City Homicide
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| City Homicide | |
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 2007- present opening title card |
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| Format | Police, Drama, Crime |
| Created by | John Hugginson John Banas |
| Starring | Noni Hazlehurst Shane Bourne Daniel MacPherson Nadine Garner Aaron Pedersen Damien Richardson Nadia Townsend John Adam |
| Country of origin |  Australia |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 54 (as of December 2009) (List of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | John Holmes |
| Producer(s) | MaryAnne Carroll |
| Running time | approx 45 minutes (1 hour with ads) |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | Seven Network |
| Picture format | 576i (SDTV), 1080i (HDTV) |
| Original airing | August 27, 2007 - present |
| External links | |
| Official website | |
City Homicide is an Australian television drama series that premiered on Seven Network on 27 August 2007. The series is set on the Homicide floor of a metropolitan police headquarters in Melbourne, Victoria. The main characters are six detectives, who solve the murder cases, and their three superior officers. [1]
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[edit] Cast
[edit] Main
| Actor/Actress | Character | Rank | Tenure | Episodes |
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| Noni Hazlehurst | Bernice Waverley | Detective Superintendent | 2007 - present | 001 - present |
| David Field | Terry Jarvis | Detective Superintendent | 2007 - present | 003 - present (Guest Until late season 2) |
| Shane Bourne | Stanley Wolfe | Detective Senior Sergeant | 2007 - present | 001 - present |
| Nadine Garner | Jennifer Mapplethorpe | Detective Senior Constable | 2007 - present | 001 - present |
| Daniel MacPherson | Simon Joyner | Detective Senior Constable | 2007 - 2010 | 001 - present |
| Aaron Pedersen | Duncan Freeman | Detective Senior Constable | 2007 - present | 001 - present |
| Damien Richardson | Matt Ryan | Detective Senior Constable | 2007 -present | 001 - present |
| Nadia Townsend | Allie Kingston | Detective Senior Constable | 2009 - present | 037 - present |
| John Adam | Nick Buchanan | Detective Senior Constable | 2009 - present | 041 - present |
[edit] Semi-regular cast
| Actor/actress | Character | Tenure |
|---|---|---|
| Tasma Walton | Detective Senior Sergeant Claudia Leigh | 2009 - Present |
| Louise Crawford | Sergeant Karen Hatzic | 2007 - Present |
| Miles Paras | Phillippa Stern | 2008 - Present |
| Carolyn Bock | Linda Wolfe | 2007 - Present |
| Meredith Penman | Emma Treadgold | 2008 - Present |
| Genevieve Morris | Rhonda 'Ronnie' Lafferty | 2008 - Present |
| Gil Tucker | Sam 'Mack The Knife' McIntyre | 2007 - Present |
| Fiona Corke | Judith Welling | 2007 - Present |
| Cameron Nugent | Paul Winston | 2007 - Present |
| Georgie Parker | Deanna Lee | 2009 - 2010 |
[edit] Former Cast
- William Jarratt as Josh Waverly (2007 - 2009)
- Marshall Napier as Detective Senior Sergeant Wilton Sparkes (2007 - 2008)
- Mark Hennessy as Senior Sergeant James Cotton (Bernice's PA) (2007)
- John McTernan as Assistant Commissioner (Crime Dept) Bill Mulholland (2007)
- Alyce Platt as Lorraine Sparkes (2007)
- Vince Colosimo as Ernie Calbrese (2007)
- Jasper Bagg as Barry Shadow (2007)
- Kat Stewart as Claire Jackson (2007)
[edit] Production
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The show's co-writers are John Hugginson who has previously worked on Water Rats, Murder Call and Blue Heelers, and John Banas who has written for All Saints and Stingers in addition to Water Rats and Blue Heelers. In an interview with the Herald Sun, Banas told of how the show had been in planning since "late last millennium".
There are several parallels to City Homicide's predecessor Blue Heelers, including being shot in Victoria, same production company and tv network, as a result City Homicide can be considered a spiritual successor to Blue Heelers.
