Sight Unseen (TV series)
{{Short description|2024 crime drama television series}}
{{Infobox television
| image = Sight Unseen Logo, Black Background.png
| genre = Crime drama
| creator = {{Plainlist|
- Karen Troubetzkoy
- Nikolijne Troubetzkoy
}}
| developer =
| writer =
| story =
| director =
| creative_director =
| starring = {{Plainlist|
}}
| theme_music_composer =
| music =
| open_theme = "In the Shadows" by Amy Stroup
| end_theme =
| composer =
| country = {{Plainlist|
- Canada
- United States
}}
| language = English
| num_seasons = 2
| num_series =
| num_episodes = 18
| num_specials =
| list_episodes =
| executive_producer = {{Plainlist|
- John Fawcett
- Karen Troubetzkoy
- John Morayniss
- Carolyn Newman
- Virginia Rankin
- Charles Cooper
- Derek Schreyer
- Nikolijne Troubetzkoy
}}
| producer =
| location =
| cinematography =
| editor =
| camera =
| runtime =
| company = {{Plainlist|
- Blink49 Studios
- Front Street Pictures
- Sisters Troubetzkoy Productions
- Bell Media
}}
| budget =
| network = {{Plainlist|
}}
| first_aired = {{Start date|2024|1|21}}
| last_aired = present
}}
Sight Unseen is a crime drama television series created by Karen Troubetzkoy and Nikolijne Troubetzkoy and co-produced by CTV in Canada and the CW in the United States. It premiered in Canada on January 21, 2024,[https://broadcastdialogue.com/tv-film-news-170/ "TV & Film News – Steve Smith, Billy Van among Canadian Comedy Hall of Fame inductees"]. Broadcast Dialogue, January 4, 2024. and in the U.S. on April 3, 2024.{{Cite web|last=Rice|first=Lynette|title=When To Expect Return of All American & Walker Plus Other New Series On The CW|url=https://deadline.com/2024/02/cw-premiere-dates-all-american-walker-new-series-1235826714/|website=Deadline Hollywood|date=February 15, 2024}}
Premise
Tess Avery is a former homicide detective in Vancouver, Canada, who, in the middle of a case, suddenly starts losing her vision. Within days, she is forced to leave her job after being diagnosed as clinically blind, due to the fast-onset genetic condition Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy (LOHN). Through the help of her visual guide Sunny, who works for a visual assistance app, she continues to help the police department solve crimes.
Tess tries to remain as independent as possible, while trying to navigate the world with her severe scotoma-type low vision as a consultant.
Cast and characters
=Main=
- Dolly Lewis as Tess Avery, a former homicide detective living in Vancouver who is vision impaired and consulting for the police
- Agam Darshi as Sunny Patel / Sunita Sharma,Kelly Townsend, [https://playbackonline.ca/2023/10/13/cw-network-acquires-ctv-crime-drama-sight-unseen-for-u-s/ "CW Network acquires CTV crime drama Sight Unseen for U.S."]. Playback, October 13, 2023. an agoraphobic woman who lives 3,000 miles away in New York City
- Daniel Gillies as Jake Campbell, Tess' former homicide partner
=Supporting=
- Jarod Joseph as Matt Alleyne, Tess' childhood friend who is a tech-savvy professor{{cite web|last=Volmers|first=Eric|title=Calgary actor Jarod Joseph plays tech-savvy professor in new police drama, Sight Unseen|url=https://calgaryherald.com/entertainment/television/calgary-actor-jarod-joseph-plays-tech-savvy-professor-in-new-police-drama-sight-unseen|website=Calgary Herald|date=January 17, 2024|access-date=March 17, 2024}}
- Alice Christina-Corrigan as Mia Moss, a blind woman who helps Tess adjust to her low-vision situation
- Tony Giroux as Leo Li, a detective
- Roger Cross as Bennett, a police superintendent
- Alec Santos as Lucas Avery, Tess' brother
- Ennis Esmer as Kye, Sunny's doorman and love interest
- Tegan Moss as Rae
Episodes
=Series overview=
{{Series overview
| color1 = #87BDD5
| link1 = #Season 1 (2024)
| episodes1 = 10
| start1 = {{Start date|2024|1|21}}
| end1 = {{End date|2024|3|25}}
| color2 = #64FFFF
| link2 = #Season 2 (2025)
| episodes2 =
| start2 = {{Start date|2025|1|20}}
| end2 =
}}
=Season 1 (2024)=
{{Episode table |background=#87BDD5 |overall= |season= |title= |director= |writer= |airdate= |airdateT=Canadian air date |altdate= |altdateT=U.S. air date |viewers= |aux4= |aux4T=Rating/share {{nowrap|(18–49)}} |country=U.S. |episodes=
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 1
|EpisodeNumber2 = 1
|Title = Tess
|DirectedBy = John Fawcett
