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. This leads her to resume her old career with the assistance of a group of close friends, the Drew Crew.

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.

From left to right: George, Bess, Nick, Nancy, and Ace Main Nancy Drew and her friends working a case as of Season 3. With secrets they're all determined to keep hidden, not only is Nancy determined to unveil them in order to trust them, she unearths a connection to Tiffany's homicide to a decade-long cold case turned urban legend. Alongside the employees of the Claw, the restaurant she works at - prickly manager George Fan, worldly and polished waitress Bess Marvin, laidback dishwasher Ace, and mechanic Ned 'Nick' Nickerson, whom she is having a no-strings-attached fling with - they reluctantly ally to clear their names of suspicion. Premise Īfter putting off applying to Columbia University to deal with the loss of her mother, eighteen-year-old Nancy Drew gets entangled in the investigation of town socialite Tiffany Hudson's murder. The series finale is scheduled to air on August 23, 2023. In March 2022, the series was renewed for a fourth and final season which is set to premiere on May 31, 2023. The series debuted on October 9, 2019, to mixed reviews.

It also stars Scott Wolf as Carson Drew and Alvina August and Riley Smith as new characters invented for the series.

The series is narrated and led by the amateur sleuth Nancy Drew, played by Kennedy McMann, and features an ensemble cast with reimagined versions of the characters from the books: Leah Lewis as George Fan, Maddison Jaizani as Bess Marvin, Tunji Kasim as Ned Nickerson, and Alex Saxon as Ace. In 2018, the project moved to the CW, where the series was ordered for a pilot. Development for a new television series started in 2015 at CBS, then later at NBC.

It is the third Nancy Drew television series, following The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries (1977–1979) and a 1995 Canadian-American version. 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. Nancy Drew is an American mystery drama television series based on the series of mystery novels about the titular character.

Nancy Drew by Kelly Thompson