The bulk of City Homicide is shot at Seven's South Melbourne studios and the show features Melbourne landmarks, such as Flinders Street Station and the city's trams.
The series is distributed overseas by Southern Star Group.[2]
[edit] Ratings
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[edit] Series Ratings
The following table's ratings and rankings are subject to change as more episodes are broadcast.
| Season | Episodes | Series Timeslot |
Series Premiere |
Series Final |
Peak Audience (in millions) |
Average Audience (in millions) |
Average Nightly Rank |
Average Weekly Rank |
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| 1 | 14 | Monday 8:30pm | 28 August 2007 | 19 November 2007 | 1.763 | 1.611 | # | # |
| 2 | 22 | Monday/Sunday 8:30pm | 30 June 2008 | 29 March 2009 | 1.888 | 1.506 | #4 | # |
| 3 (Ongoing) | 26 | Monday/Wednesday 8:30pm | 10 August 2009 | TBA | 1.389 | 1.315 | #5 | #16 |
[edit] Weekly ratings
The following table shows the weekly ratings for the series. Season 2 has been split into two parts as Season 2 aired in two television seasons.
- Data based on the five Metropolitan markets only.
| # (Series) | # | Episode | AU Air Date | Timeslot | Viewers (m) [3] | Nightly Rank |
Weekly Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | [4] | [5] | |||||
| 1 | 1 | "In The Hands Of Giants (Part 1)" | 28 August 2007 | 8:30pm Monday |
1.648 | ||
| 2 | 2 | "In the Hands Of Giants (Part 2)" | 1.648 | ||||
| 3 | 3 | "Lie Down with Dogs" | 3 September 2007 | 1.717 | |||
| 4 | 4 | "The Return" | 10 September 2007 | 1.401 | |||
| 5 | 5 | "Ripe Fruits In The Garden" | 17 September 2007 | 1.562 | |||
| 6 | 6 | "Envelope Day" | 24 September 2007[1] | 1.287 | |||
| 7 | 7 | "Baby Love" | 1 October 2007 | 1.762 | |||
| 8 | 8 | "Victims Of Crime" | 8 October 2007 | 1.635 | |||
| 9 | 9 | "Family Planning" | 15 October 2007 | 1.695 | |||
| 10 | 10 | "The Promised Land" | 22 October 2007 | 1.570 | |||
| 11 | 11 | "Serious Men" | 29 October 2007 | 1.583 | |||
| 12 | 12 | "Cut and Dried" | 5 November 2007 | 1.559 | |||
| 13 | 13 | "Rostered Day Off" | 12 November 2007 | 1.722 | |||
| 14 | 14 | "Raising The Dead" | 19 November 2007 | 1.763 | |||
| Season 2 | [6] | [7] | |||||
| 15 | 1 | "Thicker Than Water" | 30 June 2008 | 8:30pm Monday |
1.611 | 2 | |
| 16 | 2 | "Somersaulting Dogs" | 7 July 2008 | 1.583 | 1 | ||
| 17 | 3 | "In House" | 14 July 2008 | 1.601 | 1 | ||
| 18 | 4 | "Taniwha" | 21 July 2008 | 1.571 | 2 | ||
| 19 | 5 | "Guilty As Charged" | 28 July 2008 | 1.533 | 4 | ||
| 20 | 6 | "Reward" | 25 August 2008 | 1.888 | 1 | ||
| 21 | 7 | "Golden" | 1 September 2008 | 1.698 | 3 | ||
| 22 | 8 | "Life After Death" | 8 September 2008 | 1.789 | 1 | ||
| 23 | 9 | "Never To Be Released" | 15 September 2008 | 1.854 | 1 | ||
| 24 | 10 | "Examination Day" | 22 September 2008 | 1.506 | 4 | ||
| 25 | 11 | "Oh Lucky Man" | 29 September 2008 | 1.670 | 1 | ||
| 26 | 12 | "Spoils of War" | 6 October 2008 | 1.701 | 1 | ||
| 27 | 13 | "Jury Duty" | 13 October 2008 | 1.429 | 4 | ||
| 28 | 14 | "Jane Doe" | 20 October 2008 | 1.446 | 5 | ||
| 29 | 15 | "Junkie" | 8 February 2009 | 8:30pm Sunday |
1.361 | 7 | 19 |
