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.

Main

 * Serinda Swan as Dr. Jenny Cooper, a former ER doctor now working as a coroner in Toronto, Jenny is dealing with PTSD from the abrupt death of her husband, Dr. David Kalighi, from an aneurysm. Several months after his death, she discovers that he had a heavy gambling problem, leaving significant debts that forces Jenny to sell their home and move out of the city.
 * Roger Cross as Det. Donovan "Mac" McAvoy, a senior homicide detective who works alongside Jenny investigating various suspicious deaths, meeting her for the first time in the premiere episode. Though somewhat jaded, he is open to many of the theories and conclusions Jenny makes during investigations, and is willing to back her up if she brings enough evidence.
 * Ehren Kassam as Ross Kalighi, Jenny's gay teenage son, who is grieving the loss of his father, but dealing with resentment for him as well. A promising athlete on his school swim team, Ross steps away from the sport because of his father's death and tries to find himself again.
 * Éric Bruneau as Liam Bouchard (seasons 1–3; guest season 4), A Canadian Armed Forces veteran Jenny meets while on the job, who works as a handyman. After a one-night stand, they slowly become friends as he helps with repairs around her new home. Due to limited finances, he lives in the woods in a treehouse, 'off the grid'.
 * Tamara Podemski as Alison Trent (seasons 1–3)
 * Saad Siddiqui as Dr. Neil Sharma (seasons 1–3)
 * Lovell Adams-Gray as Dr. Dwayne Allen (season 1; guest season 2)
 * Kiley May as River Baitz (seasons 2–4; recurring season 1)
 * Andy McQueen as Det. Malik Abed (seasons 2–4)
 * Jennifer Dale as Peggy Cooper (seasons 3–4), Jenny's Mom and Gordon's wife
 * Shawn Ahmed as Alphonse Usmani (seasons 3–4)
 * Mark Taylor as Clark Coleman (seasons 3–4
 * Uni Park as Dr. Melanie Lum-Davis (season 3)
 * Nicholas Campbell as Gordon Cooper (season 4; recurring seasons 1–3)
 * Jon De Leon as Dennis Garcia (season 4; recurring season 3)
 * Thom Allison as Dr. Elijah Thompson (season 4)
 * Kate Corbett as Cassidy James (season 4)

Recurring

 * Alli Chung as Det. Taylor Kim (season 1)
 * Graeme Jokic as Matteo (seasons 1–3)
 * Olunike Adeliyi as Noor Armias (season 2)
 * Nicola Correia-Damude as Kelly Hart (season 2)
 * Jonathan Tan as Dr. Luca Cheng (seasons 3–4)
 * Sarah Podemski as Kirima Rite (seasons 3–4)

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.

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.

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. Season 3 premiered on 19 August 2021. Season 4 premiered on 2 October 2022.