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Backstrom is an American crime comedy-drama television series that aired from January 22 through April 30, 2015. It was developed by Hart Hanson based on the Swedish book series by Leif G. W. Persson. The series is set in Portland, Oregon, and filmed in Vancouver, British Columbia. On May 8, 2015, Fox cancelled the series after one season.

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Based on
The Bäckström Series
by Leif G. W. Persson
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Developed by
Hart Hanson
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Country of origin
United States
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Original language
English
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No. of seasons
1
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No. of episodes
13
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PRODUCTION

Executive producer
  • Hart Hanson
  • Leif G.W. Persson
  • Mark Mylod
  • Niclas Salomonsson
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Producer
Rainn Wilson
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Production location
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Running time
43 minutes
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Production company
Far Field Productions
20th Century Fox Television
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20th Television
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Original network
Fox
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1080i (HDTV)
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Original release
January 22 (2015-01-22) –
April 30, 2015 (2015-04-30)
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  • "Portland", in most of the location scenes, is Vancouver, B.C.
  • A lot of the characters are named after hockey players: Backstrom, Niedermayer, D'Agostino, Morrow, Weiss, Anderson, Paquet (Paquette), Almond, Valentine (may be a coincidence).
  • Author Leif G.W. Persson is a professor of criminology, and co-hosts a weekly Swedish TV show on public-service broadcaster SVT called Crime of the Week: Veckans brott (2010).
  • "Portland" is, in most of the location scenes, is Vancouver, B.C.
  • In the pilot, the police wall full of pictures of culprits features Catwoman from Fox's Gotham.

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