The Spencer Sisters

Last updated
The Spencer Sisters
Genre
Created byAlan McCullough
Starring Lea Thompson
Stacey Farber
ComposersRyan McLarnon and Rob Melamed
Country of originCanada
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes10
Production
Production locations Winnipeg, Manitoba
Production companies eOne Canada
Buffalo Gal
Original release
Network CTV
ReleaseJanuary 29 (2023-01-29) 
April 21, 2023 (2023-04-21)

The Spencer Sisters is a Canadian drama television series that premiered January 29, 2023 on CTV. [1] The series stars Lea Thompson and Stacey Farber as Victoria and Darby Spencer, respectively; a mother and daughter duo who are thrust into investigating crimes in their home town of Alder Bluffs. [2] In May 2024, the series was cancelled after one season. [3]

Contents

Premise

When her daughter Darby unexpectedly returns home (having resigned from her career as a police officer in protest of being overlooked), famed mystery novelist Victoria Spencer decides to finally pursue her dream of being a private detective. The two women form the Spencer Sisters Detective Agency (capitalizing on the fact that Victoria is often mistaken for Darby's sister as opposed to her mother) and start tackling a variety of cases in the fictional town of Alder Bluffs.

Cast and characters

Main

Recurring

Guest appearances by Samuel Wexler, Paul Popowich, Andrew Bushell, Cindy Sampson, Seán Cullen, Matt Wells, Alex Ozerov, Jennifer Hui, Nancy Sorel, Mercedes Morris, Julius Cho, Mika Amonsen, Daniel Kash, Paul Essiembre, Tova Epp, Zarrin Darnell-Martin, Hazel and Joel Baez Silvestre. [1]

Episodes

No.Title [4] Directed byWritten byOriginal air date [4]
1"The Scholar's Snafu" April Mullen Alan McCulloughJanuary 29, 2023 (2023-01-29)
2"The Executive's Elegy"April MullenJessie GabeFebruary 17, 2023 (2023-02-17)
3"The Coder's Calamity" David Wellington Jennica HarperFebruary 24, 2023 (2023-02-24)
4"The Restauranteur's Ruin"David WellingtonJenn EngelsMarch 3, 2023 (2023-03-03)
5"The Decorator's Debacle" Joyce Wong Evany RosenMarch 10, 2023 (2023-03-10)
6"The Winemaker's Woe"Joyce WongNathalie YounglaiMarch 17, 2023 (2023-03-17)
7"The Lawyer's Lament"Melanie OrrJason Ip & Rosa LabordeMarch 24, 2023 (2023-03-24)
8"The Virtuoso's Vexation"Melanie OrrJennica HarperMarch 31, 2023 (2023-03-31)
9"The Diva's Disaster"Douglas MitchellJenn EngelsApril 14, 2023 (2023-04-14)
10"The Runaway's Regret" Amanda Tapping Alan McCulloughApril 21, 2023 (2023-04-21)

Production

Filming

The series was shot in summer 2022 in various locations in southern Manitoba including Winnipeg. At least one episode was partially filmed in Dundas, Ontario. [5]

International broadcast

On May 11, 2023, it was announced that The CW Network picked up the series for the fall 2023 lineup. [6] It premiered on October 4, 2023. [7]

On October 13, 2023, it was announced that the show was licensed to Warner Bros. Discovery in France, NBCUniversal in Germany, Japan’s Wowow, Disney (Middle East and Portugal), Play Media (Belgium), TV Joj (Slovakia) and Tet/Telia (Baltics). [8]

Related Research Articles

<i>Cold Case</i> American police procedural television series (2003–2010)

Cold Case is an American police procedural crime drama television series. It ran on CBS from September 28, 2003, to May 2, 2010. The series revolved around a fictionalized Philadelphia Police Department division that specializes in investigating cold cases, usually homicides.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Stacey Farber</span> Canadian actress (born 1987)

Stacey Farber is a Canadian actress. She played Ellie Nash in seasons 2 through 8 of the television series Degrassi: The Next Generation. From 2010 to 2011, she starred in the CBC series 18 to Life. From 2014 to 2017, she played Sydney Katz on the Canadian medical drama Saving Hope, and since 2023 she has had a lead role on The Spencer Sisters. Stacey has also recurred on the Netflix drama series Virgin River and The CW superhero series Superman & Lois.

<i>Night Heat</i> Canadian police crime television series

Night Heat is a Canadian police crime drama series that aired on both CTV in Canada and CBS in the United States. Original episodes were broadcast from 1985 to 1989. Night Heat was the first Canadian original drama series that was also aired on a United States television network during its original broadcast. It was also the first original, first-run drama series to be aired during a late night time slot on a television network in the United States.

Al Mukadam is a Canadian actor. He is known for his performance as Ray Brennan in the Family Channel television series Radio Free Roscoe (2003–2005).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tom Ellis (actor)</span> Welsh actor (born 1978)

Thomas John Ellis is a Welsh actor. He first became known for playing Gary Preston in the BBC One sitcom Miranda (2009–2015) before achieving wider recognition for his role as Lucifer Morningstar in the Fox urban fantasy series Lucifer (2016–2021), a role he reprised in the Arrowverse franchise's "Crisis on Infinite Earths" crossover (2019).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Katherine LaNasa</span> American actress

Katherine LaNasa is an American actress. She starred in films Jayne Mansfield's Car, The Campaign, and The Frozen Ground. On television, LaNasa had a leading role in the NBC sitcom Three Sisters (2001–2002) and Truth be Told (2019–23), appeared in recurring roles on Judging Amy, Two and a Half Men, Big Love and Longmire, and starred in the short-lived dramas Love Monkey (2006), Deception (2013), Satisfaction (2014–15) and Imposters (2017–18). In 2020, LaNasa portrayed Gloria Grandbilt in the musical dramedy series Katy Keene.

<i>The Campbells</i> Scottish-Canadian television drama series

The Campbells is a period drama television drama series produced by Scottish Television, an affiliate of British television network ITV, and Canadian television network CTV which ran from 1986 to 1990. The series starred Malcolm Stoddard as James Campbell, a Scottish doctor living in 1830s Upper Canada with his three children, seventeen-year-old Neil, fourteen-year old Emma and eleven-year-old John. Cedric Smith played their neighbor, Captain Sims.

<i>18 to Life</i> Canadian sitcom television series

18 to Life is a Canadian sitcom television series that debuted on January 4, 2010, on CBC. The series was shown in Quebec on Vrak.TV with the title Majeurs et mariés.

<i>Cult</i> (TV series) 2013 American TV series or program

Cult is an American mystery psychological thriller television series created by Rockne S. O'Bannon that ran on The CW from February 19 to July 12, 2013. The series centers on a journalist blogger and a production assistant, who investigate a series of mysterious disappearances that are linked to a popular television series named Cult.

<i>Cracked</i> (Canadian TV series) 2013 Canadian TV series or program

Cracked is a Canadian police crime drama television series which aired from January 8 to November 25, 2013 on CBC Television. The series was created by writer Tracey Forbes and Toronto Emergency Task Force officer Calum de Hartog, and was executive produced by Peter Raymont and Janice Dawe of White Pine Pictures. It premiered on January 8, 2013, and aired new episodes through November 25, 2013.

Played is a Canadian action/drama television series which premiered on CTV on October 3, 2013. The series was developed and is produced by Greg Nelson, Adrienne Mitchell and Janis Lundman . It follows a team of undercover police officers belonging to the fictional Covert Investigations Unit (CIU). Each episode finds them risking their lives by going undercover on short term, high intensity assignments to infiltrate and bring down criminal organizations at a fast pace. Often having to think on their feet, they find it easy to lose track of who they really are, but smooth talking and quick thinking when things go wrong usually get them out of trouble. The series was cancelled after its first season.

<i>The Mysteries of Laura</i> American crime television series (2014–2016)

The Mysteries of Laura is an American police procedural comedy-drama television series that aired on NBC from September 17, 2014, to March 2, 2016. It was developed by Jeff Rake, who also serves as an executive producer. The series, which stars Debra Messing as Detective Laura Diamond, was originally adapted from a Spanish television series Los misterios de Laura by Carlos Vila, Javier Holgado, and Gregorio Quintana de Uña. On May 8, 2015, NBC renewed The Mysteries of Laura for a second season of 13 episodes, which premiered on September 23, 2015. On November 9, 2015, NBC ordered three additional episodes for the second season. On May 14, 2016, NBC canceled the series after two seasons.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lea Thompson filmography</span>

American actress Lea Thompson has performed in many well-known films and television series since the 1980s, among them Howard the Duck, the Back to the Future trilogy and Caroline in the City. She has directed for television since 2006.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rodrigo Massa</span>

Rodrigo Massa, is a Brazilian actor, singer and television host who lives and works between Mexico City and Los Angeles. Best known in Latin America for his work on Mexican TV shows such as El Dragón: Return of a Warrior, La Piloto and Like, Rodrigo took his first steps in Hollywood five years ago, where he landed his first leading roles on Lifetime's Merry Textmas and on Eli Roth's Urban Legend. He is currently part of the main cast of CTV's The Spencer Sisters, alongside Lea Thompson and Stacey Farber, which is now airing in the United States, every Wednesday on the CW.

