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image	Cold Squad.jpg| caption =	Matt MacLeod Philip Keatley Julia Keatley {edih}| developer = | starring = {hide}Plainlist| Julie Stewart Michael Hogan Joy Tanner Paul Boretski Jerry Wasserman Hiro Kanagawa Jay Brazeau Paul Coeur Eli Gabay Linda Ko Bob Frazer Lori Triolo Peter Wingfield Garry Chalk Tamara Craig Thomas Gregory Calpakis Stephen McHattie Joely Collins Matthew Bennett Sonja Bennett Tahmoh Penikett {edih}	Claire Lawrence {{small|(S1, 2){edih} Terry Frewer {{small|(S1, 2)}} Graeme Coleman {{small|(S3, 4)}} James Jandrisch {{small|(S5, 6, 7)}} }}| country = Canada| language = English| num_seasons = 7| num_episodes = 98| list_episodes = List of Cold Squad episodes	Matt MacLeod Julia Keatley Anne Marie La Traverse Seaton McLean Peter Mitchell Steve Ord Marlene Matthews Suzanne Chapman R.B. Carney }}	Philip Keatley Gigi Boyd Gary Harvey David Cole Richard Davis {edih}| location = Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada| runtime = 43 minutes	Keatley MacLeod Productions Alliance Atlantis {edih}	CTV Television Network>CTV		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 technology and psychological profiling to help crack them. Cold Squad premiered simultaneously in French Canada on Séries+ as Brigade spéciale.WEB, Brigade spéciale,weblink Series+,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20150417200458weblink">weblink April 17, 2015, dead, WEB, Brigade spéciale (v.o.a) Cold Squad,weblink doublage.qc.ca, 2016-09-19, 2016-09-19,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20160919235443weblink">weblink live, The series was created by Matt MacLeod, Philip Keatley and Julia Keatley, and produced by Keatley MacLeod Productions and Alliance Atlantis in association with CTV Television Network, with the participation of the Canadian Television Fund (Canada Media Fund).WEB, CTV's New CrimeTime Saturday Slot to Begin With All-New Cold Squad Episodes, Beginning September 4,weblink Channel Canada, August 31, 2004, September 9, 2016, January 11, 2017,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20170111162145weblink">weblink live, Cold Squad is the first prime time national series produced out of Vancouver.WEB, Edwards, Ian, On set: Cold Squad,weblink Playback (magazine), Playback, Brunico Communications, September 22, 1997, October 21, 2016, October 21, 2016,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20161021131901weblink">weblink live, WEB, Edwards, Ian, Groundbreaking cop series takes final bow,weblink Playback (magazine), Playback, Brunico Communications, October 11, 2004, September 15, 2016, September 11, 2016,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20160911092438weblink">weblink live, With seven seasons and 98 episodes it became the longest-running prime time drama series on Canadian television.The cast of Cold Squad was diverse and changing. Except for Julie Stewart, almost the entire cast was replaced between the second and third seasons, and the series revamped. The revision was meant to attract a younger audience and more male viewers.WEB, Bickley, Claire, Squad cast gets Cold shoulder,weblink Canoe.com, Sun Media, May 26, 1999, September 9, 2016,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20160909100606weblink">weblink September 9, 2016, dead, (Published originally in the Toronto Sun on May 26, 1999.) (Michael Hogan, who played main character Det. Tony Logozzo in Seasons 1 and 2, appeared in the third season two-part opener episode "Deadly Games" but thereafter was gone from the series).Starting with the third season, the "Cold Squad" division was folded into a province-wide task force and its basement setting eliminated. Along with significant variations of the title sequence (Seasons 1–2, 3–6, 7), theme music (Seasons 1–2, 3–4, 5–6, 7), new sets (Seasons 3–6, 7), and change in McCormick's hair colour from auburn to blonde along with her wardrobe (in particular her jacket), these differences contributed to a considerable reworking of the series. The only character to appear in all seven seasons was Sgt. Ali McCormick. Cast and characters Main cast Julie Stewart as Sgt. Ali (Alison) McCormick Michael Hogan as Det. Tony Logozzo (seasons 1–2 | Guest season 3) Joy Tanner as Jill Stone (seasons 1–2) Paul Boretski as Det. Nick Gallagher (season 1) Jerry Wasserman as Insp. Vince Schneider (season 1) Hiro Kanagawa as Det. James Kai (seasons 1–2) Jay Brazeau as Sam Fisher (seasons 1–2, 4 | Recurring season 3) Paul Coeur as Sgt. Lloyd Mastrowski (seasons 1–2) Eli Gabay as Det. Larry Iredell (season 1) Linda Ko as Christine Liu (seasons 1–2) Bob Frazer as Det. Eddie Carson (season 2) Lori Triolo as Det. Jackie Cortez (season 2) Peter Wingfield as Insp. Simon Ross (season 2 | Guest season 3) Garry Chalk as Insp. Andrew Pawlachuk (seasons 4–7 | Recurring season 3) Tamara Craig Thomas as Det. Mickey Kollander (seasons 3–6) Gregory Calpakis as Det. Nicco Sevallis (seasons 3–6) Stephen McHattie as Sgt. Frank Coscarella (seasons 3–4) Joely Collins as Christine Wren (seasons 4–7) Matthew Bennett as Det. Len Harper (seasons 5–7 | Recurring season 4) Sonja Bennett as Det. Samantha Walters (season 7) Tahmoh Penikett as Cst. Ray Chase (season 7) Recurring cast Tasha Simms as Dep. Chief Malcolm (seasons 1, 2) Stacy Grant as Leanne Walker (seasons 1, 3, 6) Keith Martin Gordey as Judge Foster (seasons 2, 4) Timothy Webber as Desmond Cage (seasons 2, 5) Richard Ian Cox as Manny Needlebaum (season 3) Sharon Alexander as Bernice Boyle (season 3) Allan Lysell as Det. Bill Overmyer (season 3) Lisa Houle as Rachel Sherman (seasons 3, 4) David Palffy as Bailey Gallanson (seasons 3, 4) Michael David Simms as Sgt. Casey (seasons 3, 4, 5) Jill Teed as Laura (seasons 4, 5) Kate Logie as Vanessa (seasons 4, 5) Craig Warkentin as Vito (seasons 4, 5) Laurie Murdoch as Chief Perkins (seasons 4, 6) Lawrence Ricketts as Hank Johnson (seasons 4, 6) Crystal Bublé as Billie (seasons 5, 6) Bryan Genesse as Dan (seasons 5, 6) Brenda James as Sonia Parker (season 6) Adrian Holmes as Dr. Ben Wilson (seasons 6, 7) Chilton Crane as Wanda Harper (seasons 6, 7) Michael Rogers as Chief Wilcox (seasons 6, 7) JR Bourne as Paul Deeds (season 7) Development and production Cold Squad was originally conceived in 1995 as a one-hour series for the Lifetime channel in the United States.WEB, Morgan, Joanne, B.C. Scene: Doing the circuit: from East to West, it's fest fest fest,weblink Playback (magazine), Playback, Brunico Communications, September 25, 1995, October 25, 2016, October 25, 2016,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20161025111753weblink">weblink live, Baton Broadcasting became involved in its development in November 1995. Lifetime, however, backed out in mid-1996 and in 1997 the producers partnered with Alliance Atlantis.WEB, Edwards, Ian, B.C. Scene: Cold Squad hottest candidate for Baton's Vancouver series,weblink Playback (magazine), Playback, Brunico Communications, February 24, 1997, October 25, 2016, October 25, 2016,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20161025112356weblink">weblink live, WEB, Staff, The Gatekeepers: Canada's Original Drama Heads: Playback asksŠ,weblink Playback (magazine), Playback, Brunico Communications, July 14, 1997, October 25, 2016, June 9, 2016,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20160609145833weblink">weblink live, At the time Cold Squad