The Clarissa Clarke Mysteries

The Clarissa Clarke Mysteries is an American crime drama television series starring Catherine Keener as the titular character, an investigative journalist and amateur detective. The series aired for 7 seasons and 2 TV movies between 2001 and 2010 on the Fox network, airing a total of 100 instalments.

Keener was nominated for several Golden Globe and Emmy awards for her work on The Clarissa Clarke Mysteries, winning 4 Golden Globes in the lead actress in a drama category and winning twice in the same category at the Emmys.

The series was cancelled unexpectedly by Fox at the end of it's seventh season. An opportunity to pursue the series at another network was discussed but Keener ultimately turned down the opportunity to return as the Clarissa Clarke character full time when the opportunity arose at the cable network TNT. Instead, Fox commissioned two feature-length television movies based on the series. Both aired during the 2009/10 television season.

In 2019, 20th Century Fox was acquired by The Walt Disney Company, thus making The Clarissa Clarke Mysteries a Disney property. In October 2019, it was announced that Catherine Keener would reprise the role of Clarissa Clarke in 13-episode straight-to-series order of a sequel, entitled The All New Clarissa Clarke Mysteries. The series is set to premiere on ABC sometime in 2020.