Lethal Weapon | |
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Genre |
Comedy-drama Buddy cop Action |
Based on |
Lethal Weapon by Shane Black |
Developed by | Matt Miller |
Starring |
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Theme music composer | Vo Williams |
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Country of origin | United States |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 13 (list of episodes) |
Production | |
Executive producer(s) | |
Producer(s) | Kelly Van Horn |
Location(s) | Los Angeles, California |
Cinematography | Ramsey Nickell David Moxness |
Editor(s) | Matt Barber |
Running time | 43 minutes |
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Release | |
Original network | Fox |
Original release | September 21, 2016 | – present
External links | |
Website |
Lethal Weapon is an American buddy cop action comedy-drama television series that is based on the action film series of the same name created by Shane Black. The series was ordered on May 10, 2016 and premiered on Fox on September 21, 2016. On October 12, 2016, Fox picked up the series for a full season of 18 episodes.
On February 12, 2016, Damon Wayans was cast as Roger Murtaugh. On February 19, 2016, Golden Brooks was cast as Trish Murtaugh. On March 3, 2016, Jordana Brewster was cast as Dr. Maureen Cahill. On March 7, 2016, Kevin Rahm was cast as Captain Avery. On March 10, 2016, Clayne Crawford was cast as Martin Riggs. On March 15, 2016, Chandler Kinney was cast as Riana Murtaugh. On March 17, 2016, it was announced that Keesha Sharp would take over the role of Trish Murtaugh from Brooks. Also on March 17, Johnathan Fernandez was cast as Scorsese. When the pilot was picked up to series, Johnathan Fernandez was made a series regular.
Lethal Weapon has received generally mixed to positive reviews from critics. Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes gives the series a score of 62% based on 34 reviews. The consensus says, "Lethal Weapon's overly polished production values and tired narrative are somewhat overcome by solid chemistry between its two leads." On Metacritic, the show has a weighted average of 56/100 based on 24 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews."