Frontier (2016)

Directed by

Brad Peyton

Genre

Westerns on television, historical drama

Country

United States, Canada

Length

3 seasons, 18 episodes

Rated

TV-MA

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 345 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This series is set during the North American fur trade in colonial Canada. It follows various characters competing for control of the trade routes, clashing over resources and power in a harsh frontier environment.

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What happens

Frontier is a Canadian historical drama television series co-created by Rob Blackie and Peter Blackie, chronicling the North American fur trade in colonial Canada/Rupert's Land, sometime in the late 18th century or early 19th century. The series is co-produced by Discovery Canada, as the channel's first original scripted commission, and Netflix. The series premiered on November 6, 2016. The series was renewed for a second season in October 2016, ahead of its premiere, which premiered on October 18, 2017. Frontier was renewed for a third season on September 20, 2017, also ahead of the previous second season. The entirety of the third season premiered first on Netflix on November 23, 2018, and was broadcast in Canada between December 7 and 21, 2018. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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