Nancy Drew (2019 TV Series)
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| Nancy Drew | ||
| Genre | Mystery Drama Supernatural horror | |
| Based on | Nancy Drew by Edward Stratemeyer | |
| Developed by | Noga Landau Josh Schwartz Stephanie Savage | |
| Starring | Kennedy McMann Leah Lewis Maddison Jaizani Tunji Kasim Alex Saxon Alvina August Riley Smith Scott Wolf | |
| Narrated by | Kennedy McMann | |
| Music by | Siddhartha Khosla
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| Country of origin | United States | |
| Original language(s) | English | |
| No. of seasons | 1 | |
| No. of episodes | 18 (list of episodes) | |
| Production | ||
| Executive producer(s) | Lis Rowinski Noga Landau Melinda Hsu Taylor Stephanie Savage Josh Schwartz | |
| Production location(s) | Vancouver, British Columbia | |
| Cinematography | John S. Bartley Barry Donlevy | |
| Editor(s) | Jesse Ellis Marc Pattavina Hector Carrillo L. Schroeder Meghan Robertson | |
| Camera setup | Single-camera | |
| Running time | 40–44 minutes | |
| Production company(s) | Warm Bloody Sunday Productions Furious Productions Fake Empire CBS Television Studios | |
| Distributor | CBS Television Distribution | |
| Broadcast | ||
| Original network | The CW | |
| Picture format | 1080i (HDTV) | |
| Original release | October 9, 2019 – present | |
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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 Television Studios, in association with Fake Empire.
It is the third Nancy Drew television series, following The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries (1977–1979) and a 1995 Canadian-American version. Development for a new television series started in 2015 at CBS, then later at NBC. In 2018, the project moved to The CW where the series was ordered for a pilot.
The series is narrated and led by the amateur sleuth Nancy Drew, played by Kennedy McMann, and features an ensemble cast with re-imagined versions of the characters from the books: Leah Lewis as George Fan, Maddison Jaizani as Bess Marvin, Tunji Kasim as Ned Nickerson and Scott Wolf as Carson Drew. It also stars Alex Saxon, Alvina August and Riley Smith as new characters invented for the series.
The series debuted on October 9, 2019 to mixed reviews. In October 2019, The CW picked up the series for a full season and in January 2020, the network renewed the series for a second season, which is set to premiere in January 20, 2021.>
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Premise
After her college plans are put on hold, 18-year-old Nancy Drew finds herself involved in a ghostly mystery when she and her four friends are witnesses (and suspects) to a murder and they all team up to find the person responsible.<ref name="SeriesOrder"/>
Cast and characters
Main
- Kennedy McMann as Nancy Drew, a brilliant former teenage detective whose sense of self used to come from solving mysteries, but who finds herself reluctantly drawn into a homicide case connecting to her family. This leads her to resume her old career with the assistance of a group of close friends, the Drew Crew. By the end of season 1, she discovers that the Drews are not her biological parents and that she is really a member of the wealthy, corrupt Hudson family.
- Leah Lewis as Georgia "George" Fan, Nancy's old nemesis from high school and the manager at the local diner, The Bayside Claw, which she later buys with the help of Ned.
- Maddison Jaizani as Bess Marvin, a rich city girl with a mysterious past who works as a waitress with Nancy at The Bayside Claw and is also part of the Drew Crew.
- Tunji Kasim as Ned "Nick" Nickerson, a former teenage convict and football player who now runs an auto repair shop. He is Nancy's ex-boyfriend and part of the Drew Crew.
- Alex Saxon as Ace, the zen and amiable dishwasher/cook at The Bayside Claw with a secret to hide. He uses his computer hacking skills to assist the Drew Crew.NBC
- Alvina August as Det. Karen Hart (season 1), an investigator with the Horseshoe Bay police department who is dating Nancy's father Carson, but is later fired and arrested for interfering with a police investigation. August is credited through "The Haunting of Nancy Drew".
- Riley Smith as Ryan Hudson, a handsome and affluent socialite who is the husband of murder victim Tiffany Hudson. He repeatedly crosses paths with Nancy in his quest to usurp control of his family's fortune from his parents, who treat him as a failure. In the end of season 1, it is revealed that he is Nancy Drew's biological father and that her mother was Lucy Sable.
- Scott Wolf as Carson Drew, a criminal defense attorney and Nancy's widowed father, whose attempts to connect with Nancy since her mother's death have failed. Carson is Nancy's adopted father and secretly adopted her with his wife Katherine in keeping with her biological mother's wishes.
Recurring
- Adam Beach as Chief E. O. McGinnis, the Horseshoe Bay sheriff and Karen's boss. He isn't fond of Nancy's knack for interfering with police investigations, but occasionally helps her anyway. He eventually leaves Horseshoe Bay to take a job in a different town after facing allegations of incompetence in the investigation of Lucy Sable's death.
- Sinead Curry as Tiffany Hudson, Ryan's wife who is murdered at the start of Season 1. Nancy's investigation reveals that she was killed by Lucy's half-brother.
- Stephanie Van Dyck as Lucy Sable, a girl killed 19 years ago who is revealed to be Nancy Drew's biological mother in the end of season 1.
- Sara Canning as Katherine Drew, Nancy's adoptive mother who died of pancreatic cancer a year earlier.
- Katie Findlay as Lisbeth, a woman working for the Hudson family and Bess's love interest. She is secretly an officer with the state police.
- Miles Gaston Villanueva as Owen Marvin (season 1), the scion of a wealthy clan with ties to the Hudsons and a potential ally and love interest to Nancy. He dies as a result of refusing to call Nancy upstairs at the birthday party that Bess organized for Aunt Diana. We later find out Owen's death was because of Joshua and not the Aglaeca.
- Stevie Lynn Jones as Laura Tandy, Tiffany's sister who suspects her sister was murdered and pushes for further investigation, even drawing Ace, her ex-boyfriend, in to help. At the end of Season 1, she leaves to start a new life in Paris after finally ending things with Ace.
- Liza Lapira as Victoria Fan, George's deadbeat mother who knows a lot of things about ghosts.
- Judith Maxie as Diana Marvin, Bess's rich aunt who manipulates her niece into doing questionable things for the good of the family.
Guest
- Pamela Sue Martin as Harriet Grosset, a medium.
Production
Development
Casting
Filming
Episodes
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Broadcast
Reception
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Ratings
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