Shoot the Messenger (2016)

Genre

crime, drama

Country

Canada

Length

1 season, 8 episodes

Rated

14+

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 6 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young Toronto journalist witnesses a murder that looks gang-related. She gets pulled into a criminal world connected to powerful people in politics and business.

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What happens

Shoot the Messenger is a Canadian political and crime drama television series that aired on CBC Television from October 10, 2016 to December 5, 2016. The series was not renewed for a second season. Produced by Hungry Eyes Film and Television, the series stars Elyse Levesque as Daisy Channing, a young Toronto journalist who witnesses an apparent gang-related murder and is drawn into a criminal underworld with ties to the city's political and business elite. The series also stars Alex Kingston as her editor Mary Fowler, Lucas Bryant as her coworker Simon Olendski, and Lyriq Bent as police homicide detective Kevin Lutz. Supporting cast members include Hannah Anderson, Ari Cohen, Edie Inksetter, Al Sapienza and Nicholas Campbell, as well as guest appearances by Ed Robertson, Jamaal Magloire and Rick Fox. Producer and creator Sudz Sutherland acknowledged that the series was indirectly inspired by the Rob Ford video scandal of 2013, but stated that the series is not meant to be interpreted as being about Ford in any literal way. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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