Murdoch Mysteries Renewed for 6th Season by CBC

Here's some good news.

Last month we reported that Citytv had canceled the historical crime drama Murdoch Mysteries, even though the series was popular with viewers.

Now we're learning that CBC has picked up the series, with production on the sixth season to begin in the spring of 2012.

Murdoch Mysteries is based on characters created by crime novelist Maureen Jennings, who featured William Murdoch, a turn-of-the-20th-century Toronto police detective played by Yannick Bisson in the television series, in seven mysteries published between 1997 and 2007. Her daughter, Christina Jennings, a producer on the show, says that "the series has many stories left to tell and that she looks forward to bringing the show to a national audience."

(Source: The Globe and Mail.)