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Sirens (1993 TV series)

Sirens
Genre Crime drama
Created by Ann Lewis Hamilton
Starring Jayne Brook (1993)
Adrienne-Joi Johnson
Liza Snyder
Jayne Heitmeyer (1994–1995)
Composer(s) David Benoit
Steve Love
Marty Simon
Country of origin  United States
Canada
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 2
No. of episodes 35
Production
Executive producer(s) David H. Balkan
Robert Butler
Ann Lewis Hamilton
Robin Spry
Producer(s) Michael Cassutt
Chris Coles
Robert Engles
David Valdes
Running time 60 mins.
Release
Original network ABC (1993)
Syndication (1994–1995)
Original release March 10, 1993 – May 21, 1995

Sirens is a Canadian-American crime drama series that aired on ABC in 1993, and then in syndication from 1994 to 1995. The show is filmed in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, standing in for Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where the show is set.

Sirens focused on the work and lives of three rookie female Pittsburgh Police officers. Officer Sarah Berkezchuk (Jayne Brook) is dealing with her failing marriage, Officer Lynn Stanton (Adrienne-Joi Johnson) is a single mom, and second-generation cop Officer Molly Whelan (Liza Snyder) has a bad attitude which starts to interfere with her job. Each rookie officer worked under a veteran cop, and each grows and becomes more focused as a result. A few episodes into the syndicated series Molly Whelan is taken under the wing of detective Lt. Lyle Springer (J. H. Wyman) and slowly learns the ropes of detective work, and becomes a stand-up policewoman.

Despite receiving an Emmy nomination, the series was canceled by ABC after 13 episodes, but was picked up in syndication the following year, with 24 episodes being produced and aired. Sirens' syndicated run featured a slightly different cast, with Adrienne-Joi Johnson and Liza Snyder reprising their lead roles, and Jayne Heitmeyer replacing Jayne Brook, but was still set in Pittsburgh.

This TV formula, while not a success with Sirens, has been retooled into 2010's Rookie Blue, which like Sirens is predominately filmed in Canada. CBS' NYC 22 (2012) used a similar set-up, but like Sirens was also not a success.


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