Amazon Prime Video Greenlights Season Six of Longest-Running Prime Original Bosch
Based on the best-selling Michael Connelly novels, Bosch season five is currently in production and will launch in 2019
LOS ANGELES—November 14, 2018—Amazon today announced it has greenlit a sixth season of the longest-running Prime Original, Bosch. Season five of the Emmy-nominated series is currently in production, and will launch on Amazon Prime Video in 2019. Bosch is produced by Fabrik Entertainment, a Red Arrow Studios company.
Based on Michael Connelly’s best-selling novels, the one-hour series Bosch stars Titus Welliver (Lost) as homicide Detective Harry Bosch, Jamie Hector (The Wire) as Detective Jerry Edgar, Amy Aquino (Being Human) as Lt. Grace Billets, Madison Lintz (The Walking Dead) as Maddie Bosch and Lance Reddick (The Wire) as Deputy Chief Irvin Irving.
Season four has an average customer rating of 4.8, with 91% 5 star reviews. Here’s what customers have been saying:
- “Don’t start watching if you have plans to do anything else that day.”
- “KEEP EM COMIN!! Top notch from top to bottom as usual! Outstanding series!”
- “Wow! This is the best season yet. There were so many twists and turns, excited for season 5.”
“Bosch is a customer and critical favorite and Amazon Prime members are fans of this long-running series that delivers strong storytelling, complex characters, and exceptional performances. We are happy to continue to work with Fabrik, Michael Connelly, and the rest of the team on this artful procedural drama,” said Albert Cheng, Co-Head of Television, Amazon Studios.
Michael Connelly said, “I’m on the set where we are wrapping up the filming of season 5, and now this great news that we get to do it again with a sixth season. Can’t wait!”
“One of the best things about producing a television show is that rare moment when you get to tell your entire cast and crew that the show is returning for another season,” said Fabrik Entertainment CEO Henrik Bastin, who also executive produces the series. “I just informed the entire Bosch family that we’re coming back for a sixth season and it has brought us all pure joy. A BIG thanks to Team Amazon for being such a great creative partner.”
“Bosch is Amazon Prime Video’s longest-running drama and continues to be a huge hit, thrilling audiences around the world season after season,” said Henrik Pabst, President of Red Arrow Studios International, the TV distribution arm of Red Arrow Studios. “We are delighted the show is returning for Season Six.”
Bosch was developed for television by Eric Overmyer (Treme, The Wire, Homicide: Life on the Streets) and is executive produced by Daniel Pyne (Backstabbing For Beginners, Fracture, The Manchurian Candidate),Overmyer, Bastin (The 100 Code, American Odyssey, The Comedians), Pieter Jan Brugge (Heat, The Insider, The Clearing), John Mankiewicz, Connelly, Pabst, Jan David Frouman and Elle Johnson. Welliver also serves as Producer.
