The Killing (American TV series)

The Killing
Genre	Serial drama Crime drama Mystery
Based on	Forbrydelsen by Søren Sveistrup
Developed by	Veena Sud
Starring	Mireille Enos Billy Campbell Joel Kinnaman and others
Theme music composer	We Fell to Earth
Composer	Frans Bak
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	4
No. of episodes	44 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Veena Sud Mikkel Bondesen Søren Sveistrup Piv Bernth Ingolf Gabold Dawn Prestwich Nicole Yorkin
Producers	Aaron Zelman Jeremy Doner Kristen Campo
Production location	Vancouver, British Columbia
Running time	42–59 minutes
Production companies	Fox Television Studios Fuse Entertainment KMF Films Fabrik Entertainment
Original release
Network	AMC (2011–13) Netflix (2014)
Release	April 3, 2011 (2011-04-03) – August 1, 2014 (2014-08-01)
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The Killing is an American crime drama television series that premiered on April 3, 2011, on AMC, based on the Danish television series Forbrydelsen (literal translation The Crime but also widely known as The Killing internationally). The American version was developed by Veena Sud and produced by Fox Television Studios and Fuse Entertainment. Set in Seattle, Washington, the series follows the various murder investigations by homicide detectives Sarah Linden (Mireille Enos) and Stephen Holder (Joel Kinnaman).

AMC announced the series's cancellation in July 2012, but picked it up for a third season after a renegotiation with Fox Television Studios and Netflix. The Killing was again cancelled by AMC in September 2013, but Netflix announced in November 2013 that it had ordered a fourth season consisting of six episodes to conclude the series.^[1] The complete fourth season was released on Netflix on August 1, 2014.^[2]