Shooter (TV Series)
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| Shooter | ||
| Title card from the series' premiere episode | ||
| Genre | Drama Action Thriller | |
| Base on | Point of Impact by Stephen Hunter | |
| Devolved by | John Hlavin | |
| Starring | Ryan Phillippe Cynthia Addai-Robinson Omar Epps Eddie McClintock Shantel VanSanten Harry Hamlin | |
| Composer(s) | Bobby Krlic | |
| Country of origin | United States | |
| No. of Seasons | 1 | |
| No. of episodes | 10 (list of episodes) | |
| Production | ||
| Executive producer(s) | Lorenzo di Bonaventura John Hlavin Stephen Levinson Mark Wahlberg | |
| Producer(s) | Ryan Phillippe | |
| Location(s) | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Santa Clarita, California | |
| Cinematography | Michael Eley Jamie Reynoso | |
| Editor(s) | Gary D. Roach William Yeh Amy McGrath Zack Arnold | |
| Production company(s) | Leverage Entertainment Closest to the Hole Productions Universal Cable Productions Paramount Television | |
| Release | ||
| Original network | USA Network | |
| Original release | November 15, 2016 – present | |
| External links | ||
| Website | ||
Shooter is an American television drama series based on the novel Point of Impact by Stephen Hunter and the 2007 film also named Shooter. The show stars Ryan Phillippe in the lead role of Bob Lee Swagger, an expert marksman living in exile who is coaxed back into action after learning of a plot to kill the president. USA Network picked up the pilot in August 2015 and ordered the pilot to series in February 2016.
The series was originally set to premiere on July 19, 2016, but was postponed a week to July 26, due to the July 7 Dallas shootings. Following the Baton Rouge police officer shootings on July 17, the series was pulled from USA's summer schedule entirely. On October 3, 2016, USA announced a new premiere date for Shooter, which premiered on November 15, 2016. On December 19, 2016, the series was renewed for a second season which is set to premiere on July 18, 2017.
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Main cast and characters
- Ryan Phillippe as Bob Lee Swagger, a highly trained Force Recon Marine and MARSOC CSO Scout Sniper
- Cynthia Addai-Robinson as Nadine Memphis, an FBI agent investigating Swagger
- Omar Epps as Isaac Johnson, a Secret Service Agent who is also a former Force Recon Marine captain, MARSOC CSO, and commanding officer of Swagger
- Eddie McClintock as Jack Payne, a figure involved in the conspiracy against Swagger
- Shantel VanSanten as Julie Swagger, Bob Lee's wife
- Harry Hamlin as Addison Hayes, a mysterious and powerful mastermind whose agenda will collide with Swagger
Broadcast
Shooter airs on Tuesdays at 10:00 pm on USA Network. The episodes are approximately forty-three minutes, and are broadcast in both high- and standard definition. In addition, the streaming service Netflix started to broadcast the series in certain regions worldwide, the first season weekly on November 15, 2016, with a one-day delay with respect to the original United States broadcast.
Series overview
| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First aired | Last aired | |||
| 1 | 10 | November 15, 2016 | January 17, 2017 | |
| 2 | TBA | July 18, 2017 | TBA | |
Episodes
Season 1 (2016–17)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | U.S. viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Point of Impact" | Simon Cellan Jones | Story by : John Hlavin Teleplay by : John Hlavin & Jonathan Lemkin | November 15, 2016 | 1.44 |
| Bob, a retired Marine Corps Sniper, is approached by Isaac, his former Captain, now in the secret service, to do some security work ahead the President's visit to Seattle. His job, scouting the venues for possible sniper nests because of credible threat. He can't prevent the shot from being taken. The visiting Ukrainian President is the victim and Bob is the fall guy. Nadine, a disgraced FBI agent, arrests Bob. | ||||||
| 2 | 2 | "Exfil" | Simon Cellan Jones | John Hlavin | November 22, 2016 | 1.25 |
| Awaiting arraignment Bob has to stay alive in federal prison, while the conspirators are trying to get him killed. During one of those botched attempts Bob manages to escape. He vows to do what he does best, hunt. | ||||||
| 3 | 3 | "Musa Qala" | Roxann Dawson | Adam E. Fierro | November 29, 2016 | 1.67 |
| Since Bob is out, he's subject of a manhunt. He's able to tell his wife that Isaac is part of the conspiracy and later gets help from a friend at VA to fake his own death and become a ghost. He trusts Nadine with this secret. | ||||||
| 4 | 4 | "Overwatch" | Simon Cellan Jones | T.J. Brady & Rasheed Newson | December 6, 2016 | 1.36 |
| In flashbacks we see what how Isaac got saved by Bob in Afghanistan in a plot to snatch a warlord for the CIA. Meanwhile the conspirators try to silence Nadine, who started asking the wrong questions. Bob is just in time to save her. | ||||||
| 5 | 5 | "Recon by Fire" | Adam Davidson | Dara Resnik | December 13, 2016 | 1.30 |
| Bob finds the original bullet used in the assassination and traces it back to a fringe militia. Even though they aren't the source for the bullet, they are preparing for something nefarious and Bob stops them. | ||||||
Season 2 (2017)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code | U.S. viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Ratings
| No. | Title | Air date | Rating/share (18–49) | Viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Point of Impact | November 15, 2016 | 0.5 | 1.44 |
| 2 | Exfil | November 22, 2016 | 0.4 | 1.25 |
| 3 | Musa Qala | November 29, 2016 | 0.5 | 1.67 |
| 4 | Overwatch | December 6, 2016 | 0.5 | 1.36 |
| 5 | Recon by Fire | December 13, 2016 | 0.4 | 1.30 |
