Ryan Hansen Solves Crimes on Television
{{short description|Television series}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox television
| image = RyanHansenTitleCard.png
| genre = Action comedy
| creator = {{nowrap|Rawson Marshall Thurber}}
| starring = Ryan Hansen
| composer = Joseph Shirley
| country = United States
| language = English
| num_seasons = 2
| num_episodes = 16
| list_episodes =
| executive_producer = {{Plainlist|
- Tracey Baird
- Beau Bauman
- Krysia Plonka
- Scott Stuber
- Rawson Marshall Thurber
}}
| producer = {{Plainlist|
- Stephanie Meurer
- Ryan Hansen
}}
| location =
| cinematography =
| editor =
| camera = Single-camera
| runtime = 23–33 minutes
| company = {{Plainlist|
- {{nowrap|Bluegrass Television No. 93}}
- {{nowrap|Thank You, Brain! Productions}}
- Bad Version
}}
| network = YouTube Premium
| first_aired = {{Start date|2017|10|25}}
| last_aired = {{End date|2019|01|30}}
}}
Ryan Hansen Solves Crimes on Television is an action comedy series created by Rawson Marshall Thurber and starring Ryan Hansen that premiered on October 25, 2017, on YouTube Red (now YouTube Premium). In July 2018, it was announced that the series had been renewed for a second season which premiered on January 30, 2019.
On April 10, 2019, YouTube canceled the series.{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/ryan-hansen-solves-crimes-on-television-champaign-ill-canceled-youtube-1203185818/|title='Ryan Hansen,' 'Champaign ILL' Canceled as YouTube Prepares for New Originals Strategy (EXCLUSIVE)|last=Schneider|first=Michael|date=2019-04-10|website=Variety|language=en|access-date=2019-04-10}}
Premise
Ryan Hansen Solves Crimes on Television is "set in a world where the LAPD thinks it’s a good idea to form a task force partnering actors with homicide detectives to take advantage of their “actor skills” and industry connections to help solve murders."{{cite web|last1=de Moraes|first1=Lisa |title='Ryan Hansen Solves Crimes On Television' Pokes Fun At Dick Wolf Procedurals, Creator Says|url=https://deadline.com/2017/08/ryan-hansen-solved-crimes-on-television-mocks-dick-wolf-cop-dramas-youtube-red-tca-1202142702/|website=Deadline Hollywood|accessdate=December 21, 2017|date=August 4, 2017}}
Cast and characters
=Main=
- Ryan Hansen as himself
=Recurring=
- Samira Wiley as Jessica Mathers
- Aly Michalka as Amy
- Wood Harris as Vince Vincente
- Evangeline Lindes as Crosby
- Noelle E Parker as Millie
- Jon Cryer as himself
- Sydney Brower as Everett
- Karen David as Priya
- Eric Christian Olsen as himself
- Barry Shabaka Henley as Captain Jackson #3 and #8
- Jessica St. Clair as Captain Lade'e
- Joel McHale as himself
- Donald Faison as himself
=Guest=
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- James McDaniel as Captain Jackson #1 ("Pilot")
- Steve Harris as Captain Jackson #2 ("Jane D'Oh!")
- Leslie David Baker as Captain Jackson #4 ("Trafficking and the Traffic King")
- Frankie Faison as Captain Jackson #5 ("Hungry for Justice")
- Mary Birdsong as Dorothy Montclair ("Hungry for Justice")
- Arielle Vandenberg as herself ("Joel McHale Is: Ryan Hansen")
- Yvette Nicole Brown as Captain Jackson #7 ("Freezed")
- Kristen Bell as herself ("Freezed")
- Peter Berg as himself ("Eight Is the New Se7en")
- Ken Marino as himself ("The Office Party")
- Amanda Cerny as herself ("Like and Subscribe")
- Jillian Bell as herself ("The Ry Chromosome")
- Lucy Hale as herself ("The Ry Chromosome")
- Rob Corddry as himself ("For Your Inconsideration")
- Jane Lynch as herself ("For Your Inconsideration")
- Ben Schwartz as himself ("Execution Dependent")
- Dax Shepard as himself ("Execution Dependent")
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Episodes
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| episodes2 = 8
| released2 = {{Start date|2019|1|30}}
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=Season 1 (2017)=
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 1
|EpisodeNumber2 = 1
|Title = Pilot
|DirectedBy = Rawson Marshall Thurber
|WrittenBy = Rawson Marshall Thurber
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|10|25}}
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|EpisodeNumber2 = 2
|Title = Jane D'Oh!
