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Cold Squad: Characters & Art

Cold Squad is a Canadian police procedural television series that premiered on CTV on January 23, 1998, at 10 p.m., and ran for seven seasons. Led by Sergeant Ali McCormick (Julie Stewart), a team of homicide detectives from the Vancouver Police Department reopen long-unsolved, or "cold" cases (the titular "Cold Squad"), using present-day forensic…

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Cold Squad topic overview

The analysis highlights Characters and Art as prominent areas in the source structure around Cold Squad.

Related topics
96
Source areas
5
Connected nodes
101
Extracted relationships
172
Concept neighborhoods
33
Bridge connections
101

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Overview · 39 topics
Cast and characters · 19 topics
Release · 17 topics
Cold Case intellectual property controversy · 14 topics
Development and production · 7 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Genre
Police procedural · Drama
Country of origin
Canada
Created by
Matt MacLeod · Philip Keatley · Julia Keatley
Executive producers
Matt MacLeod · Julia Keatley · Anne Marie La Traverse · Seaton McLean · Peter Mitchell
Network
CTV
No. of episodes
98 (list of episodes)

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

Cast and characters

Development and production

Cold Case intellectual property controversy

Release

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How Cold Squad connects Entity context

The extracted context around Cold Squad shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Cold Squad → Alan, April, Archived, Ballantine Books, Bickley, Brooks, Cable TV Shows, Canadian, Canoe, Carla, Characters, Claire, Cold, Company, Crimefighters, CS1, Earle, Encyclopedia, Heart, ISBN Another extracted example is Cold Squad → Andrew Deskin, Archive, August, Cold Squad Season, CTV, DVD, Getty ImagesCold Squad, IMDb, Keatley MacLeod Productions, Marian Wihak, Netherlands, November, Official, PPI ReleasingCold Squad, Production DesignCold Squad, Production DesignCold Squad Season, Season, September, Squad, Thunderbird EntertainmentCold Squad. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Cold Squad

Top relations

related to Further reading · 44
Cold Squad → Alan, April, Archived, Ballantine Books, Bickley, Brooks, Cable TV Shows, Canadian, Canoe, Carla, Characters, Claire, Cold, Company, Crimefighters, CS1, Earle, Encyclopedia, Heart, ISBN
related to External links · 22
Cold Squad → Andrew Deskin, Archive, August, Cold Squad Season, CTV, DVD, Getty ImagesCold Squad, IMDb, Keatley MacLeod Productions, Marian Wihak, Netherlands, November, Official, PPI ReleasingCold Squad, Production DesignCold Squad, Production DesignCold Squad Season, Season, September, Squad, Thunderbird EntertainmentCold Squad
Starring · 21
Cold Squad → Bob Frazer, Eli Gabay, Garry Chalk, Gregory Calpakis, Hiro Kanagawa, Jay Brazeau, Jerry Wasserman, Joely Collins, Joy Tanner, Julie Stewart, Linda Ko, Lori Triolo, Matthew Bennett, Michael Hogan, Paul Boretski, Paul Coeur, Peter Wingfield, Sonja Bennett, Stephen McHattie, Tahmoh Penikett
related to Awards and nominations · 18
Cold Squad → Actor, Actress, Best Lead Performance By, Best Performance, Canada, Continuing Leading Dramatic Role, Directors Guild, Dramatic Series, Featured Supporting Role, Female, Garry Chalk, Gemini Awards, It, Julie Stewart, Leo Awards, Tamara Craig Thomas, The, Writers Guild
related to Cold Case intellectual property controversy · 18
Cold Squad → American, April, Canadian, Canadian Film Centre, CBS, Cold Case, It, John Doyle, Kathryn Morris, Last, Mail, Meredith Stiehm, Of, Stephanie Earp, The, The Globe, TV Guide, When
Executive producers · 9
Cold Squad → Anne Marie La Traverse, Julia Keatley, Marlene Matthews, Matt MacLeod, Peter Mitchell, R.B. Carney, Seaton McLean, Steve Ord, Suzanne Chapman
related to Development and production · 9
Cold Squad → Alliance Atlantis, At, Baton Broadcasting, Canadian, Lifetime, November, United States, Vancouver, When Cold Squad
Producers · 5
Cold Squad → David Cole, Gary Harvey, Gigi Boyd, Philip Keatley, Richard Davis
related to Reception · 5
Cold Squad → Bill Brioux, Canadian-produced TV, CTV's, In, Julie Stewart
Theme music composer · 4
Cold Squad → Claire Lawrence (S1, 2), Graeme Coleman (S3, 4), James Jandrisch (S5, 6, 7), Terry Frewer (S1, 2)

