Castle (TV series)

Castle
Title card of “Castle”.
Genre	Mystery Police procedural Crime Comedy drama
Created by	Andrew W. Marlowe
Starring	Nathan Fillion Stana Katic Susan Sullivan Ruben Santiago-Hudson Molly Quinn Jon Huertas Tamala Jones Seamus Dever Penny Johnson Jerald Toks Olagundoye
Composers	Robert Duncan Kim Planert
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	8
No. of episodes	173 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Andrew W. Marlowe Rob Bowman Armyan Bernstein Laurie Zaks Barry Schindel René Echevarria David Amann David Grae Rob Hanning Terri Edda Miller Terence Paul Winter Alexi Hawley
Production location	Los Angeles
Camera setup	Single-camera
Running time	43 minutes
Production companies	ABC Studios Beacon Pictures Experimental Pictures (2009–2013) (seasons 2–5) The Barry Schindel Company (2009) (season 1) Milmar Pictures (2013–2015) (seasons 6–7)
Original release
Network	ABC
Release	March 9, 2009 (2009-03-09) – May 16, 2016 (2016-05-16)
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Castle is an American crime mystery/comedy-drama television series^[1] that aired on ABC for a total of eight seasons from March 9, 2009, to May 16, 2016. The series was produced jointly by Beacon Pictures and ABC Studios.

Created by Andrew W. Marlowe, it primarily traces the lives of Richard Castle (Nathan Fillion), a best-selling mystery novelist, and Kate Beckett (Stana Katic), a homicide detective, as they solve various unusual crimes in New York City. Detective Beckett is initially infuriated at the thought of working with a writer and goes to great lengths to keep him out of her way. However, the two soon start developing feelings for each other. The overarching plot of the series focused on the romance between the two lead characters and their ongoing investigation of the murder of Beckett's mother.

On May 12, 2016, it was announced that despite some cast members signing one-year contracts for a potential ninth season, the show had been canceled.