Za sklom (TV series)
Za sklom () is a Slovak police procedural television series created by a program director of TV JOJ "Roland Kubina" and produced by "DNA Production". Series, which is inspired by real life, debuted on 28 September 2016 and tells the story of two elite cops who eventually find themselves on the opposite side of the law. On 13 January 2017, JOJ confirmed the second season, which premiered on November 8, 2017. On 17 July 2018 it was announced that the series was renewed for the third and final season, which was inspired by the murder of reporter  Ján Kuciak and his fiancé Martina Kušnírová. The third season premiered on 1 October 2019. The series ended on 12 November 2019. Cast and characters. The similarity of the characters to real people. Officially, the similarities of the characters to real people are purely coincidental, but viewers have noticed that some of the characters, mostly politicians, are very familiar: Production. The series for JOJ was shot by DNA Production, which in the past produced the TV series Dr. Ludsky and Dr. Dokonalý. Due to the many action and stunt scenes, the actors underwent special trainings. Róbert Šveda is one of  the directors of the series. The series is so far the most time-consuming series of JOJ, due to filming on film cameras. Many scenes were also shot using drones. Scenes such as explosions, chases and gunfights are handled with special effects. According to Marcel Grega, general director of TV JOJ, the series is "the best criminal in Slovakia so far". The second season was shot in the summer of 2017. The third season was shot in the summer of 2019. Theme song. Theme song has the same title as the series itself. The song "Za sklom" is on the  third ("Banská Bystrica") and fourth album ("Kam ideme") of the Bratislava band Korben Dallas. Sanction. On 23 March 2017, the Council for Broadcasting and Retransmission imposed a fine of €5000 on JOJ for the first part of the series for the first episode of the series which was to be "due to the content of vulgar and obscene expression and depiction of erotic aids marked as inappropriate for minors under 18", that would mean postponing broadcast until 22:00. Broadcasting. After airing of the first episode of the second season, TV series pulled off the broadcast. They justified this by  low viewership due to unattractive airtime. There have been suspicions that external political pressures are behind the TV series pulled off the broadcast, whereas the series highlights political causes, tax fraud, corruption, the linking of politicians and the mafia, or the intervention of the Minister of the Interior and the President in the investigation. JOJ refused any external interference with the broadcast. The second season returned to air on 2 May 2018.