American TV series or program
Chase
is an American
police procedural
drama
television series created by
Jennifer Johnson
for
NBC
.
[1]
The series follows a U.S. Marshals fugitive-apprehension team, based out of
Houston
, Texas.
Jerry Bruckheimer
and Johnson serve as executive producers for the one-hour drama.
[2]
The series originally aired on Mondays at 10:00 pm
ET
/9:00 pm
CT
and premiered on September 20, 2010. After the mid-season break,
Chase
returned on Wednesdays at 9:00 pm
ET
/8:00 pm
CT
.
[3]
On October 19, 2010, the network ordered a full season consisting of 22 episodes,
[4]
but this order was cut to 18 in December.
[5]
On February 3, 2011, the show was put on "a hiatus" with no plan regarding the remaining episodes.
[6]
On April 6, 2011, NBC announced the remaining five episodes would be broadcast on Saturday nights beginning on April 23 and ended the series on May 21, 2011.
[7]
Later the show was replaced by
Harry's Law
.
In the United Kingdom,
Chase
was re-titled
Jerry Bruckheimer's Chase
[8]
and, as of July 2010, was expected to debut on
Living TV
in 2011.
[9]
Premise
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Chase
revolves around
Kelli Giddish
's character, U.S. Deputy Marshal Annie Frost. The other principal cast members, who all portray Marshals, are
Cole Hauser
as Jimmy Godfrey,
Amaury Nolasco
as Marco Martinez,
Rose Rollins
as Daisy Ogbaa, and
Jesse Metcalfe
as Luke Watson.
[10]
Siena Goines
has a recurring role as Jimmy's girlfriend Natalie.
Cast
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Main
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Guests
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Episodes
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Development and production
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NBC picked up the script penned by
Jennifer Johnson
with a
put pilot
commitment in September 2009.
[2]
Johnson will serve as an executive producer, along with Jerry Bruckheimer and Jonathan Littman.
David Nutter
was signed to direct the pilot.
[29]
Casting announcements began the second week of February 2010.
Rose Rollins
was first to be cast, in the role of Daisy Ogbaa, the team's weapon specialist.
[30]
This was followed quickly by the announcements of the casting of
Jesse Metcalfe
as Luke Watson, a Marshal from Washington, D.C.,
[31]
and
Cole Hauser
, as an experienced ex-cop who co-heads the apprehension team.
[32]
Amaury Nolasco
came on board a few days later to portray veteran cop Marco Martinez.
[33]
The role of the show's central character, Annie Frost, was offered to actresses
Maria Bello
,
Tea Leoni
, and
Christina Applegate
.
[34]
The producers were seeking a "strong female lead actress" for the role of Frost.
[34]
Eventually
Kelli Giddish
landed the female lead role in late February.
[35]
The show is primarily set in
Houston, Texas
episode 2 onward.
The pilot takes place in
Houston
, Texas and was shot in Dallas and Anna, Texas in March.
[36]
NBC ordered
Chase
to series on May 10, 2010.
[37]
The series will continue to be filmed in the Dallas area.
[38]
[39]
On December 3, 2010 the episode order for
Chase
was cut from 22 to 18.
[5]
Broadcast
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Chase
premiered on September 20, 2010. On November 15, 2010 it was announced that
Chase
would be moving to Wednesdays at 9:00 pm Eastern/8:00 pm Central beginning in January. On February 3, 2011 NBC pulled
Chase
from its schedule to be replaced with
Minute to Win It
.
[40]
On July 26, 2010,
Sky Living
secured the rights to air
Chase
in the United Kingdom. The show will be called
Jerry Bruckheimer's Chase
and it will be broadcast in the UK, and is expected to start airing in August 2011.
[9]
Chase
was
simulcast
in Canada on
Citytv
.
[41]
Chase
was included in the test broadcast of
CHASE on BEAM 31
Philippines, aired every Monday at 10 pm. When the channel ceased its operation on October 19, 2012, the series was carried over by its succeeding station
Jack City
.
For late night filler on Thursday from January 17, 2013,
TVNZ
began airing this on New Zealand's
TV2
.
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Critical response
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Review aggregator
Rotten Tomatoes
gives the film a 33% "Rotten" score based on 18 reviews, with an average rating of 3.7/10. The website's critics consensus reads, "
Chase
is a middling crime procedural, with appealing actors playing bland characters and decent action scenes undercut by silly dialogue."
[42]
On
Metacritic
, the show holds a weighted average score of 47 out of 100, indicating "mixed or average reviews".
[43]
Ratings
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Season
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Episodes
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Timeslot
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Season premiere
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Season finale
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TV Season
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Ranking
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Rating
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Viewers
(in millions)
|
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1
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18
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Mondays 10:00 p.m. (September 20, 2010 ? December 6, 2010)
Wednesdays 9:00 p.m. (January 19, 2011 ? January 26, 2011)
Saturdays 8:00 pm (April 23, 2011 ? May 21, 2011)
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September 20, 2010
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May 21, 2011
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2010?2011
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#84
[44]
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4.1
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6.45
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See also
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- FBI: Most Wanted
?an American police procedural drama television series which follows an FBI fugitive-apprehension team
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