Boss (TV series)
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| Genre |
Political drama/thriller Psychological thriller |
| Created by | Farhad Safinia |
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| Theme music composer | Traditional, arranged by Robert Plant and Buddy Miller |
| Opening theme | Robert Plant - "Satan, Your Kingdom Must Come Down" |
| Ending theme | "Satan, Your Kingdom Must Come Down" (instrumental) |
| Composer(s) | Brian Reitzell |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 18 (list of episodes) |
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| Location(s) | Chicago, Illinois |
| Camera setup | Single-camera |
| Running time | 54-60 minutes |
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| Original network | Starz |
| Picture format |
NTSC (480i) HDTV 1080i |
| Original release | October 21, 2011 – October 19, 2012 |
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Boss is an American political drama television serial created by Farhad Safinia. The series stars Kelsey Grammer as Tom Kane, the mayor of Chicago, who has recently been diagnosed with dementia with Lewy bodies, a degenerative neurological disorder.
The series was broadcast in the United States on the premium television service Starz and was produced by Category 5 Entertainment, Grammnet Productions, and Lionsgate Television. On September 27, 2011, before the series premiered, Starz announced that Boss had been renewed for a second season of ten episodes. The first season premiered on October 21, 2011, and the second season premiered on August 17, 2012.
On November 20, 2012, it was announced that Starz had cancelled the show. A film was being discussed to finish the show's storylines, but those plans were cancelled after series creator Farhad Safinia declined to move forward with the project.
As the series commences we follow Tom Kane, the Mayor of Chicago, who has recently been diagnosed with dementia with Lewy bodies, a degenerative neurological disorder. Determined to remain in charge, Kane conceals the disease from everyone around him except his own physician, Dr. Ella Harris. Kane's marriage to Meredith is one of convenience. His closest advisors, Kitty O'Neill and Ezra Stone, begin to suspect something is wrong with the Mayor but respect the boundary he has erected that precludes asking such questions, though lapses on Kane's part begin to become apparent to others around him, such as the current Illinois governor McCall "Mac" Cullen and The Sentinel's political journalist Sam Miller. Meanwhile, Kane and his team work behind the scenes to groom State Treasurer Ben Zajac to become the next Governor of Illinois.
Farhad Safinia developed Boss in late 2009, with creative input from Kelsey Grammer and his production company Grammnet Productions. In November 2010, the script was shopped around to various cable networks and, following a heated and contentious bidding war, Starz placed an eight episode order for the series, based solely on the strength of the script. This was in keeping with Starz's business model of not ordering pilots but rather green-lighting projects straight-to-series. Safinia wrote the pilot, Gus Van Sant was attached to the project as director, with Grammer, Safinia, Van Sant, Richard Levine, Lyn Greene, Brian Sher and Stella Bulochnikov-Stopler serving as executive producers.
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