The Expanse Genre Space opera Mystery Science fiction Based on The Expanse series of novels by James S. A. Corey Developed by Mark Fergus Hawk Ostby Starring Thomas Jane Steven Strait Cas Anvar Dominique Tipper Wes Chatham Paulo Costanzo Florence Faivre Shawn Doyle Shohreh Aghdashloo Frankie Adams Composer(s) Clinton Shorter Country of origin United States Original language(s) English No. of seasons 1 No. of episodes 10 (list of episodes) Production Executive producer(s) Broderick Johnson Andrew Kosove Sharon Hall Sean Daniel Jason F. Brown Mark Fergus Hawk Ostby Naren Shankar Producer(s) Daniel Abraham Ty Franck Lynn Raynor Ben Cook Dan Nowak Location(s) Toronto, Canada Running time 42–44 minutes Production company(s) Penguin in a Parka SeanDanielCo Alcon Entertainment Distributor NBCUniversal Television Distribution Release Original network Syfy Picture format 480i 1080i (HDTV) Audio format Stereo Original release November 23, 2015 (2015-11-23) – present External links Website