The Spencer Sisters

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]

The Spencer Sisters
Genre	Police procedural Comedy drama
Created by	Alan McCullough
Starring	Lea Thompson Stacey Farber
Composers	Ryan McLarnon and Rob Melamed
Country of origin	Canada
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	10
Production
Production locations	Winnipeg, Manitoba
Production companies	eOne Canada Buffalo Gal
Original release
Network	CTV
Release	January 29 (2023-01-29) – April 21, 2023 (2023-04-21)

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

• Lea Thompson as Victoria Spencer, a famous writer of mystery novels and owner of the Spencer Sisters Detective Agency
• Stacey Farber as Darby Spencer, Victoria's daughter, a former cop, and co-owner of the Spencer Sisters Detective Agency

Recurring

• Thomas Antony Olajide as Zane Graham, Darby’s best friend from high school and an officer with the Alder Bluffs Police Department
• Edward Ruttle as Dr. Lucas Collins, Darby’s high school flame
• Husein Madhavji as Alastair Dhumal, Victoria's "IT Consultant" (a.k.a. hacker)
• Ayesha Mansur Gonsalves as Sarita Stark, Victoria's feisty literary agent
• Rodrigo Massa as Antonio Pereira, Zane's husband
• Kaitlyn Leeb as Lindsay Yip, a hotshot lawyer who is Lucas' fiancée
• Adam Hurtig as Harris, the chief of detectives for the Alder Bluffs Police Department

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 by	Written by	Original release date [4]
1	"The Scholar's Snafu"	April Mullen	Alan McCullough	January 29, 2023 (2023-01-29)
2	"The Executive's Elegy"	April Mullen	Jessie Gabe	February 17, 2023 (2023-02-17)
3	"The Coder's Calamity"	David Wellington	Jennica Harper	February 24, 2023 (2023-02-24)
4	"The Restauranteur's Ruin"	David Wellington	Jenn Engels	March 3, 2023 (2023-03-03)
5	"The Decorator's Debacle"	Joyce Wong	Evany Rosen	March 10, 2023 (2023-03-10)
6	"The Winemaker's Woe"	Joyce Wong	Nathalie Younglai	March 17, 2023 (2023-03-17)
7	"The Lawyer's Lament"	Melanie Orr	Jason Ip & Rosa Laborde	March 24, 2023 (2023-03-24)
8	"The Virtuoso's Vexation"	Melanie Orr	Jennica Harper	March 31, 2023 (2023-03-31)
9	"The Diva's Disaster"	Douglas Mitchell	Jenn Engels	April 14, 2023 (2023-04-14)
10	"The Runaway's Regret"	Amanda Tapping	Alan McCullough	April 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]