was developed, the production of television series in Vancouver was heavily dominated by programs made for the United States. When Cold Squad was greenlit it became the first one-hour, prime time dramatic series for Canadian television to be produced out of Vancouver.WEB, Edwards, Ian, Special Report on Production in British Columbia: Homegrown prime drama hits B.C.,weblink Playback (magazine), Playback, Brunico Communications, March 10, 1997, October 25, 2016, October 25, 2016,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20161025112102weblink">weblink live, After Baton committed to local production of the series, the producers reached an agreement with Canadian labor union ACFC West (Association of Canadian Film Craftspeople) to cut the cost of labor on 13 episodes by $225,000 (CAD). With this concession, the overall budget to produce the first season became approximately $12.5 million (CAD).WEB, Edwards, Ian, Cold Squad, ACFC cut deal,weblink Playback (magazine), Playback, Brunico Communications, May 19, 1997, October 25, 2016, October 25, 2016,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20161025112606weblink">weblink live, An unexpected cash crunch by Telefilm Canada's Equity Investment Program affected the corporation's funding for the series and the original order for 13 episodes was reduced to 11 episodes. Funding was adjusted and both Baton and Alliance Atlantis committed to an increased financial investment in the production of Cold Squad, with the budget per episode at $900,000-plus (CAD). Baton thereafter reoriented its involvement to that of being the series' Canadian broadcaster only.WEB, Edwards, Ian, B.C. Scene: Cold Squad series heats up as Baton's money starts to work,weblink Playback (magazine), Playback, Brunico Communications, June 30, 1997, October 25, 2016, October 25, 2016,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20161025112105weblink">weblink live, Keatley MacLeod Productions retained 75% copyright ownership and the rights to U.S. distribution, and Alliance Atlantis retained 25% ownership with distribution rights in other international territories. (Baton Broadcasting, which had full control of the CTV network, was reorganized and renamed CTV Inc. in December 1998. In March 2000, CTV Inc. was acquired by Bell Canada Enterprises.)WEB, Anthony, Ian, The roots of Canadian Television,weblink Broadcaster Magazine, October 1, 2002, March 19, 2017,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20170319130811weblink">weblink March 19, 2017, dead, Originally scheduled to start on June 16, 1997, filming on Cold Squad began on July 2, 1997, and the new series' scheduled premiere was changed from September 1997 to January 1998. Cold Case intellectual property controversy When U.S. television network CBS announced the premiere of Cold Case for its 2003/2004 schedule, John Doyle of The Globe and Mail wrote: "Cold Case...is a new drama about a blond, female cop (played by Kathryn Morris) who tracks down old, cold cases and faces discrimination because she's a woman. It has no connection with Cold Squad, a Canadian series about a blond, female cop who tracks down old, cold cases and faces discrimination because she's a woman."WEB, Doyle, John, A season with too much reality in the wings,weblink The Globe and Mail, The Woodbridge Company, May 19, 2003, August 25, 2017, October 5, 2016,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20161005214759weblink">weblink live, The likeness to Cold Squad was also noted by other Canadian television critics.WEB, Staff, The Shows – CTV,weblink Strategy, Brunico Communications, June 16, 2003, October 5, 2016, October 5, 2016,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20161005060636weblink">weblink live, Stephanie Earp of TV Guide wrote: "Last fall, American viewers got excited about a new crime drama that revolves around a tough blond detective with an edgy haircut who solves cold cases. Of course, Canadian viewers got excited by that show back in '98, when it debuted under the name Cold Squad."NEWS, Earp, Stephanie, Getting The Cold Shoulder, TV Guide (Canada), TV Guide, 1426, 24 April 2004, 5, The comparison between Cold Squad and Cold Case became compelling when it was revealed that Meredith Stiehm, the creator of Cold Case, had attended seminars on television writing in April 2002 at the Canadian Film Centre and was informed about the concept of Cold Squad during one of the sessions.WEB, Doyle, John, Cold Squad, Cold Case: Similar, or what?,weblink The Globe and Mail, The Woodbridge Company, November 12, 2003, August 25, 2017, October 2, 2021,weblink live, The similarities led Cold Squad series creators Matt MacLeod and Julia Keatley to retain intellectual property attorney Carole Handler, of Los Angeles law firm O'Donnell & Schaeffer, to broker talks with Cold Case producer Jerry Bruckheimer and Warner Bros. MacLeod declined to discuss details but said, "We are deeply concerned [about the shows' similarities]...We're taking the appropriate actions." Confirming that written correspondence was proceeding between the producers of the two shows, Handler stated, "We hope to work out the producers' concerns. This is a real issue. My clients are the creators of the original concept." Recourse in the matter included the option of doing nothing, a settlement involving royalties or a format payment, or a lawsuit.WEB, Edwards, Ian, Cold Squad on Bruckheimer Case,weblink Playback (magazine), Playback, Brunico Communications, November 10, 2003, October 5, 2016, October 3, 2021,weblink live, WEB, TV News, 'Cold Case' Could Become Court Case,weblink Zap2it, Tribune Media, November 12, 2003,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20031206183503weblink">weblink December 6, 2003, dead, CTV acquired the rights to broadcast Cold Case in Canada and added the series to its Fall 2003 schedule,WEB, Fall 2003 Highlights: CTV,weblink Channel Canada, June 2, 2003,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20140221093539weblink">weblink February 21, 2014, WEB, Idols headline CTV event,weblink Broadcaster Magazine, June 4, 2003, October 5, 2016,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20161005073002weblink">weblink October 5, 2016, dead, at the same time postponing the last season of Cold Squad until Fall 2004.WEB, News release, Number One Schedule Strengthened As CTV Announces 2004-2005 Line-Up,weblink Bell Media, BCE Inc., BCE, June 7, 2004, October 5, 2016, March 4, 2016,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20160304105318weblink">weblink live, The network took advantage of the resemblance between the two shows by scheduling both during the same prime time day of the week, Sunday, publicizing the programming as a "crime theme night", with Cold Case airing at 8 p.m. and Cold Squad at 10 p.m.WEB, jennkuzmyk, Cold Case/Cold Squad 'just a coincidence',weblink C21Media, August 14, 2003, September 10, 2016, September 10, 2016,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20160910132953weblink">weblink live, During the 18th Gemini Awards, awards host Seán Cullen bluntly echoed a shared sentiment about CTV bumping Cold Squad off its fall programming in favor of the new American cop show: "Screw you Cold Case. I love Cold Squad."WEB, MacDonald, Gayle, Kiss-of-life for Gemini Awards,weblink The Globe and Mail, The Woodbridge Company, October 21, 2003, August 25, 2017, October 5, 2016,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20161005215155weblink">weblink live, When Cold Squad went into syndication in the United States the similitude between it and Cold Case raised eyebrows — until American viewers discovered that Cold Squad was the precedent series.WEB, Sassone, Bob, The strange case of Cold Squad,weblink Weblogs, Inc.