Overview
- Citytv announced May 28 that John Reardon will reprise Detective Charlie Hudson for a 12-episode ninth season of the Canadian procedural.
- The network and producers say production will start in St. John’s, Newfoundland, in June and that several regulars, including Luke Roberts, will remain on the cast.
- Reardon left the show in 2024 while undergoing treatment for tonsil cancer and later said he was cleared to work but had been replaced for Season 8.
- Producers and multiple outlets linked Reardon’s return to strong fan backlash, which included social-media campaigns, petitions, and paid ads urging his reinstatement.
- Season 9’s synopsis sets up Charlie’s dramatic return from searching for a missing brother and signals storylines about how his comeback affects Rex and the St. John’s police team.