Copper (TV series)

Copper
Genre	Period drama
Created by	Tom Fontana Will Rokos
Starring	Tom Weston-Jones Kyle Schmid Anastasia Griffith Franka Potente Ato Essandoh Kevin Ryan
Composer	Brian Keane
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	23 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Barry Levinson Tom Fontana
Producers	Bran Van Arragon Glen Salzman
Production locations	Toronto, Ontario[1]
Cinematography	Steven Cosens Paul Sarossy
Editor	David B. Thompson
Camera setup	Single-camera
Running time	45 minutes
Production companies	Cineflix Studios Shaw Media
Original release
Network	BBC America
Release	August 19, 2012 (2012-08-19) – September 22, 2013 (2013-09-22)
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Copper is a television drama series created by Tom Fontana and Will Rokos for BBC America. It is set in 1860s New York City, during the American Civil War, and stars Tom Weston-Jones as an Irish immigrant policeman, or "copper", who patrols and resides in the Five Points neighborhood. Other cast members include Kyle Schmid, Ato Essandoh, Anastasia Griffith, Tessa Thompson and Franka Potente.

The series was BBC America's first original scripted program after previously only airing co-productions and shows from the United Kingdom. Fontana, Rokos, Barry Levinson, and Christina Wayne were executive producers of the series.

The first season of 10 episodes premiered on August 19, 2012. The series was renewed for a second season of 13 episodes, which premiered on June 23, 2013.^[2] On September 19, 2013, Copper's cancellation was announced, three days before its second-season finale aired.^[3]