Important terminology

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

cold squad series season seasons television canada det ctv canadian time macleod became case alliance atlantis julie stewart keatley episodes

Cold Squad relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 172 structured relationships around Cold Squad. Examples in this analysis include Cold Squad → Country of origin → Canada and Cold Squad → Created by → Matt MacLeod. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Cold SquadCountry of originCanada1.00infobox
Cold SquadCreated byMatt MacLeod1.00infobox
Cold SquadCreated byPhilip Keatley1.00infobox
Cold SquadCreated byJulia Keatley1.00infobox
Cold SquadExecutive producersMatt MacLeod1.00infobox
Cold SquadExecutive producersJulia Keatley1.00infobox
Cold SquadExecutive producersAnne Marie La Traverse1.00infobox
Cold SquadExecutive producersSeaton McLean1.00infobox
Cold SquadExecutive producersPeter Mitchell1.00infobox
Cold SquadExecutive producersSteve Ord1.00infobox
Cold SquadExecutive producersMarlene Matthews1.00infobox
Cold SquadExecutive producersSuzanne Chapman1.00infobox
Cold SquadExecutive producersR.B. Carney1.00infobox
Cold SquadGenrePolice procedural1.00infobox
Cold SquadGenreDrama1.00infobox
Cold SquadNetworkCTV1.00infobox
Cold SquadNo. of episodes98 (list of episodes)1.00infobox
Cold SquadNo. of seasons71.00infobox
Cold SquadOriginal languageEnglish1.00infobox
Cold SquadProducersPhilip Keatley1.00infobox
Cold SquadProducersGigi Boyd1.00infobox
Cold SquadProducersGary Harvey1.00infobox
Cold SquadProducersDavid Cole1.00infobox
Cold SquadProducersRichard Davis1.00infobox
Cold SquadProduction companiesKeatley MacLeod Productions1.00infobox
Cold SquadProduction companiesAlliance Atlantis1.00infobox
Cold SquadProduction locationsVancouver, British Columbia, Canada1.00infobox
Cold SquadReleaseJanuary 23, 1998 (1998-01-23) – June 4, 2005 (2005-06-04)1.00infobox
Cold SquadRunning time43 minutes1.00infobox
Cold SquadStarringJulie Stewart1.00infobox

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Cold Squad bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Squad, Case and Television. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • Cold Squad
    • Squad
    • Case
    • Television
    • Series
    • Canada
    • Tv
    • New
    • Ctv
    • Time
    • Police
    • Vancouver
    • Production
  • cold squad
    • Squad
    • Case
    • Television
    • Series
    • Canada
    • Tv
    • Ctv
    • New
    • Time
    • Vancouver
    • Production
    • Police
  • ctv
    • Keatley
    • Macleod
    • Canada
    • Network
    • Alliance
    • Atlantis
    • Squad
    • Fall
    • New
    • Producers
    • Production
    • Rights
  • julie stewart
    • Stewart
    • Canada
    • Cast
    • Police
    • Vancouver
    • Keatley
    • Producers
    • Production
    • Macleod
    • Series
    • Seven
    • Squad
  • vancouver police department
    • Time
    • Prime
    • Julie
    • Production
    • Stewart
    • Case
    • Squad
    • Cast
    • Seven
    • Cold
    • Michael
    • Police
  • cold
    • Squad
    • Case
    • Television
    • Series
    • Canada
    • Tv
    • New
    • Ctv
    • Time
    • Police
    • Vancouver
    • Production
  • french canada
    • Alliance
    • Atlantis
    • Ctv
    • Keatley
    • Julie
    • Macleod
    • Stewart
    • Squad
    • Cold
    • Producers
    • Production
    • Network
  • canadian television fund
    • Television
    • Series
    • Became
    • Seven
    • Female
    • Prime
    • Episodes
    • Case
    • Time
    • Tv
    • Ctv
    • Squad

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Cold Squad, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Cold Squad with Overview. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
Cold SquadOverview · splits 62 ⟂ 40
Cold SquadCast and characters · splits 82 ⟂ 20
Cold SquadRelease · splits 84 ⟂ 18
Cold SquadCold Case intellectual property controversy · splits 87 ⟂ 15
Cold SquadDevelopment and production · splits 94 ⟂ 8

Map overview Semantic statistics

Cold Squad

Nodes102
Edges101
Triples172
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.019608
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Cold Squad to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Characters & Art, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Cold Squad · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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