The Line (TV series)

The Line
Created byGeorge F. Walker
Dani Romain
StarringRon White
Daniel Kash
Clé Bennett
Wes Williams
Von Flores
Sarah Manninen
Sharon Lawrence
Ed Asner
Linda Hamilton
Tasha Lawrence
Yanna McIntosh
Milton Barnes
Shawn Singleton
Alison Sealy-Smith
Opening theme"No Heaven" by Champion
Country of originCanada
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes15
Production
Executive producersGeorge F. Walker
Dani Romain
Running time60 minutes
Original release
NetworkMovie Central
The Movie Network
ReleaseMarch 16 (2009-03-16) –
June 22, 2009 (2009-06-22)
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The Line is a Canadian television drama series, which debuted on Movie Central and The Movie Network on March 16, 2009.[1] It centred on two morally ambiguous police officers in the Scarborough district of Toronto.

The series, an expansion of George F. Walker's theatrical play Adult Entertainment,[2] was originally announced under the working title The Weight. It was created Walker and Dani Romain,[3] produced by The Nightingale Company, and shot by Richmond Street Films. It was originally shot as two distinct seasons of seven and eight episodes respectively, but aired as one continuous 15-episode run.[4]

The show was commonly compared by Canadian television critics to the American crime drama series Brotherhood and The Wire.[5]

  1. ^ "Street life on 'The Line'". Sudbury Star, March 19, 2009.
  2. ^ "A wire gone slack; The Line, penned by playwright George F. Walker, aims to give the suburban wasteland an HBO-style treatment. Too bad the show misplaced its outrage". National Post, March 16, 2009.
  3. ^ "Take the time to follow The Line". Ottawa Citizen, March 16, 2009.
  4. ^ "Loved The Wire? Then walk The Line". Toronto Star, March 16, 2009.
  5. ^ "Crime wave comes to small-town Canada". Victoria Times-Colonist, March 16, 2009.