Coroner - Artistic Depictions - Television

Television

Although coroners are often depicted in police dramas as a source of information for detectives, there are a number of fictional coroners who have taken particular focus on television. (The following entries are alphabetized by program title.)

• Autopsy is a sub-series of HBO's America Undercover documentary series. Forensic pathologist Dr. Michael Baden is the primary analyst, and has been involved personally in many of the cases that are reviewed.
• The coroner is a significant character on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, CSI: Miami, and CSI: NY.
• The lead character in the television series Crossing Jordan is a medical examiner.
• The television series Da Vinci's Inquest has a coroner as its title character.
• Dr. G: Medical Examiner is a reality television show shown on the Discovery Fit & Health Channel that shows dramatic reenactments of autopsies performed by real-life medical examiner, Dr. Jan Garavaglia. Episodes also include interviews with Dr. Garavaglia, family members, and others connected with the cases Dr. Garavaglia has worked on in Florida and Texas.
• Dr. Donald "Ducky" Mallard, portrayed by actor David McCallum, is a fictional medical examiner on the American television crime drama NCIS.
• Sasha Alexander plays the title character of Dr. Maura Isles, MD on the TNT series Rizzoli & Isles, the Massachusetts Chief Medical Examiner.
• The television series Quincy, M.E. has a coroner as its title character.
• The American police procedural drama series Hawaii Five-0 features a coroner named Dr. Max Bergman, played by Japanese-American actor Masi Oka.
• The television series Wojeck (the Canadian ancestor of Quincy, M.E.) has a coroner as its title character, inspired by the coroner Dr. Morton Shulman.
• ABC's Body of Proof, starring Dana Delany as Dr. Megan Hunt, is about a medical examiner in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.