| 30 | 16 | "Stolen Sweets" | 15 February 2009 | 1.201 | 8 | 21 | |
| 31 | 17 | "The Forgotten" | 22 February 2009 | 1.086 | 8 | 29 | |
| 32 | 18 | "A Green Light" | 1 March 2009 | 1.253 | 5 | 18 | |
| 33 | 19 | "House of Horrors" | 8 March 2009 | 1.189 | 5 | 21 | |
| 34 | 20 | "The Cutting Edge" | 15 March 2009 | 1.165 | 10 | 26 | |
| 35 | 21 | "Rage" | 22 March 2009 | 1.203 | 9 | 22 | |
| 36 | 22 | "Life and Death" | 29 March 2009 | 1.307 | 6 | 20 | |
| Season 3 | |||||||
| 37 | 1 | "The Money Shot" | 10 August 2009 | 8:30pm Monday |
1.321 | 5 | 16 |
| 38 | 2 | "Meet and Greet" | 10 August 2009 | 1.142 | 11 | 34 | |
| 39 | 3 | "Chop Shop" | 17 August 2009 | 1.389 | 3 | 10 | |
| 40 | 4 | "The First Stone" | 24 August 2009 | 1.334 | 3 | 9 | |
| 41 | 5 | "Thai Take Away" | 31 August 2009 | 1.389 | 3 | 9 | |
| 42 | 6 | "The Confession" | 7 September 2009 | 1.262 | 6 | 11 | |
| 43 | 7 | "Little Big Man" | 14 September 2009 | 1.189 | 8 | 23 | |
| 44 | 8 | "TBA" | 16 September 2009 | 8:30pm Wednesday |
1.175 | 6 | 24 |
| 45 | 9 | "TBA" | 23 September 2009 | 1.154 | 8 |
^ Episode six was broadcast on Monday 24 September in Sydney and Brisbane as per usual but was broadcast in Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth on Wednesday 26 September due to the broadcast of the 2007 Brownlow Medal count.
[edit] DVD Releases
The first series of City Homicide is now available on DVD.
| Season | Date Released | # Of Episodes | # Of Discs | Special Features |
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| The Complete 1st Series | September 2, 2009 | 14 | 4 | None |
| The Complete 2nd Series | TBA | 22 | TBA | TBA |
| The Complete 3rd Series | TBA | 26 | TBA | TBA |
[edit] Episodes
Main article: List of City Homicide episodes
| Season | Ep # | Season premiere | Season finale |
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| Season 1 | 14 | 28 August 2007 | 19 November 2007 |
| Season 2 | 22 | 30 June 2008 | 29 March 2009 |
| Season 3 | 26 | 10 August 2009 | 2010 |
[edit] Broadcast and Distribution
| Country | Network | Airs |
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| Australia |
Seven Network | Wednesdays 8:30pm |
 France |
France 3 | Fridays 11:25pm |
 Ireland |
RTÉ One | Sundays 4.30am |
 Netherlands |
RTL 8 | |
 Norway |
TVNorge | |
| Africa | Daar Communications | |
 New Zealand |
TV ONE | Mondays 8:30pm |
 Iran |
TV ONE | Sunday 10:15pm |
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.australiantelevision.net/city_homicide/
- ^ Chai, Paul. Southern Star steals Seven's 'City', Variety, May 15, 2007.
- ^ http://www.tvtonight.com.au/category/ratings Ratings 2009
- ^ http://www.tv.com/city-homicide/show/74552/episode.html
- ^ http://www.tv.com/city-homicide/show/74552/episode.html
- ^ http://www.tvtonight.com.au/category/ratings Ratings for 08
- ^ http://www.tvtonight.com.au/category/ratings Ratings for 08
[edit] External links
- Official City Homicide site
- City Homicide at The TV IV
- City Homicide at the Australian Television Information Archive
- City Homicide at the Internet Movie Database
- City Homicide at TV.com
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