Backstrom (TV series)
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| Genre |
Crime drama Comedy-drama |
| Based on |
The Bäckström Series by Leif G. W. Persson |
| Developed by | Hart Hanson |
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| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 13 (list of episodes) |
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| Producer(s) | Rainn Wilson |
| Location(s) | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
| Running time | 43 minutes |
| Production company(s) |
Far Field Productions 20th Century Fox Television |
| Release | |
| Original network | Fox |
| Original release | January 22 – April 30, 2015 |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Backstrom is an American crime comedy-drama television series that aired from January 22 through April 30, 2015. It was developed by Hart Hanson based on the Swedish book series by Leif G. W. Persson. The series is set in Portland, Oregon, and filmed in Vancouver, British Columbia. On May 8, 2015, Fox cancelled the series after one season.
Backstrom centers on Everett Backstrom (Rainn Wilson), an "overweight, offensive, irascible" Portland Police Bureau detective lieutenant who is engaged in a constant struggle with his "self-destructive" tendencies, and is part of a team of eccentric criminologists.
In July 2012, CBS greenlit a pilot episode to be produced for Backstrom. The pilot for the series was filmed in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
When CBS passed on the pilot, 20th Century Fox Television shopped it around to other networks before landing a 13-episode series order with their own network, Fox. For the pilot episode, the producers contacted Minor League Baseball team Portland Sea Dogs to use their hat with their logo for the family fishing boat business.
Backstrom has been met with mixed reviews from critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, the show holds a rating of 35%, based on 40 reviews, with an average rating of 4.8/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Backstrom's humor is a cop-out, availed little by the talented cast's attempt to make good of sloppy schtick." On Metacritic, the show has a score of 51 out of 100, based on 31 critics, indicating "Mixed or average reviews".
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