- Cold Case (TV series)
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Cold Case 
Promotional posterFormat Police procedural
DramaCreated by Meredith Stiehm Starring Kathryn Morris
Justin Chambers
John Finn
Jeremy Ratchford
Thom Barry
Danny Pino
Tracie ThomsTheme music composer Helmut and Franz Vonlichten with intro by Michael A. Levine Opening theme Nara Composer(s) Michael A. Levine Country of origin United States Language(s) English No. of seasons 7 No. of episodes 156 (List of episodes) Production Producer(s) Jerry Bruckheimer Location(s) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Running time 45 minutes Production company(s) Jerry Bruckheimer Television
CBS Television Studios
Warner Bros. TelevisionBroadcast Original channel CBS Picture format 480i (SDTV),
1080i (HDTV)Original run September 28, 2003 – May 2, 2010 External links Website Cold Case is an American police procedural television series which ran on CBS from September 28, 2003 to May 2, 2010. The series revolved around a fictionalized Philadelphia Police Department division that specializes in investigating cold cases. On May 18, 2010, CBS announced that the series had been canceled.[1] The series currently airs in syndication on TNT in the U.S. and on Viva in Canada.[2] Sleuth channel occasionally airs it at midnight on the weekdays. Besides Miami Medical, it is the only Bruckheimer-produced series that has yet to see a DVD release of any season.
Contents
Music
The theme song is an excerpt from "Nara" by E.S. Posthumus (who also perform the theme for the NFL on CBS), with an introduction by series composer Michael A. Levine that begins with an otherworldly wail from vocalist Elise Morris. Besides Levine's original music, each episode makes extensive use of era-appropriate music for flashbacks to the year in question. Some episodes contain music only from one artist such as Ray Charles, U2, Bruce Springsteen, Nirvana, The Doors, John Mellencamp, Johnny Cash, Bob Seger, Pink Floyd, Tim McGraw, Bob Dylan, Frank Sinatra and John Lennon. Pearl Jam's music was used in the two part season six finale, the first time one artist's music has been used for two full episodes.[3] In one episode, the music from the movie The Rocky Horror Picture Show ("Creatures of the Night" starring Barry Bostwick) and in another episode ("Wilkommen") only music from Cabaret was used. In the series finale, music from The Rolling Stones was used, and for the first time, it featured an unreleased song.
A soundtrack CD was released in 2008 by Lakeshore Records, featuring incidental music composed by Michael A. Levine from the first four seasons, as well as the song 300 Flowers, sung by Robbyn Kirmsse.[4]
Licensing the music for Cold Case has been cited as a reason why this series has never been released on DVD.[5]
Original Songs of the series:
- "Best Friends" - Episode: "Best Friends"
- "300 Flowers" - Episode: "Beautiful Little Fool"
- "Scarlet Rose" (composed by Gary Haase) - Episode: "Static"
- "Va Pensiero" (Sung by Elena Satine) - Episode: "Triple Threat"
- "Goin' Off" (Written by Jeff Lucky and performed by Danièle Watts) - Episode: "Read Between The Lines"
- "Read Between The Lines" (Written by Jeff Lucky and performed by Danièle Watts) - Episode: "Read Between The Lines"
Characters
Main article: List of Cold Case charactersName Portrayed by Occupation Seasons 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Det. Lillian "Lilly" Rush Kathryn Morris Homicide Detective Supervisor Main Lt. John Stillman John Finn Homicide Detective Chief Main Det. Scotty Vallens Danny Pino Homicide Detective Main Det. Nick Vera Jeremy Ratchford Homicide Detective Main Det. Will Jeffries Thom Barry Homicide Detective Main Det. Kat Miller Tracie Thoms Homicide Detective Main Curtis Bell Jonathan LaPaglia Assistant District Attorney Main Frankie Rafferty Tania Raymonde Identification Unit Technician Main Alexandra Thomas Bonnie Root Assistant District Attorney Main Recurring Det. Josie Sutton Sarah Brown Homicide Detective Main Jason Kite Josh Hopkins Assistant District Attorney Main Guest Det. Chris Lassing Justin Chambers Homicide Detective Main Dr. Frannie Ching Susan Chuang Medical Examiner Guest Main Recurring CSI: NY crossover
On May 2, 2007, one of the Cold Case detectives made a rare appearance outside of the series. In the CSI: NY episode "Cold Reveal", Danny Pino appeared as his Cold Case character Scotty Valens as he traveled to New York when it was discovered that CSI Stella Bonasera (Melina Kanakaredes) was connected to an unsolved case, proving that Cold Case and CSI take place in the same universe. The CSI shows and Cold Case all air on CBS and are produced by Jerry Bruckheimer. None of the characters from CSI, however, ever appeared on Cold Case.
