(Courtesy of CBC)
It looks like The Artful Detective TV show will be renewed for season 12 on Ovation TV, with a start date TBD. Back home in Canada, the series goes by the title The Murdoch Mysteries, on CBC, where the season 11 finale just aired, last week. Now, showrunner Peter Mitchell, writer Mary Pederson, and star Hélène Joy are already teasing the 12th installment.
An Ovation Victorian mystery drama, The Artful Detective stars Yannick Bisson, Hélène Joy, Jonny Harris, Thomas Craig, Lachlan Murdoch, Georgina Reilly, Kristian Bruun, Arwen Humphreys, and Mouna Traoré. The Canadian mystery drama centers on William Murdoch (Bisson) — a good-looking, innovative Toronto detective. Murdoch uses fingerprinting, UV Light, and trace evidence in his investigations. Working alongside him to crack the city’s grizzliest murders are pathologist Dr. Julia Ogden (Joy) and Constable George Crabtree (Harris) — Murdoch’s righthand man.
Greg David, of the Canadian website, TV, eh? talked to Mitchell, Pederson, and Joy discuss the season 11 finale and the upcoming 12th season. Check it out.
What excites you about Season 12?
Hélène Joy: I get excited because the writers always blow me away. I hear little rumblings about what Julia these things that Julia will be doing this year and I’m like, ‘Oh! Who would have thought?!’ Of course, I can’t tell you!
Peter, will there be a time jump between Season 11’s finale and Season 12’s debut?
Peter Mitchell: Yup. Normally, we pick it up three or four months later and I think that’s so we can start off on a fresh foot while doing some housekeeping as to what happened last year.
Any storylines you’re working on that you can talk about?
Peter Mitchell: We have an idea that Julia and Murdoch might be writing a book together, which could be fun. We might actually find George’s girl of his dreams this year. There might be some interesting developments in the Brackenreid household and the wedding bells will indeed ring for Henry Higgins. I think we might have Alexander Graham Bell back—he’s a fun character—and introduce the architect Frank Lloyd Wright … a couple historical figures we haven’t seen yet and a couple we’ve seen in the past. We’re just getting started.
While Ovation hasn’t announced a season 12 renewal for The Artful Detective, sometimes US cable networks don’t announce renewals for the Canadian series they run. We find out about it, when they announce the new season premiere date. Ovation first picked up the series in 2013, and since then has run all of the seasons, to date.
What do you think? Are you a fan of The Murdoch Mysteries, i.e. The Artful Detective TV series? Do you plan to check out season 12 on Ovation or CBC? Let us know, below.
Love Murdoch et.al I sure hope there will be a Season 12. I hope there are more of the story types where Murdoch envisions the crime scene as he did in earlier seasons, plus he used his scientific studies to help solve mysteries ala CSI in the earlier seasons as well Hope to see more of both in Season 12
I love the Artful Detective.
My family watch it faithfully.
I’ve got friends and relatives watching it as well.
We’ve all seen every episode from season 1 through recent showings. Now we wait til season 12 comes hopefully in January or February 2019.
Love this show
Thanks to all the writers, costumes people, directors and actors that make the show perfect entertainment for families and keeping us on our toes for the solutions of the mysteries.
I’m wondering why was the mobile version and the American TV version of episode ‘the Accident ‘different.
I watched the fantastic Acorn viewing of the Accident but when the show was offered in the US it was a completely different episode called the Accident. Why?
The one with the man caught between the car and the truck was a heartfelt tear jerker.
I absolutely love this show and I’m so glad to know it will continue for Season 12. I feel as though the characters are personal friends. I watch it on Ovation as the “Artful Detective.”
Love this series! Great plot and character development and wonderful acting.
I’m totally hooked. Love the story lines. Best series that I have followed. I’m a history buff, and love you intertwining real history with the story line. I particularly like the Sherlock Holmes character. I’m hoping he will be another repeat. I live in South Carolina, USA…but pretty much just watch BBC and Acorn. I like stories that work the mind…not turn it to mush. Thank you for great programming….and thank you for the happy couple (The Murdochs). Exciting scripts and fantastic cast of characters. You make me do research if I’m not familiar with the history in the story….again-… Read more »
Please keep the artful detective many more seasons !!! We love it!!!
I’m glad murdock mystery has been renewed for a 12th season I love I don’t miss an episode I recorded it all can’t wait .
I’m thrilled that Murdoch Mysteries have been renewed for a 12th season. We absolutely love them and all the characters in the show. Of course, being in the US, we get them so much later than folks do in Canada, but it’s always worth the wait!
Pauline Mc Donnell . Love Murdoch Mysteries and do hope that there will be many many more new seasons to watch . We get it on Alibi here in Dublin Ireland
Why do they have to stop production every year? They should just keep making episodes all year long. We need a 52 week season of Murdoch Mysteries.
my favorite of all shows…hands down
I love, love, love this show! Can’t wait for new episodes!! Season 12 hurry up!!!
An excellent series with inventive scripts and an excellent cast of actors.
Excellent show. We see it here in the USA on Ovation. Can’t imagine why they wouldn’t renew!