Tropical Cop Tales
| Tropical Cop Tales | |
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| Genre | Adult humor Black comedy |
| Created by | Toby Harvard Jim Hosking |
| Written by | Toby Harvard Jim Hosking |
| Directed by | Jim Hosking |
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| Theme music composer | Chris Bilheimer |
| Composer | Andrew Hung |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 10 (list of episodes) |
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| Cinematography | Mårten Tedin |
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| Network | Adult Swim |
| Release | July 29 – September 2, 2018 |
Tropical Cop Tales is an American comedy television series created by Jim Hosking and Toby Harvard for Adult Swim. The show revolves around two burned-out city cops, Keymarion "Primetime" Weeyums and Demetrius "Meechie" Franks, who have both relocated to an unnamed small tropical town for a relaxing end to their careers, but soon find out the town is not at all relaxing. The series is produced by Alive and Kicking, Inc.
A pilot for the series was ordered and scenes were previewed on the Adult Swim streaming series Development Meeting hosted by company vice presidents Walter Newman and Cameron Tang. On June 27, 2018, Adult Swim announced the series would have its regular premiere on July 29, 2018. On April 1, 2019, Adult Swim was canceled after two seasons
The series was not picked up for a second season.[1][2]
Cast
- Dominique Witten as Primetime Weeyums
- Ted Ferguson as Meechie Franks
- Carl Solomon as Captain Solomon
- Gil Gex as Dame Edith Ezold
- Sky Elobar as Little Lord Piss The Pot
- Grant Goodman as Angus Franks
- Wayne Dehart as Old Mungo Weeyums
- Stephen Hart as Young Mungo Weeyums
- Troy Beecham as Andre The Chef
- Brian Russell as Cocky Rico
- Jennifer Van Horn as Governor Mary Gold
- Holland MacFallister as Animale
- Bob McHone as Big Danny
- Charles Noland as Don Quidong
- Mike Benitez as Ronald the Ringman
- Michael St Michaels as Seedy Dave
- Sam Dissanayake as King Skull
- Jerry Ascione as Nattanyell
List of episodes
| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
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| First aired | Last aired | |||
| Pilot | 1 | July 3, 2016 | ||
| 1 | July 30, 2018 | September 2, 2018 | ||
Pilot (2016)
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | Prod. code |
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| 0 | "Tropical Cop Tales" | Jim Hosking | Toby Harvard and Jim Hosking | July 3, 2016 | TBA |
Season 1 (2018)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code | US viewers (millions) |
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| 1 | 1 | "Loch Ness" | Jim Hosking | Toby Harvard and Jim Hosking | July 29, 2018 | TBA | 0.57[3] |
| 2 | 2 | "The Farm" | Jim Hosking | Toby Harvard and Jim Hosking | August 5, 2018 | TBA | 0.44[3] |
| 3 | 3 | "The Circus" | Jim Hosking | Toby Harvard and Jim Hosking | August 12, 2018 | TBA | 0.58[4] |
| 4 | 4 | "Amazon Rainforest" | Jim Hosking | Toby Harvard and Jim Hosking | August 19, 2018 | TBA | 0.49[4] |
| 5 | 5 | "Health Spa" | Jim Hosking | Toby Harvard and Jim Hosking | August 26, 2018 | TBA | 0.74[5] |
| 6 | 6 | "The Dawning of King Skull" | Jim Hosking | Toby Harvard and Jim Hosking | September 2, 2018 | TBA | 0.61[5] |
References
Notes
Citations
- ^ [swimpedia] [@swimpedia] (May 24, 2020). "Tropical Cop Tales not picked up for second season" (Tweet). Retrieved June 4, 2020 – via Twitter.
- ^ Jim Hosking (May 24, 2020). "Cancellation Confirmation". Instagram. Retrieved June 4, 2020.
- ^ a b Mitch Metcalf (February 4, 2019). "Top 150 Friday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 2.1.2019". Showbuzz Daily. Retrieved March 4, 2019.
- ^ a b Mitch Metcalf (February 11, 2019). "Top 150 Friday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 2.8.2019". Showbuzz Daily. Retrieved March 4, 2019.
- ^ a b Mitch Metcalf (February 19, 2019). "Top 150 Friday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 2.15.2019". Showbuzz Daily. Retrieved March 4, 2019.