#TV Squad, TV Squad,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20081025080929weblink">weblink October 25, 2008, September 18, 2006, Episodes {{:List of Cold Squad episodes}} Release Broadcast The premiere of the final season was delayed until Fall 2004WEB, Vlessing, Etan, Stewart looks back at life on the Squad,weblink Playback (magazine), Playback, Brunico Communications, October 11, 2004, September 19, 2016, September 11, 2016,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20160911044014weblink">weblink live, and its programming changed to 9 p.m. Saturday as part of CTV's "crime time" block.WEB, Press Release, CTV's New CrimeTime Saturday Slot to Begin With All-New Cold Squad Episodes,weblink CTV Television Network, CTV, August 25, 2004, 31 May 2018, dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20050423064401weblink">weblink April 23, 2005, Due to the network's sporadic scheduling of the season, the last episodes of the series premiered in their French-dubbed versions on Séries+ in 2004, long before the English-language versions of those episodes aired on CTV in the Spring of 2005.In July 2000, CanWest Global Communications obtained the international distribution rights for Cold Squad from Endemol Entertainment Holding NV when it purchased the company's television library. Endemol had procured the rights from Alliance Atlantis.WEB, Damsell, Keith, CanWest snaps up TV library,weblink The Globe and Mail, July 28, 2000, 13 July 2018, 4 October 2016,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20161004082558weblink">weblink live, Alliance Atlantis owned Showcase and within Canada reruns of Cold Squad aired on the channelWEB, News release, Keatley MacLeod Productions and Alliance Atlantis announce start of principal photography on seventh season of Cold Squad for CTV,weblink Bell Media, BCE Inc., BCE, August 13, 2003, October 3, 2016, September 11, 2016,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20160911052953weblink">weblink live, (Showcase was acquired by CanWest in 2007 after its purchase of Alliance AtlantisWEB, Robertson, Grant, Willis, Andrew, CanWest, Goldman snap up Alliance in $2.3-billion deal,weblink The Globe and Mail, January 11, 2007, 19 March 2019, 19 March 2019,weblink live, ). Syndication In 2005, Thunderbird Films acquired the syndication rights to the series.WEB, MacDonald, Gayle, Wanted: Cancon, everywhere,weblink The Globe and Mail, November 24, 2007, 13 July 2018, 4 October 2016,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20161004080836weblink">weblink live, In Europe, Sony Pictures Television International secured the license to broadcast the program from Fireworks International in October 2005.WEB, Kenny, Joanne, Fireworks sales rocket after Mipcom,weblink C21Media, October 27, 2005, 13 July 2018, 13 July 2018,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20180713172121weblink">weblink live, In the United States, Program Partners (PPI Releasing) acquired the syndication rights from Thunderbird in January 2006, and the series began airing in the U.S. in Fall 2006 as part of a "Crime Watch" block package.WEB, Guider, Elizabeth, Canucks on a syndie crime spree,weblink Variety (magazine), Variety, January 4, 2006, 13 July 2018, 13 July 2018,weblink live, WEB, Ofley, Kriss, Program Partners brings dramas to Natpe,weblink C21Media, January 11, 2006, 13 July 2018, 13 July 2018,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20180713165844weblink">weblink live, WEB, 2006 Natpe Wrap-Up Report,weblink The Futon Critic, January 30, 2006, 13 July 2018, 21 September 2016,weblink" title="archive.today/20160921083411weblink">weblink live, WEB, New Faces in Syndie: Program Partners SYndicates CanAdian 'Crime Watch' Block,weblink TVWeek, Dexter Canfield Media Inc., April 17, 2006, 13 July 2018, 11 September 2016,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20160911050458weblink">weblink live, In June 2008, the syndication was renewed for an additional season to begin airing in the fall.WEB, Ratings Success Spells Renewals for Three Program Partners Crime Dramas,weblink The Futon Critic, June 30, 2008, 13 July 2018, 21 September 2016,weblink" title="archive.today/20160921082937weblink">weblink live, WEB, Albiniak, Paige, Program Partners Renews Syndie Crime Franchises,weblink Broadcasting & Cable, June 30, 2008, 13 July 2018,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20081012062323weblink">weblink October 12, 2008, Cold Squad was seen in off-network syndication intermittently on cable specialty channel Mystery TV,WEB, Primetime Schedule(s) for Mystery (Fall 2009),weblink Fall TV Preview, Channel Canada, September 6, 2010,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20100922123947weblink">weblink September 22, 2010, WEB, Canwest, Specialty Mystery - Fall 2010 Schedule,weblink Fall TV Preview, Channel Canada, June 9, 2010,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20100821070054weblink">weblink August 21, 2010, dead, Canwest, WEB, Shaw Media, Specialty - Best Cable Drama Mystery - Fall 2011 2011 Schedule,weblink Fall TV Preview, Channel Canada, May 25, 2011,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20111116234230weblink">weblink November 16, 2011, dead, Shaw Media, and also on Bravo.WEB, Dillon, Mark, Specialties @ 20: Bravo,weblink Playback (magazine), Playback, Brunico Communications, June 17, 2015, October 6, 2016, October 9, 2016,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20161009164237weblink">weblink live, WEB, Bravo Winter 2015 Schedule,weblink Bell Media, BCE Inc., BCE, February 13, 2015,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20160918082954weblink">weblink September 18, 2016, WEB, Bravo Spring 2016 Schedule,weblink Bell Media, BCE Inc., BCE, March 22, 2016,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20160916035835weblink">weblink September 16, 2016, The series aired on digital cable channel Sleuth in the U.S. in 2009. It was then broadcast on digital television networks, such as Tuff TV.WEB, Shows,weblink Tuff TV,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20140107064228weblink">weblink January 7, 2014, WEB, Monique, Watch Tuff TV for Free on FilmOn,weblink Shockya, Anakando Media Group, December 4, 2013, October 6, 2016, October 9, 2016,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20161009120729weblink">weblink live, It began airing on Retro TV in 2011.WEB, Pavan, RTV Changes Schedule, Loses Universal Series; ABC Fall 2011 Premiere Dates,weblink Sitcoms Online, June 28, 2011, dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20130824110928weblink">weblink August 24, 2013, "RTV Shows". Retro TV. (2011)"Cold Squad". Retro TV.