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Nikita (2010 TV series)

Nikita
The show title "Nikita" in blue block capitals on a black background
Genre Drama
Thriller
Action
Spy fiction
Psychological Thriller
Created by
(original series)
Based on La Femme Nikita
Developed by Craig Silverstein
Starring Maggie Q
Shane West
Lyndsy Fonseca
Aaron Stanford
Ashton Holmes
Tiffany Hines
Melinda Clarke
Xander Berkeley
Dillon Casey
Noah Bean
Devon Sawa
Theme music composer David E. Russo
Country of origin United States
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 4
No. of episodes 73 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s) Craig Silverstein
Danny Cannon
McG
Peter Johnson
David Levinson
Producer(s) Marc David Alpert
Albert Kim
Co-executive producer
David Solomon (season 1)
Co-producers
Andrew Colville
Kalinda Vazquez
Associate
James Hilton
Consulting
Juan Carlos Coto
Supervising
Amanda Segel
Location(s) Pinewood Toronto Studios
Cambridge, Ontario, Canada
Toronto, Ontario
Cinematography David Stockton
Glen Keenan
Rene Ohashi
Editor(s) Mark C. Baldwin
Chris Peppe
David Lebowitz
Scott Boyd
John Peter Bernardo
Camera setup Single-camera
Running time 42 minutes
Production company(s) Wonderland Sound and Vision
Sesfonstein Productions
Warner Bros. Television
Distributor Warner Bros. Television Distribution
Release
Original network The CW
Picture format 1080i (HDTV)
Audio format Dolby Digital 5.1
Original release September 9, 2010 (2010-09-09) – December 27, 2013 (2013-12-27)
Chronology
Related shows Nikita
(1990)
Point of No Return
(1993)
La Femme Nikita
(1997–2001)

Nikita is an American television series that aired on The CW from September 9, 2010 to December 27, 2013 in the United States. The series is a reboot of the popular 1997 TV series La Femme Nikita (itself based on the 1990 Luc Besson film Nikita).

The series focuses on Nikita (Maggie Q), a woman who escaped from a secret government-funded organization known as "Division" and, after a three-year hiding period, is back to bring down the organization. The main cast in various seasons features Maggie Q, Lyndsy Fonseca, Shane West, Aaron Stanford, Melinda Clarke, Xander Berkeley, Noah Bean, Tiffany Hines, Ashton Holmes, Dillon Casey, and Devon Sawa.

The series focuses on Nikita Mears, a woman who escaped from a secret U.S. government-funded organization known as Division, and after spending three years in hiding, is back to bring Division down. Division, created and supervised by an organization called Oversight, is responsible for black operations including espionage, sabotage, and assassination. Under the leadership of its first Director and founding member, Percival "Percy" Rose, Division has gone rogue and performs under-the-table murder-for-hire. To protect himself, Percy has created a series of 'black boxes', hard drives containing every job Division has ever done, as leverage to prevent Oversight from removing him and/or ending Division. Percy's black boxes are hidden in secret locations around the world, under the protection of Guardians, high-ranking Division agents.

Division fills its ranks primarily by recruiting young people with troubled backgrounds, often directly from prison. Division fakes the recruits' deaths, erases all evidence of their past lives, and molds them into efficient spies and assassins. The recruits generally do not have the freedom to leave the agency. Recruits may be "cancelled" (killed) if their progress is deemed unsatisfactory, and to this end, Division implants the recruits with tracking devices as well as kill chips.


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