In addition, there were also crossovers between CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, CSI: Miami, CSI: NY and Without a Trace, thus making these five shows take place in the same universe.
Satire
In 2005, John Finn, Kathryn Morris and Jeremy Ratchford appeared in a satirical promo on the Irish language television station TG4. The commercial won a Gold Medal in the "Best Drama Promos" category of the 2007 Sharks International Advertising Awards Festival of Ireland (Sharks Awards).[6] The promotion features John Finn and Kathryn Morris in character interrogating a murder suspect (Peader Cox) from the TG4 soap Ros na Rún who refuses to speak in English; both detectives then begin talking in Irish, much to the surprise of Jeremy Ratchford's character. The promo tied in with a murder investigation in Ros na Rún.[7]
Similar series
The investigation of "cold cases" has been used as the basis for several other detective dramas, including:
- The Enigma Files, UK / BBC, 1980
- Cold Squad, CAN / CTV Television Network, 1998
- Cold Case Files, A&E Network, 1999 (true cases)
- Waking the Dead, UK / BBC, 2000
- New Tricks, UK / BBC, 2003
- Zettai Reido, Japan / Fuji Television, 2010
Cold Squad controversy
Upon its launch, television critics noted similarities between Cold Case and a similar Canadian series called Cold Squad which debuted in 1998, five years before Cold Case.[8] Fans of Cold Squad accused the American series of copying the basic premise and characters of the Canadian version. In 2003, the creators of Cold Squad considered launching legal action against the makers of Cold Case over copyright issues.[9][10] Both shows air in Canada (and on the same network, CTV). The law firm headed by entertainment attorney Pierce O'Donnell, who successfully represented Art Buchwald in his copyright-infringement suit against Paramount and who has defended the James Bond franchise against copycats, has confirmed that it has agreed to represent[clarification needed] the producers of Cold Squad, who claim that the CBS series is a knock-off of their own hit show. The The Globe and Mail reported that Meredith Stehm, the creator of the American series, attended a seminar on TV writing at the Canadian Film Centre in 2002 where the concept of Cold Squad was explained to her. O'Donnell's law firm stated: "Our clients are very concerned about many striking similarities and have retained counsel to investigate the situation and if necessary, to take appropriate action."
Episodes
Main article: List of Cold Case episodesSeason Ep. # First Airdate Last Airdate Season 1 23 September 28, 2003 May 23, 2004 Season 2 23 October 3, 2004 May 22, 2005 Season 3 23 September 25, 2005 May 21, 2006 Season 4 24 September 24, 2006 May 6, 2007 Season 5 18 September 23, 2007 May 4, 2008 Season 6 23 September 28, 2008 May 10, 2009 Season 7 22 September 27, 2009 May 2, 2010[11] U.S. television ratings
Seasonal rankings (based on average total viewers per episode) of Cold Case on CBS.
- Note: Each U.S. network television season starts in late September and ends in late May, which coincides with the completion of May sweeps.
Season Timeslot Season premiere Season finale TV Season Ranking Viewers
(in millions)1st Sunday 8:00 p.m. September 28, 2003 May 23, 2004 2003–2004 #17 14.18[12] 2nd Sunday 8:00 p.m. October 3, 2004 May 22, 2005 2004–2005 #17 15.10[13] 3rd Sunday 8:00 p.m. September 25, 2005 May 21, 2006 2005–2006 #21 14.24[14] 4th Sunday 9:00 p.m. September 24, 2006 May 6, 2007 2006–2007 #23 13.98[15] 5th Sunday 9:00 p.m. September 23, 2007 May 4, 2008 2007–2008 #34 10.89[16] 6th Sunday 9:00 p.m. September 28, 2008 May 10, 2009 2008–2009 #23 12.00[17] 7th Sunday 10:00 p.m. (September 27 – November 15)
Sunday 9:00 p.m. (November 22 – January 17)
Sunday 10:00 p.m. (February 14 – May 2)September 27, 2009 May 2, 2010[11] 2009–2010 #32 9.86[18] - In season 3 episode "A Perfect Day" Cold Case set a series rating record by attracting an audience of 19.36 million viewers.