{{efn|As of 2017: the series is airing in Canada on RetroTV.WEB, Canadian TV Listings Guide,weblink On TV Tonight, 2017, bot: unknown,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20170622053400weblink">weblink June 22, 2017, WEB, Cold Squad,weblink On TV Tonight, May 7–10, 2018,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20180505111800weblink">weblink May 5, 2018, }} Also in 2011, My Family TV added Cold Squad to its roster of programsWEB, Shows,weblink My Family TV, ValCom,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20110723191449weblink">weblink July 23, 2011, and continued to carry the series after rebranding as The Family Channel.WEB, Shows,weblink The Family Channel (U.S. TV network), The Family Channel, Luken Communications, 2016-11-13, 2016-11-13,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20161113021348weblink">weblink live, {{efn|As of 2017: the series is airing in the United States on Retro TV and The Family Channel.WEB, American TV Listings Guide,weblink On TV Tonight, 2017, bot: unknown,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20170622053020weblink">weblink June 22, 2017, }} In May 2019, the series began airing on the El Rey Network.WEB, New Weekday Program Schedule,weblink El Rey Nation, El Rey Network, 2019,weblink May 31, 2019, WEB, Cold Squad,weblink El Rey Network, 2019, 31 May 2019, 31 May 2019,weblink live, Home media Alliance Atlantis released the DVD of Season 1 for Region 1 in Canada only, on September 2, 2003.WEB, Cold Squad: The Complete First Season,weblink amazon.ca, 2017-09-19, 2016-03-03,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20160303214850weblink">weblink live, It became available in the United States in 2009.BOOK, Cold Squad: The Complete First Season, 649846121, WEB, Cold Squad: Season 1,weblink Amazon.com, 2016-10-02, 2016-10-03,weblink live, The Region 2 DVD of Season 1 was released in the Netherlands (English audio with Dutch subtitles) by Just Entertainment Bv on March 20, 2012.WEB, Cold Squad - Seizoen 1,weblink justwebshop.nl, Just Entertainment, March 20, 2012, September 15, 2016, September 15, 2016,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20160915031404weblink">weblink live, It became available in the United Kingdom as an import.WEB, COLD SQUAD - The Complete Series 1 [IMPORT],weblink amazon.co.uk, 2016-09-15, 2016-09-15,weblink live, The Season 2 DVD (Region 2) was released in the Netherlands (English audio with Dutch subtitles) by Just Entertainment Bv on June 19, 2012.WEB, Cold Squad - Seizoen 2,weblink justwebshop.nl, Just Entertainment, June 19, 2012, September 15, 2016, September 15, 2016,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20160915023643weblink">weblink live, It was made available in the United Kingdom as an import.WEB, Cold Squad (Season 2),weblink amazon.co.uk, 2016-09-15, 2016-09-15,weblink live, Digital distribution of Cold Squad became available in the U.S. as instant streaming on Netflix in 2011.WEB, Muir, Bob, Netflix Now: Now with TV Edition,weblink Flixist, April 13, 2011, October 2, 2016, October 2, 2016,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20161002193712weblink">weblink live, WEB, Cold Squad,weblink Netflix, {{Dead link|date=December 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{efn|The series is no longer available on Netflix as of 2017.}} The complete series (98 episodes) was made available as video on demand (VOD) on Hulu in February 2013.WEB, Cold Squad,weblink Something to Stream, 2016-10-02, 2016-10-02,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20161002102754weblink">weblink live, WEB, Cold Squad,weblink Hulu, 2016-09-10, 2016-07-15,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20160715001958weblink">weblink live, Amazon Video added Season 1 to its North American library in October 2015,WEB, Cold Squad - Season 1,weblink Instantwatcher, 2016-10-15, 2016-10-15,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20161015055306weblink">weblink live, Season 2 in September 2016,WEB, Cold Squad - Season 2,weblink Instantwatcher, 2016-10-15, 2016-10-15,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20161015062852weblink">weblink live, Season 3 in October 2016,WEB, Cold Squad - Season 3,weblink Instantwatcher, 2016-10-15, 2016-10-15,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20161015063036weblink">weblink live, and Season 4 in March 2017.WEB, Cold Squad - Season 4,weblink Instantwatcher, 4 August 2017,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20170408104311weblink">weblink 8 April 2017, dead, WEB, Cold Squad – 4 Seasons,weblink Amazon Video, 2016-10-02, 2016-10-02,weblink live, In the United Kingdom, Amazon Instant Video UK added Season 2 first to its library in September 2016,WEB, Cold Squad – Season 2,weblink NewOnAmzPrimeUK, 2016-10-15, 2016-10-18,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20161018213035weblink">weblink live, Seasons 1 and 3 in October 2016,WEB, Cold Squad – Season 1,weblink NewOnAmzPrimeUK, 2016-10-15, 2016-10-15,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20161015063506weblink">weblink live, WEB, Cold Squad – Season 3,weblink NewOnAmzPrimeUK, 2016-10-15, 2016-10-15,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20161015063743weblink">weblink live, and Season 4 in February 2017.WEB, Cold Squad – Season 4,weblink NewOnAmzPrimeUK, 2017-04-08, 2017-04-09,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20170409021534weblink">weblink live, WEB, Cold Squad – 4 Seasons,weblink Amazon Instant Video UK, 2016-10-15, 2016-10-15,weblink live, The series became available on Tubi in 2018.WEB, Cold Squad,weblink Tubi, 2018, 2019-02-09, 2019-02-09,weblink live, WEB, The British TV Viewing Guide: August 2018 Archives,weblink The British TV Place, August 2018, 2019-02-09, 2019-02-09,weblink live, Reception In a final season interview with Julie Stewart, media and television columnist Bill Brioux wrote: "Cold Squad has consistently been one of the top-rated Canadian-produced TV shows, despite being booted all over CTV's schedule."WEB, Brioux, Bill, Stewart comes in from the Cold,weblink Canoe.com, Sun Media, November 26, 2004,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20160919020500weblink">weblink September 19, 2016, (Published originally in the Toronto Sun on September 4, 2004.) Awards and nominations Cold Squad was nominated for 38 Gemini Awards, 49 Leo Awards, one Directors Guild of Canada award, and two Writers Guild of Canada awards during its seven-season run. The series won seven Gemini Awards, including Julie Stewart for "Best Performance by an Actress in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role" (2002), Garry Chalk for "Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Series" (2002 and 2001), and Tamara Craig Thomas for "Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Series" (2001). It won four Leo Awards, including Julie Stewart for "Best Lead Performance By A Female in a Dramatic Series" (2003). Directors Guild of Canada{| class"wikitable" style"width:100%"
2004| Outstanding Team Achievement in a Television Series - Drama	Gary Harvey (director)>Gary Harvey (director), Gigi Boyd (production manager), Kevin Leslie (1st assistant director), Harry S. Keith (2nd assistant director), Catou Kearney (location manager), Julie Slater (assistant location manager) {{Small|for Episode "And The Fury"}}| {{nom}}	DIRECTORS GUILD OF CANADA – AWARDS FOR 2004>URL=HTTPS://WWW.IMDB.COM/EVENT/EV0000841/2004	IMDB>ACCESS-DATE=2018-07-01	ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20150924185351/HTTP://WWW.IMDB.COM/EVENT/EV0000841/2004		TITLE=ARCAND SCORES DIRECTORS GUILD NODS	WEBSITE=THE GLOBE AND MAIL	THE WOODBRIDGE COMPANY>DATE=AUGUST 13, 2004	ARCHIVE-DATE=OCTOBER 25, 2016	URL-STATUS=LIVE,