Burden of Truth is a Canadian legal drama television series, starring Kristin Kreuk and Peter Mooney, which premiered on CBC on January 10, 2018. The series was created by Brad Simpson, with Kreuk, Ilana Frank and Jocelyn Hamilton serving as executive producers. In the US, the series aired as part of The CW's summer programming slate. One of the issues addressed in the series is institutional racism towards indigenous people.

Bulletproof is a British police procedural television series, created by and starring Noel Clarke and Ashley Walters, that first broadcast on Sky One on 15 May 2018. Produced by Vertigo Films and Company Pictures, the series follows NCA detectives, and best friends, Aaron Bishop (Clarke) and Ronnie Pike Jr. (Walters), who investigate some of the country's most dangerous criminals, including traffickers, drug dealers and armed robbers, whilst being overseen by their boss Sarah Tanner.

<i>Nancy Drew</i> (2019 TV series) American mystery drama television series (2019–2023)

Nancy Drew is an American mystery drama television series based on the series of mystery novels about the titular character. The series was adapted for the CW by Noga Landau, Josh Schwartz, and Stephanie Savage and is produced by CBS Studios, in association with Fake Empire.

Thomas Antony Olajide, sometimes also credited as Thomas Olajide, is a Canadian actor and writer from Vancouver, British Columbia. He is most noted for his performance in the 2021 film Learn to Swim, for which he received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Actor at the 10th Canadian Screen Awards in 2022, and as co-creator with Tawiah M'carthy and Stephen Jackman-Torkoff of Black Boys, a theatrical show about Black Canadian LGBTQ+ identities which was staged by Buddies in Bad Times in 2016. Olajide, M'carthy, and Jackman-Torkoff were collectively nominated for Outstanding Ensemble Performance at the Dora Mavor Moore Awards in 2017.

The 2023–24 network television schedule for the five major English commercial broadcast networks in Canada covers primetime hours from September 2023 through August 2024. The schedule is followed by a list per network of returning series, new series, and series canceled after the 2022–23 television season, for Canadian, American, and other series. The schedule was affected by strikes undertaken by the Writers Guild of America and SAG-AFTRA.

<i>Sight Unseen</i> (TV series) 2024 crime drama television series

Sight Unseen is a crime drama television series created by Karen Troubetzkoy and Nikolijne Troubetzkoy and co-produced by CTV in Canada and the CW in the United States. It premiered in Canada on January 21, 2024, and in the U.S. on April 3, 2024.

References

  1. 1 2 Matthew Almeida, "Solving Cases by the Book. CTV Original Series THE SPENCER SISTERS Premieres Feb. 10 on CTV". Bell Media, January 13, 2023.
  2. Jesse Whittock, "Lea Thompson And Stacey Farber To Lead Lighthearted CTV And eOne Procedural ‘The Spencer Sisters’ As Mother And Daughter". Deadline Hollywood , July 22, 2022.
  3. Kimball, Trevor (2024-05-16). "The Spencer Sisters: Cancelled; No Season Two for Canadian Drama Series on The CW". canceled + renewed TV shows, ratings - TV Series Finale. Retrieved 2024-05-17.
  4. 1 2 "The Spencer Sisters – Listings". Zap2it . Retrieved January 27, 2023.
  5. Dan Vadeboncoeur, "New Lea Thompson TV show brings film jobs to Manitoba". CTV News Winnipeg, August 22, 2022.
  6. "The CW Buys Lea Thompson Canadian Drama 'The Spencer Sisters' for Fall Lineup as Scripted Strategy Becomes Clearer". 11 May 2023.
  7. Gelman, Vlada (July 12, 2023). "The CW Unveils Fall Premiere Dates for FBoy Island's Return, Sullivan's Crossing and More Imports". TVLine . Retrieved August 30, 2023.
  8. "WBD France, NBCU Germany, Japan's Wowow buy eOne drama Spencer Sisters".