|WrittenBy = Karen Troubetzkoy & Nikolijne Troubetzkoy
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2024|1|21}}
|AltDate = April 3, 2024
|ShortSummary =
|LineColor = 87BDD5
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 2
|EpisodeNumber2 = 2
|Title = Sunny
|DirectedBy = Jem Garrard
|WrittenBy = Nikolijne Troubetzkoy
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2024|1|29}}
|AltDate = April 10, 2024
|ShortSummary =
|LineColor = 87BDD5
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 3
|EpisodeNumber2 = 3
|Title = Jake
|DirectedBy = John Fawcett
|WrittenBy = Russ Cochrane
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2024|2|5}}
|AltDate = April 17, 2024
|ShortSummary =
|LineColor = 87BDD5
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 4
|EpisodeNumber2 = 4
|Title = Mia
|DirectedBy = Jem Garrard
|WrittenBy = Lisa Codrington
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2024|2|12}}
|AltDate = April 24, 2024
|ShortSummary =
|LineColor = 87BDD5
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 5
|EpisodeNumber2 = 5
|Title = Matt
|DirectedBy = Sharon Lewis
|WrittenBy = Derek Schreyer
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2024|2|19}}
|AltDate = May 1, 2024
|ShortSummary =
|LineColor = 87BDD5
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 6
|EpisodeNumber2 = 6
|Title = Lucas
|DirectedBy = Sharon Lewis
|WrittenBy = Chris Roberts
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2024|2|26}}
|AltDate = May 8, 2024
|ShortSummary =
|LineColor = 87BDD5
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 7
|EpisodeNumber2 = 7
|Title = Leo
|DirectedBy = John Fawcett
|WrittenBy = Damon Vignale
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2024|3|4}}
|AltDate = May 15, 2024
|ShortSummary =
|LineColor = 87BDD5
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 8
|EpisodeNumber2 = 8
|Title = Fluffed
|DirectedBy = John Fawcett
|WrittenBy = Lynne Kamm
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2024|3|11}}
|AltDate = May 22, 2024
|ShortSummary =
|LineColor = 87BDD5
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 9
|EpisodeNumber2 = 9
|Title = Burn Notice
|DirectedBy = Bruce McDonald
|WrittenBy = Derek Schreyer
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2024|3|18}}
|AltDate = May 29, 2024
|ShortSummary =
|LineColor = 87BDD5
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 10
|EpisodeNumber2 = 10
|Title = Razor's Edge
|DirectedBy = Bruce McDonald
|WrittenBy = Karen Troubetzkoy
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2024|3|25}}
|AltDate = June 5, 2024
|ShortSummary =
|LineColor = 87BDD5
}}
}}
=Season 2 (2025)=
{{Episode table |background=#64FFFF |overall= |season= |title= |titleR= |director= |writer= |airdate= |airdateR={{cite web|title=Sight Unseen – Listings|url=https://tvschedule.zap2it.com/overview.html?programSeriesId=SH04899014&from=TVGrid&aid=gapzap|website=Zap2It|access-date=January 25, 2025}} |airdateT=Canadian air date |altdate= |altdateT=U.S. air date |altdateR={{Cite web|title=Shows A-Z – Sight Unseen on CW|url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/showatch/sight-unseen-cw/listings/|website=The Futon Critic|access-date=January 17, 2025}} |viewers= |aux4= |aux4T=Rating/share {{nowrap|(18–49)}} |country=U.S. |episodes=
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 11
|EpisodeNumber2 = 1
|Title = Runaway Bride
|DirectedBy =
|WrittenBy =
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2025|1|20}}
|AltDate =
|Viewers =
|Aux4 =
|ShortSummary =
|LineColor = 64FFFF
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 12
|EpisodeNumber2 = 2
|Title = About a Boy
|DirectedBy =
|WrittenBy =
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2025|1|27}}
|AltDate =
|Viewers =
|Aux4 =
|ShortSummary =
|LineColor = 64FFFF
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 13
|EpisodeNumber2 = 3
|Title = Chain Reaction
|DirectedBy =
|WrittenBy =
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2025|2|3}}
|AltDate =
|Viewers =
|Aux4 =
|ShortSummary =
|LineColor = 64FFFF
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 14
|EpisodeNumber2 = 4
|Title = Murder on the Dance Floor
|DirectedBy =
|WrittenBy =
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2025|2|10}}
|AltDate =
|Viewers =
|Aux4 =
|ShortSummary =