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! style="width:5%;"| Year! style="width:42%;"| Category! style="width:42%;"| Nominee! style="width:7%;"| Result! style="width:3%;"| Ref{{center13th Gemini Awards>1998}} Best Dramatic Series Seaton McLean, Anne Marie LaTraverse, Julia Keatley, Matt MacLeod, Philip Keatley {{nom}} AWARDS DATABASE>TITLE=COLD SQUADWEBSITE=ACADEMY.CAACADEMY OF CANADIAN CINEMA & TELEVISION>ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20170111161648/HTTPS://WWW.ACADEMY.CA/ABOUT-THE-ACADEMY/AWARDS-DATABASE?FLOW=TITLEYEAR&STEP=2&BYTY-AWARD-V=2&BYTY-WINNERS-V=FALSE&BYTY-TITLE-V=COLD+SQUAD&BYTY-YEAR-V=0URL=HTTP://PLAYBACKONLINE.CA/1998/08/24/22814-19980824/PLAYBACK (MAGAZINE)>PLAYBACKDATE=AUGUST 24, 1998ARCHIVE-DATE=OCTOBER 20, 2021URL-STATUS=LIVE, Anne Wheeler {{Small>for "Rita Brice"}} {{nom}} for "Christopher Williams"}} {{nom}} Tom McBeath {{Small>for "Jane Klosky"}} {{nom}} Julie Stewart {{Small>for "Amanda Millerd"}} {{nom}} Patricia Harras>Patti Harras {{Small|Gabrielle Rose (actress)>Gabrielle Rose {{Small|Lynda Boyd {{Small>for "Tess"}} {{nom}} {{center14th Gemini Awards>1999}} Best Performance by an Actor in a Guest Role Dramatic Series Morris Panych {{Small|for "Chantal LaMorande"}} {{nom}} {{center15th Gemini Awards>2000}} Best Direction in a Dramatic Series Giles Walker {{nom}} Julie Stewart >|Alisen Down {{Small>for "Dead Beat Walking"}} {{won}} {{center16th Gemini Awards>2001}} Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Series Gregory Calpakis {{nom}} for "A Good Death"}} {{nom}} Winston Rekert {{Small>for "Loyalties"}} {{nom}} Julie Stewart >|Garry Chalk >|for "The Box"}} {{won}} {{center17th Gemini Awards>2002}} Best Dramatic Series Gary Harvey (director), Suzanne Chapman, Gigi Boyd, Steve Ord, Matt MacLeod, Julia Keatley, Peter Mitchell >TITLE=GEMINI NOMS HYMN: O 'CANADA'WORK=THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTERDATE=SEPTEMBER 25, 2002ARCHIVE-DATE=SEPTEMBER 16, 2016URL-STATUS=LIVE, Bill Corcoran >|for "The Needle and the Debutante"}} {{nom}} Ellie Harvie {{Small>for "Enough's Enough"}} {{nom}} for "Enough's Enough"}} {{nom}} for "Personal Politics"}} {{nom}} for "Enough's Enough"}} {{won}} STAFF>TITLE=AND THE GEMINI WINNERS ARE…WEBSITE=PLAYBACK (MAGAZINE)>PUBLISHER=BRUNICO COMMUNICATIONSACCESS-DATE=SEPTEMBER 16, 2016ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20180907212042/HTTP://PLAYBACKONLINE.CA/2002/11/11/WINS-20021111/, live, Garry Chalk {{Small>for "Ambleton"}} {{won}} Julie Stewart >|{{center18th Gemini Awards>2003}} Best Dramatic Series Julia Keatley, Matt MacLeod, Peter Mitchell, Steve Ord, Gary Harvey (director), Gigi Boyd, Jon Pilatzke >||Matthew Bennett {{Small>for "True Believers (part II)"}} {{nom}} Julie Stewart >|||{{center20th Gemini Awards>2005}} Best Direction in a Dramatic Series Gary Harvey (director) {{Small>for "And the Fury"}} {{nom}} Julie Stewart {{Small>for "And the Fury"}} {{nom}} Sonja Bennett {{Small>for "Righteous"}} {{nom}} for "And the Fury"}} {{won}} ">

