TORONTO – Channel Zero-owned CHCH TV is teaming up with Canadian companies Rosetta Media and Buffalo Gal Pictures on the production of the new action-adventure detective series The Pinkertons.
Inspired by real characters and cases from Pinkerton’s National Detective Agency, once the most feared law enforcement organization in the land, The Pinkertons follows founder Allan Pinkerton (Angus Macfadyen), his son William (Jacob Blair), and America’s first female detective Kate Warne (Martha MacIsaac) as they solve crimes throughout the ‘Wild West’ of the 1860s.
Production on the 22-episode series has begun in Manitoba and will continue through March 2015. The Pinkertons will air exclusively on CHCH beginning January 27 at 8:00 PM, though viewers will have a second chance to catch the series premiere on January 31 at 8:00 PM.
“This has been an interesting venture and we’re thrilled to bring this production to Canada,” said Channel Zero CEO Romen Podzyhun, in the news release. “In a CSI era where television crime dramas are all about sophisticated forensic science, we’re very excited about the juxtaposition The Pinkertons as a historical period piece brings to CHCH’s primetime schedule.”
