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Murdoch Mysteries

''Murdoch Mysteries'' is a Canadian television drama series that premiered on Citytv on January 20, 2008, and currently airs on CBC. The series is based on characters from the ''Detective Murdoch'' novels by Maureen Jennings. It stars Yannick Bisson as Detective William Murdoch, a police detective working in Station House Number 4 in Toronto, Ontario starting in 1890, and including the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The series was titled ''The Artful Detective'' on the Ovation cable TV network in the United States, until season twelve.

The television series ''Murdoch Mysteries'' is an ensemble piece wherein several characters are featured and play off the main character of Detective Murdoch, and each other. The main characters have a chemistry, repartee, respect for and interactions with one another that attract television viewers. For seventeen seasons, those main characters were: Detective William Murdoch, Inspector Thomas Brackenreid, Constable George Crabtree and Dr. Julia Ogden (Murdoch's wife since season 8). "What have we George?" is a recurring question asked by Murdoch whenever they come upon the scene of a crime. As a Catholic, Detective Murdoch always makes the sign of the Cross whenever he sees a dead body.

The series confronts issues that are commonly dealt with in the late 20th century. By portraying employees of varying types as competent, the series deals positively with systemic prejudice including discrimination by religion, gender, race, and sexual orientation who were discriminated against in that time period,1890s-1910s.

In season 18, while highly unlikely around the time of the Chinese Boxer Rebellion in 1900, an oriental man is hired to replace Brackenreid as inspector. He is also older than everyone else. Instead of keeping the main characters static in their same roles, the inspector is promoted to chief constable. Murdoch and Crabtree were acting inspectors in the past, but did not get the job when it was open. It is a surprise when Murdoch does not take the job, after years of being kept from it due to his religion. Instead of having the constabulary promote from within, producers introduced a new Asian character that had never appeared in any previous episode, Inspector Albert Choi from Korea who has worked in the U.S.. Brackenreid still works with Murdoch as if he were still the inspector. Murdoch is the only character that is in every episode. Crabtree only appears four times in season 18. Dr. Ogden only appears in one two-part episode. Brackenreid appears in only seven episodes.Inspector Choi appears in all but six episodes of season 18.

The award-winning, popular series has lasted a generation, 19 years, and Bisson's now-adult daughter has played parts in a few episodes.

On May 1, 2025, the CBC announced that ''Murdoch Mysteries'' has been be renewed for a 19th season for an additional 21 episodes. Provided by Wikipedia