Leo Awards{| class"wikitable" border"1"

! style="width:5%;"| Year! style="width:39%;"| Category! style="width:45%;"| Nominee! style="width:8%;"| Result! style="width:3%;"| Ref 1999 Best Dramatic Series Julia Keatley, Matt MacLeod – Producers {{nom}} 1999 LEO AWARDS NOMINEES & WINNERS>URL=HTTP://WWW.LEOAWARDS.COM/PAST_WINNERS/PDF/1999.PDFLEO AWARDS>PUBLISHER=MOTION PICTURE ARTS AND SCIENCES FOUNDATION OF BRITISH COLUMBIAARCHIVE-DATE=2016-09-16URL-STATUS=LIVE, for "Bobby Johnson"}} {{nom}} for "Chantal LaMorande"}} {{nom}} for "Stanley Caron"}} {{nom}} Richard Leiterman {{Small> for "Nancy Seniuk"}} {{nom}} for "Chantal LaMorande"}} {{won}} 1999 WINNERS>URL=HTTP://WWW.LEOAWARDS.COM/2012/1999_WINNERS.HTMLLEO AWARDS>PUBLISHER=MOTION PICTURE ARTS AND SCIENCES FOUNDATION OF BRITISH COLUMBIAARCHIVE-DATE=2021-10-15URL-STATUS=LIVE, 2000 Best Picture Editing in a Dramatic Series Charles E. Robichaud {{SmallWEBSITE=LEO AWARDSACCESS-DATE=2016-09-21ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20160916011108/HTTP://WWW.LEOAWARDS.COM/PAST_WINNERS/PDF/2000.PDF, live, for "Death by Intent Part 1"}} {{nom}} for "Dead End"}} {{nom}} for "Death by Intent Part 1"}} {{nom}} Alisen Down {{Small> for "Deadbeat Walking"}} {{won}} 2000 WINNERS>URL=HTTP://WWW.LEOAWARDS.COM/2012/2000_WINNERS.HTMLLEO AWARDS>PUBLISHER=MOTION PICTURE ARTS AND SCIENCES FOUNDATION OF BRITISH COLUMBIAARCHIVE-DATE=2012-05-24URL-STATUS=DEAD, 2001 Best Dramatic Series Julia Keatley, Matt MacLeod, Peter Mitchell, Gary Harvey (director) – Producers >WEBSITE=LEO AWARDSACCESS-DATE=2016-09-21ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20150626134223/HTTP://WWW.LEOAWARDS.COM/PAST_WINNERS/PDF/2001.PDF, live, for "Checkmate"}} {{nom}} for "Checkmate"}} {{nom}} for "Predator"}} {{nom}} for "Checkmate"}} {{nom}} for "Checkmate"}} {{nom}} Winston Rekert {{Small>for "Loose Ends, Part 2"}} {{nom}} 2002 Best Dramatic Series Julia Keatley, Matt MacLeod, Peter Mitchell, Suzanne Chapman, Steve Ord, Gary Harvey (director), Gigi Boyd – Producers >WEBSITE=LEO AWARDSACCESS-DATE=2016-09-21ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20150626113134/HTTP://WWW.LEOAWARDS.COM/PAST_WINNERS/PDF/2002.PDF, live, for "Enough is Enough"}} {{nom}} for "The Needle and the Debutante"}} {{nom}} for "The One That Got Away"}} {{nom}} for "The Shed"}} {{nom}} for "Enough is Enough"}} {{nom}} for "The Needle and the Debutante"}} {{nom}} for "Enough is Enough"}} {{nom}} for "Enough is Enough"}} {{nom}} for "Enough is Enough"}} {{nom}} Garry Chalk {{Small>for "Picasso's Mistake"}} {{nom}} for "The Nanny"}} {{nom}} for "The Nanny"}} {{nom}} for "The Needle and the Debutante"}} {{nom}} Julie Stewart {{Small>for "Ambleton"}} {{nom}} 2003 Best Direction in a Dramatic Series Shelley Eriksen {{SmallWEBSITE=LEO AWARDSACCESS-DATE=2016-09-21ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20160916020435/HTTP://WWW.LEOAWARDS.COM/PAST_WINNERS/PDF/2003.PDF, live, for "Killing Time"}} {{nom}} for "Killing Time"}} {{nom}} for "Flamers"}} {{nom}} for "Survivor"}} {{nom}} for "Career Opportunists"}} {{nom}} for Live Fast Die Young"}} {{nom}} Joely Collins {{Small>for "Live Fast Die Young"}} {{nom}} Brent Stait {{Small>for "Killing Time"}} {{won}} 2003 WINNERS>URL=HTTP://WWW.LEOAWARDS.COM/2012/2003_WINNERS.HTMLLEO AWARDS>PUBLISHER=MOTION PICTURE ARTS AND SCIENCES FOUNDATION OF BRITISH COLUMBIAARCHIVE-DATE=2013-12-13URL-STATUS=DEAD, Julie Stewart {{Small>for "Survivor"}} {{won}} 2004 Best Screenwriting in a Dramatic Series Dave Aitken {{SmallWEBSITE=LEO AWARDSACCESS-DATE=2016-09-21ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20170111161500/HTTP://WWW.LEOAWARDS.COM/PAST_WINNERS/PDF/2004.PDF, live, for "And the Fury"}} {{nom}} Christopher Shyer {{Small>for "The Filth"}} {{nom}} for "The Filth"}} {{nom}} Tahmoh Penikett {{Small>for "Learning Curve"}} {{nom}} Matthew Bennett {{Small>for "Mr. Bad Example"}} {{nom}} ">

