Cra$h and Burn is the first one-hour original drama series solely commissioned by Showcase, and we are very excited for its broadcast debut on Wednesday, November 18 at 9pm ET/PT. Before we go on, though, feast your eyes:
Frankly, that poster should be ample initiative for you to TiVo the whole thing immediately, but while you're here, we should also tell you that this 13-part series follows streetwise insurance adjuster Jimmy Burn (pictured, played by Luke Kirby of Tell Me You Love Me and Slings & Arrows fame) as he navigates the crooked corporate world of big insurance while taking down the con artists that make a living claim by claim in a city-wide organized crime ring. Scary. Between shady clients, shifty lawyers, backstabbing coworkers and, you know, the Russian mob, Jimmy has to deal with more than his share of obstacles in his quest for a quiet, stable existence.
Aside from Kirby, the cast also features Leela Savasta (Battlestar Galactica, Intelligence) as Lucia Silva, Jimmy’s feisty social worker fiancée; Caroline Cave (The L Word; This Beautiful City) as Catherine Scott, the company’s beautiful and cunning in-house lawyer; Clark Johnson (The Wire, Homicide: Life on the Street, also an Emmy-nominated director on The Shield) as Walker Hearn, a veteran insurance investigator and Steve Bacic (The Guard, Andromeda) as Korkov, a conman and Russian Mafioso hustling to scam the system.
Cra$h & Burn is executive produced by Paul Gross and Frank Siracusa, as well as Malcolm MacRury (ZOS: Zone of Separation, Deadwood). MacRury also serves as the series’ creator and showrunner.
Last, but not least, the Cra$h & Burn web presence launching in a few days will be the most elaborate and exciting show site that Showcase has ever seen. Stay tuned.