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| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 18(list of episodes) |
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| Running time | 40-44 minutes |
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| Network | Crackle |
| Release | January 17, 2013 (2013-01-17) – April 15, 2014 (2014-04-15) |
Chosen (stylized onscreen asCH:OS:EN accompanied by a ticking sound) is an American action-thriller television series fromBen Ketai and Ryan Lewis, airing via online streaming video serviceCrackle.[1] Each season consisted of six episodes released simultaneously: season one was released on January 17, 2013; season two was released on December 13 that same year; the third and final season was released on April 15, 2014. Two weeks later, Crackle announced it had renewed the series for a fourth season,[2] but no other information was released until series starMilo Ventimiglia tweeted, on June 20, 2016, that the fourth season would not be moving forward.[3]
A Chinese remake of the series premiered worldwide onNetflix in March 2018.[4]
Ian Mitchell is a lawyer, divorced from Laura and father of their young daughter Ellie. Ian receives a box containing a gun and a picture of a stranger, along with instructions to kill the pictured person. He is subsequently attacked by another stranger, and discovers that he has been chosen by a mysterious organization known as The Watchers to participate in a lethal game. Along with his daughter and ex-wife, Ian must deal with Jacob, another player forced into the game.
| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
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| 1 | 6 | January 17, 2013 (2013-01-17) | January 17, 2013 (2013-01-17) | |
| 2 | 6 | December 12, 2013 (2013-12-12) | December 26, 2013 (2013-12-26) | |
| 3 | 6 | April 15, 2014 (2014-04-15) | April 15, 2014 (2014-04-15) | |
All six episodes of season one ofChosen premiered inAustralia onFX on June 16, 2013.[5]All 18 episodes of the first three seasons ofChosen were aired inGermany on 13th Street on February 2, 2015, through March 9, 2015.[6]
A three-part Chinese adaptation was released oniQIYI in China and Taiwan in January 2018, and worldwide viaNetflix in March 2018.[4] The remake, a Chinese-Australian co-production set in Australia, follows the core plot of the series but makes changes to the characters; for example, the main character is a surgeon instead of a lawyer, portrayed byLan Cheng-lung. The series also stars Sam Hayden-Smith,Deng Jiajia and Jenny Zhou.