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! style="width:5%;"| Year! style="width:37%;"| Category! style="width:47%;"| Nominee! style="width:8%;"| Result! style="width:3%;"| Ref 2000| Drama Series (One Hour)Andrew Rai Berzins {{Small>for Episode: "Douglas Somerset"}}| {{nom}} WRITERS GUILD OF CANADA – AWARDS FOR 2000>URL=HTTPS://WWW.IMDB.COM/EVENT/EV0000711/2000IMDB>ACCESS-DATE=2018-07-01ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20230401132412/HTTPS://WWW.IMDB.COM/EVENT/EV0000711/2000/1, live, 2002| Drama Series| Matt MacLeod, James Phillips, Shelley Eriksen, Graham Clegg | {{nom}} WRITERS GUILD OF CANADA – AWARDS FOR 2002>URL=HTTPS://WWW.IMDB.COM/EVENT/EV0000711/2002IMDB>ACCESS-DATE=2018-07-01ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20230401132341/HTTPS://WWW.IMDB.COM/EVENT/EV0000711/2002/1, live, 2003| Drama Series| Derek Schreyer| {{nom}} WRITERS GUILD OF CANADA – AWARDS FOR 2003>URL=HTTPS://WWW.IMDB.COM/EVENT/EV0000711/2003IMDB>ACCESS-DATE=2018-07-01ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20230401132341/HTTPS://WWW.IMDB.COM/EVENT/EV0000711/2003/1, live,

