
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Genre Police crime drama
Created by Tracey Forbes
Calum de Hartog
Starring David Sutcliffe
Theme music composer Wintersleep
Opening themeWeighty Ghost
Country of originCanada
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes21 (list of episodes)
Release
Original network CBC Television
Original releaseJanuary 8 (2013-01-08) 
November 25, 2013 (2013-11-25)

Cracked is a Canadian police crime drama television series which aired from January 8 to November 25, 2013 on CBC Television. The series was created by writer Tracey Forbes and Toronto Emergency Task Force officer Calum de Hartog, and was executive produced by Peter Raymont and Janice Dawe of White Pine Pictures. It premiered on January 8, 2013, [1] and aired new episodes through November 25, 2013.

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Premise

Cracked follows the newly formed Psych Crimes Unit within a Canadian police department led by experienced ETS officer Detective Aidan Black (David Sutcliffe). This unique team of police officers and psychiatrists respond to bizarre and frightening crises and solve compelling cases involving emotionally disturbed criminals, victims and witnesses. [1]

Cast

Production

The series was announced in May as part of CBC's autumn and winter schedule, which featured only three new shows and Murdoch Mysteries moving from Citytv to CBC. [3] Principal photography began in Toronto in July 2012. [4] The theme music is performed by Wintersleep and is titled "Weighty Ghost". The show was selected as a MIPCOM Hot Pick in October 2012. [5]

On April 2, 2013, CBC renewed Cracked for a second season, [6] which began airing September 30, 2013, with the season premiere entitled "Swans". On May 22, 2013, Brooke Nevin was unveiled as the new psychiatrist, Dr. Clara Malone, who would join the cast for Season Two. [2]

On March 17, 2014, CBC cancelled the series due to government budgetary cuts after losing the Hockey Night in Canada rights to Rogers Media and Sportsnet. [7]

Episodes

Season One (2013)

Season One stars David Sutcliffe as Detective Aidan Black, a seasoned officer who transfers from the Emergency Task Force to the Psych Crimes and Crisis Unit after struggling with post-traumatic stress disorder; and Stefanie von Pfetten as psychiatrist Dr. Daniella Ridley, who leaves her prominent position at a downtown hospital to partner with the police. Black and Ridley are the lead team in a newly formed Psych Crimes Unit where they are joined by Poppy Wisnefski, a young cop cynical beyond her years, played by Luisa D'Oliveira, and a compassionate psychiatric nurse, Leo Beckett, played by Dayo Ade. Together they combine police investigative skills and psychiatric insight to resolve crises and solve crimes.

#TitleDirected byWritten byViewersOriginal air date
1"How the Light Gets In"Tim SouthamTracey Forbes564,000 [8] January 8, 2013 (2013-01-08)
2"Fallen"Phil EarnshawDennis Foon & Janet MacLeanTBAJanuary 15, 2013 (2013-01-15)
3"What We Can't See"Bruce McDonaldTracey ForbesTBAJanuary 22, 2013 (2013-01-22)
4"White Knight"Phil EarnshawAlan McCulloughTBAJanuary 29, 2013 (2013-01-29)
5"No Traveller Returns"Brett SullivanBruce M. SmithTBAFebruary 5, 2013 (2013-02-05)
6"Spirited Away"Don McBreartySandra ChwialkowskaTBAFebruary 12, 2013 (2013-02-12)
7"Rocket Man"Bruce McDonaldPatrick TarrTBAFebruary 19, 2013 (2013-02-19)
8"The Thump Parade"Anne WheelerPatrick TarrTBAFebruary 26, 2013 (2013-02-26)
9"Cherry Blossoms"Jim DonovanAlan McCullough & Alexandra MircheffTBAMarch 19, 2013 (2013-03-19)
10"Inquest"Steve DiMarcoAlan McCullough436,000 [9] March 26, 2013 (2013-03-26)
11"Night Terrors"Don McBreartySandra ChwialkowskaTBAApril 2, 2013 (2013-04-02)
12"Old Soldiers"Steve DiMarcoBruce M. SmithTBAApril 9, 2013 (2013-04-09)
13"The Light in Black"Don McBreartyMatt Doyle & Tracey Forbes526,000 [10] April 16, 2013 (2013-04-16)

Season Two (2013–14)

Brooke Nevin joined the cast for Season Two as psychiatrist Dr. Clara Malone.

#TitleDirected byWritten byViewersOriginal air date
1"Swans"Bruce McDonaldBruce M. Smith809,000 [11] September 30, 2013 (2013-09-30)
2"The Price" [12] Don McBreartyDavid BarlowTBAOctober 7, 2013 (2013-10-07)
3"The Valley" [12] Don McBreartyEllen VanstoneTBAOctober 14, 2013 (2013-10-14)
4"Faces" [12] Bruce McDonaldPatrick TarrTBAOctober 21, 2013 (2013-10-21)
5"The Hold Out" [12] Norma Bailey Karen McClellanTBAOctober 28, 2013 (2013-10-28)
6"Ghost Dance"Jim DonovanLaurie Finstad-KnizhnikTBANovember 4, 2013 (2013-11-04)
7"Hideaway"Sudz SutherlandPatrick Tarr & Ellen VanstoneTBANovember 18, 2013 (2013-11-18)
8"Voices"Jim DonovanBruce M. SmithTBANovember 25, 2013 (2013-11-25)

Broadcast

On October 4, 2012, White Pine Pictures announced that they secured the program sale of the series to Astral's Québec fiction channel Séries+ pre-MIPCOM. On January 15, 2013, they announced the sale of the series by German distributor BetaFilm to Canal+ in France. Cracked went to air on the newly branded free TV channel, D8, Fridays at 8.45pm, commencing April 19, 2013. [13]

The first season premiered in the United States on ReelzChannel cable on August 30, 2013 with the second season picked up for 2014. [14] Sister network Ovation (American TV channel) acquired US syndication rights for their "Mystery Alley" channel on the Ovation NOW streaming service app. The series is currently airing on the network, starting on January 15, 2021.[ citation needed ]

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