Corus Entertainment unveiled details about the third and final season of "The Hardy Boys." The eight-part thriller is set to premier 31 July at 8 p.m. ET/PT on YTV. New episodes of the series will become available every Monday and will be available to stream live and on demand on Stack TV. "Following the success of Seasons 1 and 2 on YTV, fans can look forward to an elevated mystery and thrilling ending to the series that’ll feature new friends, enemies, and a great amount of action and adventure," Troy Reeb, EVP Broadcast Networks, Corus Entertainment said. "Season 3 is the ultimate co-viewing experience, filled with even more secrets and lies. The future is coming for our heroes, whether they’re ready or not."
Season three of "The Hardy Boys" is executively produced by Lambur Production’s Joan Lambur, Suzanne Wilson and Madeleine Lambur, Corus and Nelvana’s Doug Murphy, Pam Westman and Athena Georgaklis, co-showrunner and head writer Chris Pozzebon, and co-showrunner and Head Director Jason Stone. Susan Alexander serves as production executive for Corus. The Daytime Emmy nominated and four-time Canadian Screen Awards winning hit mystery series is based on the beloved books by Franklin W. Dixon, and is developed and produced in Canada by Nelvana, a world-leading international producer, distributor, and licensor of children's animated and live-action content, and Lambur Productions, in association with Corus Entertainment.
Filmed in Toronto and Southern Ontario, the series features an all-Canadian cast and crew, such as Rohan Campbell as ‘Frank Hardy,’ Alexander Elliot as ‘Joe Hardy’, Keana Lyn as ‘Callie Shaw’, Adam Swain as ‘Chet Morton’, Cristian Perri as ‘Phil Cohen’, Riley O’Donnell as ‘Biff Hooper’, and Krista Nazaire as ‘Belinda Conrad’, Season 3 welcomes guest star Bailee Madison, as ‘Drew Darrow.’ “When we first decided to partner with Lambur Productions, YTV and Hulu to bring the beloved Hardy Boys book series to life, we could have only guessed at the success and impact the series would have,” Pam Westman, President of Nelvana said. “We’ve not only seen the cast grow on screen, but have witnessed the franchise explode as it captivated viewers around the world and garnered an impressive list of awards and accolades. It’s been an absolute pleasure to not only produce the third and final season filled with suspenseful mystery, and edge of your seat adventure, but to witness the series coming full circle as the cast solves the mysteries that began in Season 1.”
"The Hardy Boys" has received notable industry attention with a Daytime Emmy Award nomination in 2021 for Outstanding Young Adult Series, as well as four Canadian Screen Award wins including in the categories for Best Children's or Youth Fiction Program or Series (2022) and Best Writing in a Children's or Youth Program or Series (2023). Season 2 of the title also secured the #1 program spot last spring on YTV* and was the #1 first streamed YTV program during its second season.Seasons 1 and 2 of the title are currently available to stream on STACKTV (Canada), Hulu (U.S.), and Disney+ internationally.
The third and final season picks up right from the last scene of Season 2, building off the layers of mystery, strengthened friendships and major cliffhanger. In Season 3, Frank and Joe Hardy receive mysterious posthumous instructions from their grandmother, and they find themselves on the hunt for a third powerful relic — the same one their Great Grandfather was after. However, they aren’t the only ones looking for it…so the race is on to stop the relic’s power from being unleashed on the world! Nothing is what it seems, as The Hardy Boys and their friends face their most dangerous and unpredictable case yet. “The third and final season dives even deeper into 'The Hardy Boys’' mystery with higher stakes. The cast and fans alike really need to be careful on who they can trust,” Joan Lambur, Executive Producer, Lambur Productions said. “With the rise of technology, our cast find themselves at a crossroads of weighing what they are willing to sacrifice for the benefits of progress.”
Following the success of Seasons 1 and 2 on YTV, fans can look forward to an elevated mystery and thrilling ending to the series that’ll feature new friends, enemies, and a great amount of action and adventure. Season 3 is the ultimate co-viewing experience, filled with even more secrets and lies. The future is coming for our heroes, whether they’re ready or not.” Troy Reeb EVP Broadcast Networks, Corus Entertainment