(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.
I enjoy the series and hope you will have many more episodes!!
We love watching this show on acorn, please keep making episodes!!!
we soooooooooooooooooooooo enjoy the Artful Detective. can’t wait for the new season to begin.
Is there going to be Season 13? Please say yes.
Murdoch Mysteries are among the very best crime dramas ever offered. Just bought all 11 seasons to make sure we did not miss any.
I am anxious for Season 12. Murdock has been missing from our TV for over a year. I can’t wait. (Apparently Murdock and Julia have made up?)
Murdoch is one of my favorite shows. I live in WA state and I do get Ovation.
Only ONE episode of the 2018 season showed! I thought maybe the first episode was a teaser & they’d come back but they didn’t.
Is there a network where I *can* catch the 2018 episodes? Will there be a 2019 season?
Acorn. I watched them all there… but there is a time delay. It doesn’t show up for a few months after it’s finished airing in Canada. I think it starts on Acorn on March 26th? I usually wait until most of them are available before I start watching. Looking forward to the next season!
I also just discovered that my local library has ALL previous seasons (and specials) for free through Hoopla. Just got on board with that. Wish I knew sooner!
i love the way the show adds tidbits of actual historic people and inventions and uses them to make an almost believable story. i wish they would bring Emily back.
I love Artful Detective… have recorded all episodes. Can’t wait to see season 12 on Ovation.
Looking forward to the new season. Have been a fan since the first episode. I like how they are able to combine the past with the future uses of technology.
Looking forward to next season. So glad it will be renewed.
Am loooking forward for season 12.
This is a wonderful series…so happy it will be back.
love, love artful detective. I have my Canadian friend call me every Monday to let me know about the Murdock episode. I can hardly wait for it to come to ovation. why do we have to wait
I love this show & wil watch each episode several times. I would love to sell the series from the begining at the start of each new season. I did manage to see most of the whole series on Ovation a few years back & hope to see them all run again every year . Sadly I have been disappointed since then ,, but hope springs eternal… After all network people, new viewers may be joining your audience all the time. Think about it, eh.
You can watch any episode (except latest season) on Acorn, or through your library and Hoopla. The latest season will start on Acorn in March. You can watch previous episodes there as you prepare to watch the latest season.