ABC and CBS announced their mid-season replacement schedules today, and several mystery series previously announced now have firm premiere dates.
From an ABC press release, two mystery series are slated to debut. (Actually, one is a crime drama, the other more of a comedy drama.)
Castle is a one hour drama based on a famous crime and horror novelist who helps the NYPD homicide department solve crimes. Wildly famous mystery novelist Richard Castle (Nathan Fillion), who is bored with his own success, learns that a real-world copycat killer has started staging murder scenes depicted in his novels. Rick is soon questioned by NYPD Detective Kate Beckett (Stana Katic), a very bright, aggressive detective who keeps her investigations under tight rein. Rick and Kate's styles instantly clash, yet sparks begin to fly, leading both to danger and a hint of romance as Castle steps in to help find the killer. And once that case is solved, he and Beckett build upon their new relationship as they look to solve strange homicides in New York - as much fun as one can have with death and murder. Castle is kept grounded by his Broadway diva mother, Martha Rodgers (Susan Sullivan) and quick-witted teenage daughter Alexis (Molly Quinn). The series premieres Monday, March 09, 2009, at 10 PM ET.
View the trailer for Castle below:
In The Unusuals, it helps if a cop has a twisted sense of humor, because every moment could be your last. Just ask Casey Shraeger (Amber Tamblyn), who started her day as an NYPD vice detective before unexpectedly being transferred to the homicide division. She quickly realizes that, not only does everyone in her new department have a distinct sense of humor, but also their own dirty little secrets. The series also stars Jeremy Renner as Detective Jason Walsh, Harold Perrineau as Detective Leo Banks, Josh Close as Detective Henry Cole, Monique Gabriela Curnen as Detective Allison Beaumont, Kai Lennox as Detective Eddie Alvarez, with Terry Kinney as Sergeant Harvey Brown and Adam Goldberg as Detective Eric Delahoy. The series premieres Wednesday, April 08, 2009, at 10 PM ET.
From a CBS press release, what is being called a 13-episode "mystery event" has been scheduled as has a returning series.
Harper's Island is about a group of family and friends who travel to a secluded island for a destination wedding. They've come to laugh ... to love ... and, though they don't know it ... to die. As the wedding festivities begin, friendships are tested and secrets exposed as a murderer claims victims, one by one, transforming the wedding week of fun and celebration into a terrifying struggle for survival. In every episode, someone is killed and every person is a suspect, from the wedding party to the island locals. By the end of the 13 episodes, all questions will be answered, the killer will be revealed and only a few will survive. The series premieres Thursday, April 09, 2009, at 10 PM ET and concludes Thursday, July 02, 2009.
View the trailer for Harper's Island below:
In addition, Flashpoint, which debuted last summer, returns Friday, January 09, 2009, at 9 PM ET. The series depicts the emotional journey into the tough, risk-filled lives of a group of cops in the Strategic Response Unit (inspired by Toronto's Emergency Task Force).
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