Coroner (TV series)
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. Overview. The series stars Serinda Swan as Jenny Cooper, a recently widowed coroner in Toronto who investigates suspicious deaths. Cast and characters. Recurring. In addition, Nicholas Campbell recurs as Gordon Cooper, Jenny's father suffering from dementia. Production and development. "Coroner" was developed for television by Morwyn Brebner from M. R. Hall's series  of crime novels, and produced by Muse Entertainment, Back Alley Film Productions, and Cineflix Studios, with Adrienne Mitchell as executive producer and lead director. The first season consists of eight episodes. Following the finale of the first season, CBC renewed "Coroner" for an eight-episode second season on 25 March 2019. The third season was announced on 26 May 2020, and premiered on 3 February 2021. On 2 June 2021, CBC announced the series had been renewed for a fourth season. Production began on the 12-episode fourth season in July 2021, and in November it was announced that the  fourth season was scheduled to premiere on 6 January 2022. Release. "Coroner" premiered on CBC on 7 January 2019, and attracted more than 1 million viewers per episode throughout the first season. The series was subsequently renewed for a second season. Season 2 premiered on 6 January 2020; followed by Season 3 on February 3, 2021. The fourth season premiered on 6 January 2022. In September 2018, Cineflix Rights acquired the global distribution rights to "Coroner". 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. Season 1 premiered in the United Kingdom on Universal TV on 21 January 2019. Cineflix announced that the broadcast of "Coroner" in the UK was Universal TV's strongest ever series launch. After the shut down of Universal TV in January 2020 with the takeover of Sky Group by Comcast and the subsequent merger of operations, Season 2 premiered in the UK on Sky Witness on 29 July 2020. Season 3 premiered on 22 February 2021. UK's Channel 4 acquired the first and second seasons in May 2020 and began broadcasting the series on the More4  channel on 6 May 2021. In the United States, The CW acquired the broadcast rights to the series in June 2020. "Coroner" premiered in the U.S. on 5 August 2020. Season 2 premiered on 7 October 2020. The third season premiered on 19 August 2021.