Awards and Nominations
Awards
- ASCAP Award
- Top TV Series - (2004)
- Top TV Series - (2005)
- Top TV Series - (2006)
- Top TV Series - (2007)
- Top TV Series - (2008)
- Top TV Series - (2009)
- Outstanding Individual Episode (In a Series Without a Regular Gay Character) - For episode "Best Friends". (2006)
- Image Awards
- Outstanding Directing in a Dramatic Series - Paris Barclay (2006)
- Imagen Foundation Awards
- Best Actor, Television - Danny Pino (2010)
Nominations
- ALMA Awards
- Outstanding Actor in a Drama Television Series - Danny Pino (2008)
- Emmy
- Outstanding Art Direction for a Single-Camera Series - Corey Kaplan (production designer) (For episode "Factory Girls") (2005)
- Outstanding Art Direction for a Single-Camera Series - Sandy Getzler (art director) (For episode "Factory Girls") (2005)
- Outstanding Art Direction for a Single-Camera Series - Timothy Stepeck (set decorator) (For episode "Factory Girls") (2005)
International broadcast
Broadcasters carrying the show include:
Albania - Digi+
Argentina - Warner Channel
Australia - W
Austria – ORF1
Belgium – VTM/VIJF tv
Brazil – SBT
Bulgaria – Nova Television
Canada – CTV
Québec - Series+
Chile – Warner Channel
Colombia - Warner Channel
Costa Rica - Warner Channel, Teletica
Croatia – RTL Televizija
Cuba - Telerebelde
Cyprus - LTV
Czech Republic - TV Nova
Denmark - TV3 Puls
Estonia - Kanal 2
Finland - MTV3
France - France2 - TF6
Germany – ProSieben
Greece – Star Channel
Hungary - RTL Klub
Iceland – Stöð 2
India – Zee Café
Ireland – TG4
Israel – Yes Action
Italy – Rai 2
Japan - WOWOW
Malaysia - STAR TV World
Mexico - Warner Channel
Netherlands – NET 5
Norway - TVNorge
Poland – TVN
Portugal – RTP2
Romania – PRO TV, PRO Cinema
Russia – NTV
Serbia – Prva Srpska Televizija
Singapore – STAR World
Slovakia – TV Markíza
Slovenia – POP TV, TV3
South Africa – M-Net
Spain – Fox, Antena 3
Sweden – Kanal 5
Switzerland – SF zwei, TSR1
Turkey – CNBC-e
United Kingdom – Universal Channel
References
- ^ Hibberd, James (May 18, 2010). "CBS cancels seven shows, including "Ghost", "Case"". The Hollywood Reporter. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/blogs/live-feed/cbs-cancels-shows-including-ghost-53669.
- ^ James, Newton Howard (June 22, 2011). "CBS canceled shows including ghost, case". IGN. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0368479/.
- ^ "Pearl Jam Turns "Ten" Buzz". March 19, 2009. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/pearl-jam-turns-ten-buzz-to-11-with-modern-1003953499.story. Retrieved April 11, 2009.
- ^ "Cold Case Soundtrack page at Lakeshore Records". November 11, 2009. http://www.lakeshore-records.com/coldcase/. Retrieved November 11, 2009.
- ^ http://www.hometheaterforum.com/t/243683/will-cold-case-ever-make-it-to-dvd
- ^ "Corporate – Awards". TG4. http://www.tg4.ie/bearla/corp/grad/grad2.asp. Retrieved May 3, 2010.
- ^ "Cold Case meets Ros Na Rún". You Tube/TG4. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=He_dJM-cwrM. Retrieved 2 June 2010.
- ^ Bob Sassone (September 18, 2006). "The strange case of Cold Squad". TV Squad. http://www.tvsquad.com/tag/stephen%20mchattie/. Retrieved February 21, 2008.
- ^ Ian Edwards (November 10, 2003). "Cold Squad on Bruckheimer Case". Playback. http://www.playbackonline.ca/articles/magazine/20031110/colds.html. Retrieved February 21, 2008.
- ^ Dan Brown (December 4, 2003). "The genius of Ratchford". CBC News. http://www.cbc.ca/news/viewpoint/vp_browndan/20031204.html. Retrieved February 21, 2008.
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- ^ "ABC Medianet". Web.archive.org. Archived from the original on February 8, 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20070208132303/http://www.abcmedianet.com/pressrel/dispDNR.html?id=060204_11. Retrieved April 5, 2010.
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- ^ "Full Series Rankings For The 2009–10 Broadcast Season". Deadline. May 27, 2010. http://www.deadline.com/2010/05/full-series-rankings-for-the-2009-10-broadcast-season/. Retrieved June 2, 2010.
External links
- Cold Case on CBS.com
- Warner Bros. Cold Case official site
- Cold Case at TV Guide
- Cold Case at the Internet Movie Database
- Cold Case at TV.com
- Cold Case on Wikia
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