History Series / NancyDrew2019

The show is notable for being the first successful small-screen adaptation of Nancy Drew in the new millennium after years of failed attempts involving different networks. Creator/{{ABC}} created a PilotMovie in 2002 that did not generate enough interest to merit a series. The critical and financial failure of the [[Film/NancyDrew 2007 film adaptation]] put any more adaptation on hold until 2015, when Creator/{{CBS}} was reportedly developing a series starring Creator/SarahShahi as an older Nancy. A pilot was shot, but its creators eventually ditched it in favor of ''Series/{{Doubt}}'' (which ended up being canned after one season). Two years later, the same creators attempted to pitch a pilot again, this time revolving around a middle-aged Nancy, to Creator/{{NBC}}, but received a negative response.

* FamilyThemeNaming: George and all of her female younger siblings have {{Tomboyish Name}}s, those being Jessie, Ted, and Charlie.

* CanonCharacterAllAlong: Possibly; the series finale hints that Ace's last name is [[spoiler:Hardy, indicating he is either Frank or Joe Hardy, or a CompositeCharacter]].

* CanonCharacterAllAlong: Possibly, the series finale hints that Ace's last name is [[spoiler:Hardy, indicating he is either Frank or Joe Hardy]].

Nancy Drew (Creator/KennedyMcMann) solved her first mystery when she was just in seventh grade but after her mother died of cancer, she gave all of that up. Working at the Claw diner with former high school frenemy George Fan (Creator/LeahLewis), city girl Bess Marvin (Creator/MaddisonJaizani), and loner stoner Ace (Alex Saxon), she is pulled back into solving mysteries when Tiffany Hudson, wife of local rich businessman Ryan Hudson (Creator/RileySmith), dies in the Claw's parking lot. Now Nancy, George, Bess, and Nancy's ex-con boyfriend Ned "Nick" Nickerson (Creator/TunjiKasim) are all suspects in her death and Nancy has to prove who actually did it.

Nancy Drew (Creator/KennedyMcMann) solved her first mystery when she was just in seventh grade but after her mother died of cancer, she gave all of that up. Working at the Claw diner with former high school frenemy George Fan (Creator/LeahLewis), city girl Bess Marvin (Maddison Jaizani), and loner stoner Ace (Alex Saxon), she is pulled back into solving mysteries when Tiffany Hudson, wife of local rich businessman Ryan Hudson (Creator/RileySmith), dies in the Claw's parking lot. Now Nancy, George, Bess, and Nancy's ex-con boyfriend Ned "Nick" Nickerson (Creator/TunjiKasim) are all suspects in her death and Nancy has to prove who actually did it.

* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler:Nancy and Ace break Temperance Hudson's curse and are able to fall in love and start a relationship, but it came after their stopped the Sin Eater curse by permanently damaging their soul, meaning that they cannot reincarnate and their deaths will be final]].

* ArbitrarySkepticism: Despite Nancy and her crew encountering supernatural phenomena all the time, Nancy remarks in "The Web of Yesterdays" that she told her friend Tom Swift that time-travel doesn't exist, which was a nod to ''Tom Swift'''s CutShort twist cliff-hanger.

* ColorCodedCharacters: Although their Claw uniforms are otherwise identical, Nancy's is always blue, Bess's is always yellow, and George's is always green.

* AllForNothing: The Drew Crew summon the Aglaeca to retrieve the bones of Lucy Dodd. On their end, it's because they want to solve her murder. For Lucy, she has a very special secret to reveal to Nancy. [[spoiler:It's unnecessary, because the bones say nothing about her death and the secret is revealed in the hair left on her tiara. Worse, the deal with the Aglaeca doesn't end well.]]

Nancy Drew (Creator/KennedyMcMann) solved her first mystery when she was just in seventh grade but after her mother died of cancer, she gave all of that up. Working at the Craw diner with former high school frenemy George Fan (Creator/LeahLewis), city girl Bess Marvin (Maddison Jaizani), and loner stoner Ace (Alex Saxon), she is pulled back into solving mysteries when Tiffany Hudson, wife of local rich businessman Ryan Hudson (Creator/RileySmith), dies in the Craw's parking lot. Now Nancy, George, Bess, and Nancy's ex-con boyfriend Ned "Nick" Nickerson (Creator/TunjiKasim) are all suspects in her death and Nancy has to prove who actually did it.

** The Bobbsey Twins are now named Gil and Amanda.

** The series ends with [[spoiler:the main characters deciding to leave Horseshoe Bay, but all of them have promising directions. George is off to law school, Nick is off to work with Tom Swift along with his lover Jade, Bess is off to travel the world to find artifacts to replace the ones destroyed in the Historical Society fire, Carson prepares himself for the arrival of his new baby with Jean, Ryan and Red are still together, and finally Nancy and Ace break Temperance's curse, allowing them to finally be together. Breaking the curse took the destruction of their souls, but Nancy and Ace want to make the most of the life they're currently living with Ace decided to go to school to become a medical examiner, but will also travel with Nancy as she travels the US, stopping other Sin Eaters.]]

* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Ace’s real name has yet to be revealed. The series finale sheds some light on it, as the group carves their initials under one of the counters in The Claw [[spoiler:before they leave Horseshoe Bay]]; Ace leaves "A.H.", indicating (and seemingly confirming a popular fan theory) that his last name is Hardy. The rights to Literature/TheHardyBoys weren't public domain until shortly after the finale was filmed.

* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Ace’s real name has yet to be revealed. The series finale sheds some light on it, as the group carves their initials under one of the counters in The Claw [[spoiler:before they leave Horseshoe Bay]]; Ace leaves "A.H.", indicating (and seemingly confirming a popular fan theory) that his last name is Hardy. The rights to Literature/TheHardyBoys weren't public domain until shortly after the finale was filmed]].

* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Ace’s real name has yet to be revealed. The series finale sheds some light on it, as the group carves their initials under one of the counters in The Claw [[spoiler:before they leave Horseshoe Bay]], Ace leaves "A.H.", indicating (and seemingly confirming a popular fan theory) that his last name is [[Literature/TheHardyBoys Hardy]].

* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Ace’s real name has yet to be revealed.

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Season 3 ends with Nancy taking down Temperence. She decides to open up a private detective agency, using Temperence's old hideout as an office. However, Nancy also decided to not get close to Ace for fears that the curse Temperance unleased can someday kill him.]]

* DieHardOnAnX: "The Siege of the Unseen Specter" is basically Die Hard inside Horeshoe Bay Police Station with the entrances and exits rigged to electrify anyone who tries to breach through.

** Bess played by Maddison Jaizani, an actress of Iranian descent.

The series has aired for four seasons, making it the longest-running adaptation of a property of Stratemeyer Syndicate. The show also had a SpinOff titled ''Series/{{Tom Swift|2022}}'', revolving around Literature/TomSwift (played by Creator/TianRichards), another Stratemeyer Syndicate character who was reimagined as a gay African-American man and debuted in an episode of Season 2 ("The Celestial Visitor"). The spin-off aired for one season before cancellation.

In October 2022, it was announced by the CW that the fourth season which premiered May of 2023, [[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/the-cw-nancy-drew-end-season-4-1235249544/ would be the last season]].

** "The Oracle of the Whispering" indicates that a creature is responsible for being the source of the blaze sludge.