Daredevil (TV series)

Daredevil
Genre	Action-adventure Crime drama Legal drama Superhero
Created by	Drew Goddard
Based on	Daredevil by Stan Lee Bill Everett
Showrunners	Steven S. DeKnight Doug Petrie Marco Ramirez Erik Oleson
Starring	Charlie Cox Deborah Ann Woll Elden Henson Toby Leonard Moore Vondie Curtis-Hall Bob Gunton Ayelet Zurer Rosario Dawson Vincent D'Onofrio Jon Bernthal Élodie Yung Stephen Rider Joanne Whalley Jay Ali Wilson Bethel
Theme music composer	John Paesano Braden Kimball
Composer	John Paesano
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	39
Production
Executive producers	Peter Friedlander Allie Goss Kris Henigman Cindy Holland Alan Fine Stan Lee Joe Quesada Dan Buckley Jim Chory Jeph Loeb Drew Goddard Steven S. DeKnight Mark Verheiden Alison Engel Marco Ramirez Doug Petrie Karim Zreik Erik Oleson
Producers	Kati Johnston Sonay Hoffman Evan Perazzo
Production location	New York City
Cinematography	Matthew J. Lloyd Martin Ahlgren Christopher LaVasseur
Editors	Jonathan Chibnall Monty DeGraff Jo Francis Michael N. Knue Damien Smith
Running time	46–61 minutes
Production companies	Marvel Television ABC Studios Goddard Textiles DeKnight Productions
Original release
Network	Netflix
Release	April 10, 2015 (2015-04-10) – October 19, 2018 (2018-10-19)
Related
Marvel's Netflix television series The Punisher Daredevil: Born Again
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Marvel's Daredevil is an American television series created by Drew Goddard for the streaming service Netflix, based on the Marvel Comics character Daredevil. It is set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), sharing continuity with the franchise's films, and was the first Marvel Netflix series leading to the crossover miniseries The Defenders. Daredevil was produced by Marvel Television in association with ABC Studios. Steven S. DeKnight served as showrunner for the first season, with Doug Petrie and Marco Ramirez taking over as co-showrunners for the second, and Erik Oleson joining the series as showrunner for the third; Goddard served as a consultant for the series.

Charlie Cox stars as Matt Murdock / Daredevil, a blind lawyer-by-day who fights crime as a masked vigilante by night. Deborah Ann Woll, Elden Henson, Rosario Dawson, and Vincent D'Onofrio also star, with Toby Leonard Moore, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Bob Gunton, and Ayelet Zurer joining them for season one, Jon Bernthal, Élodie Yung, and Stephen Rider joining the cast for season two, and Joanne Whalley, Jay Ali and Wilson Bethel joining in season three. Daredevil entered development in late 2013, a year after the film rights to the character reverted to Marvel, with Goddard initially hired in December 2013. Cox was cast in May 2014, and the Daredevil costume was designed by Ryan Meinerding of Marvel Studios' design team. The series was intended to be darker than other Marvel projects, intentionally avoiding crossovers with the wider MCU and focusing on a crime fiction style that was inspired by 1970s films. Design inspiration was taken from the Hell's Kitchen setting of the comics, with filming taking place in New York City.

The first season was released in its entirety on Netflix on April 10, 2015, followed by the second on March 18, 2016, and the third on October 19, 2018. They were met with positive reviews, and received numerous accolades including several nominations for Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards. A spin-off series centered on Bernthal's character Frank Castle / Punisher, titled The Punisher, was ordered by Netflix in April 2016. Netflix canceled Daredevil on November 29, 2018. It, along with the rest of Netflix's Marvel series were removed from Netflix and added to Disney+ in March 2022, after Disney regained the license for them. Beginning in 2021, Cox and D'Onofrio reprised their roles as Murdock and Wilson Fisk / Kingpin in MCU projects produced by Marvel Studios, including a new series, Daredevil: Born Again (2025), which is in development for Disney+; Born Again will also see Woll, Henson, Zurer, Bernthal, and Bethel reprise their roles.