Troppo (TV series)
Troppo is an Australian television crime drama series starring Thomas Jane and Nicole Chamoun. The first season premiered on ABC TV on 27 February 2022. The show's second season premiered on 5 July 2024 on ABC TV and iview, with Amazon Prime Video and Amazon Freevee both airing it from 25 July 2024.
Premise
Troppo is based on the best-selling novel Crimson Lake by Candice Fox, in which a former police officer helps a private investigator look for a missing man in Far North Queensland.Production
The series was created by Yolanda Ramke, and Jocelyn Moorhouse is set-up director. Karl Zwicky is the series producer, with executive producers AGC's Stuart Ford and Lourdes Diaz; Thomas Jane and Courtney Lauren Penn ; ABC's Sally Riley and Andrew Gregory; EQ Media Group's Greg Quail, Simonne Overend and Lisa Duff; Beyond Entertainment's Mikael Borglund and David Ogilvy; and Jack Christian and D.J. McPherson.The eight-part series was filmed in the Gold Coast hinterland of Queensland, Australia, although the story is set in Far North Queensland. Filming concluded in October 2021.
Screen Queensland announced the completion of filming of Season Two on 16 October 2023, with the second series to be set six months after the first season.
Release
The series premiered on ABC TV and ABC iview in Australia on 27 February 2022. In the United States, IMDb TV picked up the series, and it premiered on 20 May 2022.The show's second season premiered on 5 July 2024 on ABC TV and iView, with Amazon Prime and Freevee both airing it simultaneously from 25 July 2024.
Viewership
| Ep | Airdate | Ref | ||||
| 1 | 27 February 2022 | 353,000 | 12 | 806,000 | 8 | |
| 2 | 6 March 2022 | 263,000 | 14 | 562,000 | 11 | |
| 3 | 13 March 2022 | 222,000 | 15 | 456,000 | 13 | |
| 4 | 20 March 2022 | 236,000 | 14 | 486,000 | 12 | |
| 5 | 27 March 2022 | 208,000 | 20 | 439,000 | 14 | |
| 6 | 3 April 2022 | 411,000 | 15 | |||
| 7 | 10 April 2022 | 219,000 | 19 | 407,000 | 15 | |
| 8 | 17 April 2022 | 211,000 | 12 | 409,000 | 9 |