‘Art Detectives’ Starring Stephen Moyer Renewed For Season 2 At Acorn TV
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- Acorn TV renewed 'Art Detectives' for a second season plus an additional two-part special, after the show became the streamer's most-watched new series premiere ever in its debut year.
- The series returns with a two-part special in December, followed by a six-episode second season next year, with production starting this month in Belfast and across Northern Ireland.
- Stephen Moyer stars as art-loving Detective Inspector Mick Palmer, paired with Nina Singh as DC Shazia Malik in the Heritage Crime Unit, with Larry Lamb returning as Mick's art-forging father Ron Palmer, who is now serving time in an open prison following the recovered Sickert painting cliffhanger from season one.
- The show was created and written by Dan Gaster, Will Ing, and Paul Powell, and is produced by Black Dog Television, Dynamic Television, and Acorn Media Enterprises with funding from Northern Ireland Screen.
- Moyer said the new run is "packed with drama, excitement, tension and surprises," while Acorn TV SVP of Programming Don Klees framed the renewal as building on the successful runs of 'You're Killing Me' and 'Harry Wild.'
Why it matters: Acorn TV is converting its biggest-ever new premiere into a multi-format franchise — eight total new episodes (a two-part special plus a six-episode season) — doubling down on the British cozy-mystery template that has also driven 'Harry Wild.' For Stephen Moyer, the order locks in a sustained post-'True Blood' leading-man run on the AMC Global Media streamer, with production anchored in Belfast's Northern Ireland production ecosystem.
