Dead Boy Detectives
2024 television series
Follow Dead Boy Detectives on Notably News to receive short updates to your email — rarely!
| 2024 | Campaign organizers launched a global petition which has accumulated over 23,000 signatures in support of a second season of the series. |
| 2024 | The Save Dead Boy Detectives Campaign was formed to advocate for the show's renewal, utilizing strategies like crowdfunded billboards in Los Angeles and New York City. |
| 2024 | The series was named one of the best Netflix shows of 2024 by Teen Vogue, praised for the chemistry between leads George Rexstrew and Jayden Revri. |
| 2024 | Despite critical praise, the show was cancelled by Netflix, with Entertainment Weekly noting the series offered magical fun and intriguing mystery. |
| 2024 | Costume designer Kelli Dunsmore was nominated for a CAFTCAD Award in the Costume Design in TV - Sci-Fi/Fantasy category for her work on episode 2, 'The Case of the Dandelion Shrine', recognizing her creative costume design. |
| 2024 | Director Amanda Tapping won the DGC Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in a Dramatic Series for her work on episode 5, 'The Case of the Two Dead Dragons', highlighting her exceptional directorial skills. |
| 2024 | Justice Joseph was a finalist for the 2024 Concept Art Awards in the Live-Action Series Creatures category for his innovative design of the doll-spider creature. |
| 2024 | Dead Boy Detectives won the Rotten Tomatoes Golden Tomato Award for the Best Fantasy Series of 2024, recognizing the show's outstanding quality in the fantasy genre. |
| 2024 | In its third week, Dead Boy Detectives ranked at number seven on Netflix's Top 10 TV English titles, earning 13.3 million viewing hours. |
| August 30 2024 | Netflix cancels Dead Boy Detectives after one season. |
| April 2024 | In the week following its debut, the series ranked at number three on Netflix's Top 10 TV English titles, accumulating 34.1 million viewing hours. |
| April 2024 | Kirby confirmed her cameo as Death in the pilot episode, following the series' move to Netflix, resolving previous licensing issues with the character's appearance. |
| April 25 2024 | Dead Boy Detectives officially premieres on Netflix, introducing the supernatural detective comedy-drama to audiences. |
| April 22 2024 | Dead Boy Detectives debuted at number two on Netflix's Top 10 TV English titles, achieving 22.2 million viewing hours during the tracking week of April 22–28. |
| November 2023 | Neil Gaiman is announced as an additional executive-producer for the series. |
| April 20 2023 | Neil Gaiman confirms the series will be set in the same universe as The Sandman. |
| April 5 2023 | Filming for the Dead Boy Detectives series concluded in Langley, British Columbia. |
| February 24 2023 | Project moves from HBO Max to Netflix, reportedly due to incompatibility with DC Studios' plans. |
| November 2022 | Caitlin Reilly, Max Jenkins, and David Iacono were added to the cast. |
| November 7 2022 | Principal filming for the Dead Boy Detectives series officially began in Langley, British Columbia. |
| October 2022 | Michael Beach, Joshua Colley, and Lindsey Gort joined the cast in recurring roles. |
| September 2022 | Lukas Gage replaced Alexander Calvert in the cast. |
| September 2022 | Beth Schwartz is attached as co-showrunner for the series. |
| April 14 2022 | HBO Max gives the production a full series order, with Steve Yockey set as showrunner. |
| January 2022 | Pilot episode filming continued into January 2022. |
| December 2021 | Pilot episode for Dead Boy Detectives was filmed, directed by Lee Toland Krieger who also served as an executive producer. |
| November 2021 | Initial casting of main actors George Rexstrew, Jayden Revri, Kassius Nelson, Alexander Calvert, Briana Cuoco, Ruth Connell, Yuyu Kitamura, and Jenn Lyon for the Dead Boy Detectives TV series. |
| September 3 2021 | Variety reports HBO Max orders a pilot for Dead Boy Detectives series, with Steve Yockey as writer and executive-producer. |
This contents of the box above is based on material from the Wikipedia article Dead Boy Detectives (TV series), which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.