Mayor of Kingstown | |
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Genre | Crime thriller |
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Theme music composer | Andrew Lockington |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 20 |
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Running time | 34–66 minutes |
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Network | Paramount+ |
Release | November 14, 2021 – present |
Mayor of Kingstown is an American crime thriller television series created by Taylor Sheridan and Hugh Dillon. The series premiered on November 14, 2021, on Paramount+. In February 2022, the series was renewed for a second season, which premiered on January 15, 2023. In September 2023, the series was renewed for a third season, which is set to premiere on June 2, 2024. [1]
Kingstown, Michigan, is a fictional company town where the business is incarceration. The McLusky family have been keeping the peace in Kingstown for decades, acting as the mediators between the street gangs, prisoners, guards, and cops. Tackling themes of systemic racism, corruption, and inequality, the series provides a stark look at their attempt to bring order and justice to a town that has neither. [2]
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date [5] |
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1 | 1 | "The Mayor of Kingstown" | Taylor Sheridan | Story by : Taylor Sheridan & Hugh Dillon Teleplay by : Taylor Sheridan | November 14, 2021 |
2 | 2 | "The End Begins" | Ben Richardson | Taylor Sheridan | November 14, 2021 |
3 | 3 | "Simply Murder" | Taylor Sheridan | Taylor Sheridan | November 21, 2021 |
4 | 4 | "The Price" | Ben Richardson | Taylor Sheridan | November 28, 2021 |
5 | 5 | "Orion" | Guy Ferland | Taylor Sheridan | December 5, 2021 |
6 | 6 | "Every Feather" | Guy Ferland | Taylor Sheridan | December 12, 2021 |
7 | 7 | "Along Came a Spider" | Clark Johnson | Taylor Sheridan | December 19, 2021 |
8 | 8 | "The Devil Is Us" | Clark Johnson | Taylor Sheridan | December 26, 2021 |
9 | 9 | "The Lie of the Truth" | Stephen Kay | Taylor Sheridan | January 2, 2022 |
10 | 10 | "This Piece of My Soul" | Stephen Kay | Taylor Sheridan | January 9, 2022 |
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date [5] |
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11 | 1 | "Never Missed a Pigeon" | Stephen Kay | Dave Erickson and Taylor Sheridan | January 15, 2023 |
12 | 2 | "Staring at the Devil" | Stephen Kay | Taylor Sheridan | January 22, 2023 |
13 | 3 | "Five at Five" | Tasha Smith | Keli Goff | January 29, 2023 |
14 | 4 | "The Pool" | Tasha Smith | Evan Ball | February 5, 2023 |
15 | 5 | "Kill Box" | Guy Ferland | Leon Hendrix III | February 12, 2023 |
16 | 6 | "Left with the Nose" | Guy Ferland | Christian Donovan | February 19, 2023 |
17 | 7 | "Drones" | Stephen Kay | Regina Corrado | February 26, 2023 |
18 | 8 | "Santa Jesus" | Stephen Kay | Hugh Dillon & Stephen Kay | March 5, 2023 |
19 | 9 | "Peace in the Valley" | Stephen Kay | Christian Donovan & James Arcega Tinsley | March 12, 2023 |
20 | 10 | "Little Green Ant" | Stephen Kay | Regina Corrado & Dave Erickson | March 19, 2023 |
The project was first announced in January 2020, when Paramount Network ordered the series. [6] By February 2021, the series was transferred over to the Paramount+ streaming service, with Jeremy Renner cast to star. [7] The next month, Dianne Wiest joined the cast, [8] with Emma Laird, Derek Webster and Taylor Handley added in April. [9] [10] Series co-creator Hugh Dillon joined the cast alongside Pha'rez Lass and Tobi Bamtefa in May. [11] Kyle Chandler was revealed to have joined the cast in August following the release of a teaser poster for the series, [12] while Aidan Gillen and Hamish Allan-Headley were added to the main cast. [13] On February 1, 2022, Paramount+ renewed the series for a second season. [14]
Filming on the first season took place from May 17 to October 4, 2021, at Stratagem Studios in Toronto, [15] Hamilton, Ontario, [16] Burlington, Ontario and in Kingston, Ontario, mainly the Kingston Penitentiary. [17]
In June 2022, filming for the second season took place at the Lampe Marina and Presque Isle Bay near Erie, Pennsylvania. [18]
On September 6, 2023, Paramount+ renewed the series for a third season, [19] which began filming in Pittsburgh on January 10, 2024. [20]
Andrew Lockington composed the music for the series, and the soundtrack was released by Lakeshore Records. [21]
The 10-episode first season of Mayor of Kingstown premiered on November 14, 2021, on Paramount+. [22] [23] The first two episodes had their linear premiere on November 21 and 28, 2021 on Paramount Network, where it was originally supposed to air.[ citation needed ] The second season premiered on January 15, 2023, on Paramount+. [24]
The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reports a 35% approval by critics and a 90% approval by the audience. The website's critics consensus reads, "Despite campaigning with a strong pedigree, Mayor of Kingstown botches its reelection chances by giving constituents too much gloom and grit and not enough reasons to care." [25] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 54 out of 100 based on 15 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". [26]
During its debut in the US, which was simulcast on cable as a means of promotion, the series drew 2.6 million viewers linearly, making it Paramount Network's most-watched scripted premiere since 2018. [27]
Rotten Tomatoes [28] reports a 50% approval by critics and a 93% approval by the audience. The site Metacritic assigned a score of 60 out of 100 based on 4 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". [29]
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