High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Murdoch Mysteries is a Canadian drama television series aired on both CTV and CBC Television, featuring Yannick Bisson as William Murdoch, a police detective working in Toronto, Ontario, in the 1890s. The television series is based on the series of novels by Maureen Jennings. The fifth season was announced in May 2011. On September 27, 2011, Rogers Media announced that it would not be continuing the series beyond its fifth season. On November 15, 2011, it was reported that CBC had picked up the show and ordered a sixth season, in 2013.