FAN-FAVORITE PERIOD CRIME DRAMA, "MURDOCH MYSTERIES," RETURNS TO ACORN TV MONDAY, MARCH 2

New Season Features Exciting Guest Stars Including Sally Lindsay (The Madame Blanc Mysteries), Musician Steven Page, Amber Marshall (Heartland), and the Return of The Real Housewives of New York's Countess Luann de Lesseps

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NEW YORK - February 4, 2026 - AMC Networks' Acorn TV, the leading streamer for compelling international crime dramas and murder mysteries, announced today that fan-favorite period detective drama, Murdoch Mysteries, will debut Monday, March 2 in the US. New episodes will drop weekly on Mondays. Set in Toronto in the early 1900s during the age of invention, Detective William Murdoch (Yannick Bisson, Casino Jack, Baking All the Way) uses radical forensic techniques to solve some of the city's most gruesome murders. Season 19 of the top-rated and internationally acclaimed series continues to delight with a host of puzzling mysteries, surprising guest stars, and the comic moments that make the show so beloved.

The new season, consisting of 21 episodes, will see a bevy of notable guest stars such as Sally Lindsay (The Madame Blanc Mysteries, Coronation Street), Amber Marshall (Heartland), Dave Foley (The Kids in the Hall, Fargo), musician Steven Page, Jason Mewes (Clerks, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back), and the return of Countess Luann de Lesseps, an original cast member of The Real Housewives of New York City.

Cases this season include the murder of a fashion mogul that everyone had reason to kill; Murdoch participating in a game show that turns lethal; wild animal attacks in High Park; and a dangerous stand-off when customers are taken hostage at a roadside inn. Murdoch and Brackenreid (Thomas Craig, Coronation Street, The Paradise Club) even solve a murder with the help of famous sharpshooter Annie Oakley (Marshall), and while working another case, fight spies atop of a speeding train headed towards the nation's capital.

Returning cast members include Award-winning actor Paul Sun-Hyung Lee (The Mandalorian, Avatar: The Last Airbender, Kim's Convenience) as Inspector Albert Choi, Thomas Craig (Coronation Street, The Paradise Club) as Inspector Thomas Brackenreid, Jonny Harris (Still Standing) as Constable George Crabtree, Lachlan Murdoch (Copper) as Constable Henry Higgins-Newsome, Kataem O'Connor (40 Acres, Zury) as Teddy Roberts, Daniel Maslany (Impulse, My Dead Mom) as Detective Llewelyn Watts, Shanice Banton (Race, Degrassi: The Next Generation) as Violet Hart, Arwen Humphreys (Rookie Blue) as Margaret Brackenreid, and Clare McConnell (Star Trek: Discovery) as Effie Crabtree.

Murdoch Mysteries is based on Maureen Jennings's popular Detective Murdoch series of novels and premiered in Canada in January 2008. Murdoch Mysteries is executive produced by Christina Jennings, Scott Garvie, Yannick Bisson, Simon McNabb, and Peter Mitchell, who also serves as showrunner, and produced by Jeremy Hood and Julie Lacey. Murdoch Mysteries is developed and produced by Shaftesbury in association with CBC, ITV STUDIOS, and UKTV, and with the participation of the Canada Media Fund, the IPF's COGECO Television Production Fund, the Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit, and Ontario Creates. Shaftesbury Sales Company and ITV STUDIOS hold worldwide distribution rights for the series.

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AMC Networks' Acorn TV is the leading streaming service for brilliant mysteries and suspense-driven dramas. Experience the world's best stories, from the criminally cozy to the daringly dark and get wrapped up in brilliant mysteries as Acorn TV adds exclusive programming every week to a deep library - all commercial-free. Acorn TV's recent slate is comprised of acclaimed commissioned and original series including popular UK detective drama Harry Wild (Jane Seymour), Signora Volpe (Emilia Fox), The Chelsea Detective (Adrian Scarborough), New Zealand detective series My Life Is Murder (Lucy Lawless), acclaimed Irish crime thriller Bloodlands (James Nesbitt, co-executive produced by Jed Mercurio), British crime drama Whitstable Pearl (Kerry Godliman), Kiwi romantic comedy Under the Vines (Rebecca Gibney, Charles Edwards) and British detective drama Dalgliesh (Bertie Carvel), to name a few. Current and upcoming Acorn TV Original Series include crime drama Art Detectives (Stephen Moyer), Irish Blood (Alicia Silverstone), Murder Before Evensong (Matthew Lewis), You're Killing Me (Brooke Shields) and many more. The above add to a growing catalog of popular bingeable dramas including Jack Irish (Guy Pearce), Doc Martin (Martin Clunes), Deadwater Fell (David Tennant, Cush Jumbo) and all 24 seasons of fan-favorite Midsomer Murders, among others.   

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