MURDOCH MYSTERIES Season 9 Arrives on DVD & Blu-ray 8/2

Featuring a special guest appearance by William Shatner (Star Trek) as Mark Twain, MURDOCH MYSTERIES, Season 9, makes its DVD and Blu-ray debut on August 2, 2016 from Acorn, an RLJ Entertainment, Inc. (NASDAQ: RLJE) brand. Winningly clever and playful, this acclaimed Canadian series returns with new mysteries set in Edwardian-era Toronto. Inspired by Maureen Jennings' novels, MURDOCH MYSTERIES airs on the CBC in Canada and in the U.S. on Emmy®-nominated streaming service Acorn TV and on Ovation as The Artful Detective. The series has garnered more than two dozen Gemini® nominations and won the sole 2016 'Fan's Choice Award' at the Canadian Screen Awards for lead Yannick Bisson.

The DVD 5-disc set and the Blu-ray 4-disc set each feature 18 episodes along with bonus Making Murdoch featurettes and a photo gallery ($59.99 each, AcornOnline.com) Also on August 2, Acorn is releasing the Murdoch Mysteries: Seasons 5-8 Collection on DVD and Blu-ray ($149.99 each). Limited copies available to press upon request. Additionally, Murdoch Mysteries: A Merry Murdoch Christmas, a special feature-length Christmas episode, premieres on Acorn TV on Monday, July 25, 2016. The Acorn brand introduced MURDOCH MYSTERIES to U.S. audiences in 2009 on home video and on Acorn TV since its launch in 2011.

In Season 9, Detective William Murdoch (Yannick Bisson) and his wife, Dr. Julia Ogden (Gemini® winner Hélène Joy, Durham County), plan their dream home; Constable Crabtree (Jonny Harris, Hatching, Matching & Dispatching) faces dire consequences for his decisions; and Dr. Emily Grace (Georgina Reilly, The L.A. Complex) experiences a personal crisis. Meanwhile, Inspector Brackenreid (Thomas Craig, Where the Heart Is) endures an eccentric houseguest, and a new morgue cleaner turned lab attendant (Mouna Traoré, Carrie) brings fresh blood to the team.

While battling criminals from serial killers to bank robbers, from the darkest opium dens to the atmosphere of outer space, Murdoch and his friends encounter historical figures like Anne of Green Gables author Lucy Maud Montgomery, temperance advocate Carrie Nation, and American humorist Mark Twain.

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