Occult detective fiction
Crossover between mystery and horror fiction
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| January 31 2025 | Announcement made that the second season of The Sandman will be the series' final season. |
| January 2025 | Announcement made that the series will conclude with the second season. |
| January 2025 | David Lynch passed away, effectively eliminating the likelihood of future Twin Peaks seasons or revivals. |
| January 2025 | A reboot film was reported to be in development at Peacock, with original series co-creators Jim Kouf and David Greenwalt as executive producers. |
| 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 | Campaign organizers launched a global petition which has accumulated over 23,000 signatures in support of a second season of the series. |
| 2024 | Despite critical praise, the show was cancelled by Netflix, with Entertainment Weekly noting the series offered magical fun and intriguing mystery. |
| 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | Wins the TCA Heritage Award. |
| August 2024 | Filming for the second season was completed. |
| August 2024 | Dead Boy Detectives series was canceled after one season. |
| August 30 2024 | Netflix cancels Dead Boy Detectives after one season. |
| July 2024 | Additional casting for second season revealed, including Ruairi O'Connor as Orpheus, Freddie Fox as Loki, and several other actors in various roles. |
| May 2024 | Casting announcement for second season, with Adrian Lester, Esmé Creed-Miles, and Barry Sloane cast as Destiny, Delirium, and Destruction respectively. |
| 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 series was released on Netflix and received positive reception. |
| 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. |
| January 4 2024 | Gwendoline Christie was nominated for Best Guest Actress in a Drama Series at the Astra Creative Arts TV Awards. |
| 2023 | The show concluded airing on TeleXitos. |
| 2023 | Events from the animated series were adapted into the canon video game Ghostbusters: Spirits Unleashed, specifically featuring the character of Samhain. |
| 2023 | GQ published a poll listing Return of the Obra Dinn among the greatest video games of all time. |
| November 2023 | First season released on Ultra HD Blu-ray, Blu-ray, and DVD formats. |
| November 2023 | Neil Gaiman is announced as an additional executive-producer for the series. |
| November 30 2023 | Neil Gaiman confirmed that production for the second season had resumed. |
| July 2023 | Second season filming was suspended due to the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike. |
| June 23 2023 | Filming for the second season began at Shepperton Studios. |
| June 2 2023 | Deadline Hollywood reported that the series failed to find another network to pick it up. |
| May 14 2023 | The series was nominated for the Ray Bradbury Nebula Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation. |
| May 11 2023 | The CW canceled The Winchesters after one season. |
| April 2023 | Neil Gaiman confirmed that Dead Boy Detectives would be set in the same continuity as The Sandman, with Kirby reprising her role as Death in the series' premiere episode. |
| April 23 2023 | Industrial Light & Magic received a nomination for Best Special, Visual Effects at the British Academy Television Craft Awards. |
| 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. |
| March 30 2023 | The Sandman was nominated for Outstanding New TV Series at the GLAAD Media Award. |
| March 7 2023 |
Supernatural and The Winchesters characters
The Winchesters concludes its run after 13 episodes
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| March 7 2023 | The series concluded its first and only season. |
| February 2023 | Dead Boy Detectives TV series was moved from HBO Max to Netflix. |
| February 25 2023 | The series was nominated for Best Animated Special Production at the Annie Awards. |
| February 24 2023 | Project moves from HBO Max to Netflix, reportedly due to incompatibility with DC Studios' plans. |
| 2022 | The show began airing in Spanish on TeleXitos. |
| 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. |
| November 2 2022 | Netflix officially confirms the green light for the second season of The Sandman. |
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