See also

• List of female detective characters
• List of police television dramas

Television series

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• The Enigma Files (1980), UK / BBC Two
• Waking the Dead (2000), UK / BBC One
• Cold Case (2003), US / CBS
• New Tricks (2003), UK / BBC One
• Zettai Reido (2010), Japan / Fuji Television
• Unforgotten (2015), UK / ITV
• Signal (2016), South Korea / tvN
• Signal (2018), Japan / Fuji TV
• Oktopus (2023), Czech Republic / ÄŒT1

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Notes

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References

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Further reading

• WEB, Bickley, Claire, Cold Squad gets heat injection,weblink Canoe.com, Sun Media, September 25, 1998, June 21, 2017,weblink" title="archive.today/20170621153203weblink">weblink June 21, 2017, bot: unknown, (Published originally in the Toronto Sun on September 25, 1998.)
• WEB, Lucchetta, Carla, Heart of Cold,weblink The Globe and Mail, April 7, 2001,
• WEB, Waldman, Alan, 'Cold Squad' is first-class Canadian procedural with sharp female head,weblink The RagThe Rag Blog, The Rag Blog, March 9, 2016,

Books

• Brooks, Tim and Marsh, Earle F. (2007). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present. Ballantine Books. 9th ed., pp 270–271, {{ISBN|978-0-345-49773-4}}.
• BOOK, Romanko, Karen A., Television's Female Spies and Crimefighters: 600 Characters and Shows, 1950s to the Present, 2016, McFarland & Company, 56, 131, 978-0-7864-9637-2,weblinkweblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20160126040823weblink">weblink dead, 2016-01-26,
• Terrace, Vincent (2011) weblink" title="archive.today/20161028034138weblink"> Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010. McFarland & Company, 2d ed., p 199, {{ISBN|978-0-7864-6477-7}}.

External links

• {{official websiteweblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20040825003833weblink">weblink}} (Archive)
• {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/19990826181515weblink|date=August 26, 1999|title= Cold Squad – cast and crew biographies (at CTV)}}
• {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020903184922weblink|date=September 3, 2002|title= Cold Squad – contest (at CTV)}}
• {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040828120800weblink|date=August 28, 2004|title= Cold Squad – Season 7 (at CTV)}}
• {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021126201115weblink|date=November 26, 2002|title= Cold Squad (at Keatley MacLeod Productions)}}
• Cold Squad cast and producers at Getty Images
• Cold Squad at Thunderbird Entertainment
• Cold Squad at PPI Releasing
• Cold Squad sets by Andrew Deskin, Production Design
• Cold Squad sets by Marian Wihak, Production Design
• Cold Squad Season 1 DVD cover (Netherlands)
• Cold Squad Season 2 DVD cover (Netherlands)
• {{epguides|coldsquad|title=Cold Squad}}
• {{TV Guide show|288540|Cold Squad}}
• {{IMDb title|0138959|Cold Squad}}