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Cold Squad

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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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)

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Cold Case intellectual property controversy

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Cold Squad

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Cold Squad

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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)

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

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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

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