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Netflix has picked up the license to stream a number of seasons of the hit Canadian police procedural drama collection 19-2 and can start streaming them from February twenty seventh, 2023.
Developed by Bruce M. Smith, the collection is predicated on the present of the identical title that initially aired in France. The collection is about in Montréal and follows the skilled and private lives of patrol officers from the Montréal Police Service’s Station 19, which covers an inner-city space of the City.
Four seasons aired in Canada (on Bravo for the primary three and CTV for the ultimate season) between 2014 and 2017.
Multiple seasons of 19-2 are set to hit Netflix on February twenty seventh, 2023. Multiple areas are set to obtain the present, together with Netflix within the United States and the United Kingdom.
It’s unclear precisely what number of seasons will hit Netflix, however given the terminology, on the very least, it’ll be seasons 1 and a couple of added to the service.
This isn’t the primary time 19-2 has streamed within the United States. The collection beforehand streamed at Acorn TV, AMC Networks British targeted streamer the place seasons 1-2 are nonetheless streaming reportedly via 2030.
The NYTimes reviewed the present again in 2016 when the present first hit Acorn TV, calling it a “slow burn” however added:
“There are tropes in “19-2” — the police style is simply too crowded for there to not be — however the writing is elegant, turning every episode right into a form of tone poem, a slice of city and police life fastidiously noticed. The collection is within the custom of reveals like “The Wire,” portraying legislation enforcement much less flashily and fewer noisily than others, and thus extra precisely.”
Julia Alexander, now at Parrot Analytics, has written prior to now about how Netflix wants extra procedurals like Criminal Minds and NCIS (which have been large ranking drivers in line with Nielsen information).
This is evidenced in 2023, with Netflix licensing seasons 1-2 of New Amsterdam from the start of the yr within the United States and has been featured within the TV prime 10s ever since.
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