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 3
|EpisodeNumber2 = 3
|Title = Joel McHale Is: Ryan Hansen
|DirectedBy = Tristram Shapeero
|WrittenBy = Adam Cole-Kelly & Sam Pitman
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|10|25}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 4
|EpisodeNumber2 = 4
|Title = Trafficking and the Traffic King
|DirectedBy = Tristram Shapeero
|WrittenBy = Matteo Borghese & Rob Turbovsky
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|10|25}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 5
|EpisodeNumber2 = 5
|Title = Hungry For Justice
|DirectedBy = Tristram Shapeero
|WrittenBy = Matteo Borghese & Rob Turbovsky
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|10|25}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 6
|EpisodeNumber2 = 6
|Title = Escape Room Escapades
|DirectedBy = Tristram Shapeero
|WrittenBy = Paul Fruchbom
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|10|25}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 7
|EpisodeNumber2 = 7
|Title = Freezed
|DirectedBy = Tristram Shapeero
|WrittenBy = Jackie Clarke
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 8
|EpisodeNumber2 = 8
|Title = Eight is the New Se7en
|DirectedBy = Tristram Shapeero
|WrittenBy = Joel Church-Cooper
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|10|25}}
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=Season 2 (2019)=
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 9
|EpisodeNumber2 = 1
|Title = Revival
|DirectedBy = Rawson Marshall Thurber
|WrittenBy = Sam Sklaver
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|1|30}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 10
|EpisodeNumber2 = 2
|Title = The Office Party
|DirectedBy = Jeff Wadlow
|WrittenBy = Paul Fruchbom
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|1|30}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 11
|EpisodeNumber2 = 3
|Title = Like and Subscribe
|DirectedBy = Jeff Wadlow
|WrittenBy = Matteo Borghese & Rob Turbovsky
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|1|30}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 12
|EpisodeNumber2 = 4
|Title = I'm Sorry, She "Class" Passed
|DirectedBy = Jeff Wadlow
|WrittenBy = Ari Berkowitz
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|1|30}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 13
|EpisodeNumber2 = 5
|Title = The Ry Chromosome
|DirectedBy = Jeff Wadlow
|WrittenBy = Molly Prather
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|1|30}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 14
|EpisodeNumber2 = 6
|Title = For Your Inconsideration
|DirectedBy = Jeff Wadlow
|WrittenBy = Chadd Gindin
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|1|30}}
|ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 15
|EpisodeNumber2 = 7
|Title = The Ry Guy Goes to Jail
|DirectedBy = Beau Bauman
|WrittenBy = Matteo Borghese & Rob Turbovsky
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|1|30}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 16
|EpisodeNumber2 = 8
|Title = Execution Dependent
|DirectedBy = Rawson Marshall Thurber
|WrittenBy = Shawn Ries
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|1|30}}
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Production
=Development=
On June 22, 2017, it was announced that YouTube had given the production a series order for a first season consisting of eight episodes. The series was created by director Rawson Marshall Thurber who was set to executive produce alongside Scott Stuber, Beau Bauman, Krysia Plonka and Tracey Baird. Ryan Hansen was expected to serve as a producer.{{cite web|last1=Petski|first1=Denise|title=YouTube Red Greenlights Two New Comedy Series Toplined By Ryan Hansen & Rob Huebel|url=https://deadline.com/2017/06/youtube-red-comedy-series-ryan-hansen-rob-huebel-kristen-bell-joel-mchale-jon-cryer-1202118510/|website=Deadline Hollywood|accessdate=December 21, 2017|date=June 22, 2017}} On July 27, 2018, it was announced that the series had been renewed for a second season expected to premiere in 2019.{{cite web |last1=Nakamura |first1=Reid |title=Ryan Hansen's YouTube Comedy Renewed for Season 2 |url=https://www.thewrap.com/ryan-hansen-youtube-comedy-renewed-for-season-2/ |website=TheWrap |accessdate=July 27, 2018 |date=July 27, 2018}} On December 17, 2018, it was announced that season two would premiere on January 30, 2019.{{cite web |last1=Keene |first1=Allison |title='Ryan Hansen Solves Crimes on Television' Returns with Season 2 Trailer |url=https://collider.com/ryan-hansen-solves-crimes-on-television-season-2-trailer/ |website=Collider |accessdate=December 17, 2018 |date=December 17, 2018}}
=Casting=
Alongside the series order announcement, it was confirmed that the series would star Ryan Hansen with guest stars including Joel McHale, Jon Cryer, and Kristen Bell, among others.
=Filming=
Principal photography for season two began on July 26, 2018 in Los Angeles, California.{{cite web |title=Thursday, July 26 Filming Locations for John Wick 3, Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, & more! - On Location Vacations |url=https://onlocationvacations.com/2018/07/25/thursday-july-26-filming-locations-for-john-wick-3-once-upon-a-time-in-hollywood-more/ |website=On Location Vacations |accessdate=July 27, 2018 |date=July 25, 2018}}
Reception
Ryan Hansen Solves Crimes on Television has received mixed reviews from critics at launch. On Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating to reviews, the series has a weighted average score of 56 out of 100, based on 5 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".{{cite web|title=Ryan Hansen Solves Crimes on Television: Season 1 - Metacritic|url=https://www.metacritic.com/tv/ryan-hansen-solves-crimes-on-television|website=Metacritic|accessdate=December 21, 2017}} Mike Hale of The New York Times said in a mixed review, "Solves Crimes has potential, but its problem is hard-wired into its premise and its venue: You wish that someone more interesting to watch than Mr. Hansen were at the center of it. There’s no compelling reason to watch, but you might get a kick out of it."{{cite web|last1=Hale|first1=Mike|title=Review: On YouTube, 'Ryan Hansen Solves Crimes on Television'|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/24/arts/television/ryan-hansen-solves-crimes-youtube-red-review.html?_r=0|website=The New York Times|accessdate=December 21, 2017|date=October 24, 2017}} Dan Fienberg of The Hollywood Reporter commented that the show is "bloated and sloppy and amateurish in a way that occasionally rises to the level of 'gleeful,' but it's occasionally hilarious and delivers a much more scathing, granular and detailed satire of the television business and Hollywood fame than the facile yuks of Showtime's departed, overpraised Episodes."{{cite web |last1=Fienberg |first1=Daniel |title='Ryan Hansen Solves Crimes on Television': TV Review |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/ryan-hansen-solves-crimes-television-review-1051601 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |accessdate=July 27, 2018 |language=en |date=October 25, 2017}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRHlIUUZnPDTIe4io3rv0bA Official YouTube Channel]
- {{IMDb title|7068580}}
{{YouTube Premium}}
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