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Our latest episode looks at Due South (https://web.archive.org/web/20061031125223/http://www.jumptheshark.com/d/duesouth.htm), the oddball 90s series that turned a painfully polite Canadian Mountie in Chicago into something far bigger than anyone expected.
What seemed like a simple fish-out-of-water cop show quickly became one of the strangest TV hits of its era, mixing crime, comedy, action, Canadian charm, and a lead character who somehow made good manners feel dangerous.
Behind the scenes, though, Due South (https://web.archive.org/web/20140407224305/http://forums.televisionwithoutpity.com/topic/1570267-due-south/?view=getnewpost) had a rougher ride than its cozy reputation suggests, with network problems, creative clashes, cast changes, and a messy road to survival that made its run far stranger than most people remember.
DoubleReelTV explores the origins of this unique police procedural (https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/DueSouth), detailing the casting challenges and the clash of cultures between the Canadian lead and Chicago detectives. Learn about the creative struggles, international production shifts, and the behind-the-scenes tensions that defined this genre-bending series.
Our latest episode looks at Due South (https://web.archive.org/web/20061031125223/http://www.jumptheshark.com/d/duesouth.htm), the oddball 90s series that turned a painfully polite Canadian Mountie in Chicago into something far bigger than anyone expected.
What seemed like a simple fish-out-of-water cop show quickly became one of the strangest TV hits of its era, mixing crime, comedy, action, Canadian charm, and a lead character who somehow made good manners feel dangerous.
Behind the scenes, though, Due South (https://web.archive.org/web/20140407224305/http://forums.televisionwithoutpity.com/topic/1570267-due-south/?view=getnewpost) had a rougher ride than its cozy reputation suggests, with network problems, creative clashes, cast changes, and a messy road to survival that made its run far stranger than most people remember.
DoubleReelTV explores the origins of this unique police procedural (https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/DueSouth), detailing the casting challenges and the clash of cultures between the Canadian lead and Chicago detectives. Learn about the creative struggles, international production shifts, and the behind-the-scenes tensions that defined this genre-bending series.