|LineColor = 64FFFF
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 15
|EpisodeNumber2 = 5
|Title = Girls Like Us
|DirectedBy =
|WrittenBy =
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2025|2|17}}
|AltDate =
|Viewers =
|Aux4 =
|ShortSummary =
|LineColor = 64FFFF
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 16
|EpisodeNumber2 = 6
|Title = Lost in Translation
|DirectedBy =
|WrittenBy =
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2025|2|24}}
|AltDate =
|Viewers =
|Aux4 =
|ShortSummary =
|LineColor = 64FFFF
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 17
|EpisodeNumber2 = 7
|Title = Papa Don't Preach
|DirectedBy =
|WrittenBy =
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2025|3|3}}
|AltDate =
|Viewers =
|Aux4 =
|ShortSummary =
|LineColor = 64FFFF
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 18
|EpisodeNumber2 = 8
|Title = Don't Look Back
|DirectedBy =
|WrittenBy =
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2025|3|10}}
|AltDate =
|Viewers =
|Aux4 =
|ShortSummary =
|LineColor = 64FFFF
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 19
|EpisodeNumber2 = 9
|Title = Strangers in a Game
|DirectedBy =
|WrittenBy =
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2025|3|17}}
|AltDate =
|Viewers =
|Aux4 =
|ShortSummary =
|LineColor = 64FFFF
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 20
|EpisodeNumber2 = 10
|Title = Rekindling
|DirectedBy =
|WrittenBy =
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2025|3|24}}
|AltDate =
|Viewers =
|Aux4 =
|ShortSummary =
|LineColor = 64FFFF
}}
}}
Development
Lewis herself has severe night blindness, and her retinas are detaching. She said that the producers of the show had been aware of this, and "I think they were looking to specifically cast somebody that has real life experience with" vision issues.{{cite web|title= New drama Sight Unseen pairs clinically blind detective with agoraphobic true crime fan|url=https://vancouversun.com/entertainment/television/new-drama-sight-unseen-pairs-clinically-blind-detective-with-agoraphobic-true-crime-fan|website=Vancouver Sun|date=January 17, 2024|access-date=February 16, 2024}}
Release
The series was ordered to series by both CTV and the CW{{cite web|last=Jacobs|first=Meredith|title=The CW Orders Scripted Series Wild Cards & Sight Unseen for 2024|url=https://www.tvinsider.com/1108098/wild-cards-sight-unseen-vanessa-morgan-daniel0-gillies-giacomo-gianniotti-cw/|website=TV Insider|date=October 12, 2023|access-date=December 6, 2023}}{{cite web|last=Rice|first=Lynette|title=The CW Picks Up Wild Cards & Sight Unseen For 2024|url=https://deadline.com/2023/10/the-cw-picks-up-wild-cards-sight-unseen-canadian-dramas-1235571688/|website=Deadline Hollywood|date=October 12, 2023|access-date=December 6, 2023}} and premiered on January 21, 2024, on CTV, as a special event following that day's NFL Divisional Playoff game.
The show's focus on a visually impaired woman received some attention as a significant advance for media representation of people with disabilities, as it premiered around the same time as One More Time, a Canadian comedy series on CBC Television about a hearing-impaired retail manager.Aisling Murphy, [https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/television/shes-visually-impaired-hes-hard-of-hearing-theyre-boosting-disability-representation-on-canadian-tv/article_62cf72dc-cc4e-11ee-86e2-d776f61fe33b.html "She's visually impaired. He's hard of hearing. They're boosting disability representation on Canadian TV"]. Toronto Star, February 24, 2024.
On June 6, 2024, CTV reported that the show had been renewed for a second season.{{cite web | url=https://tvline.com/news/sight-unseen-renewed-season-2-the-cw-1235254660/ | title=Sight Unseen Renewed in Canada; the CW's Plans for Season 2 TBD | date=6 June 2024 }} The second season premiered on January 20, 2025, in Canada.{{Cite web |title=CTV Original Drama SIGHT UNSEEN Returns for Season 2, January 20 - Bell Media |url=https://www.bellmedia.ca/the-lede/press/ctv-original-drama-sight-unseen-returns-for-season-2-january-20/ |access-date=2025-01-02 |website=CTV Original Drama SIGHT UNSEEN Returns for Season 2, January 20 - Bell Media |language=en}}
Reception
=Ratings=
{{Television episode ratings
| noshare = y
| title1 = Tess
| date1 = April 3, 2024
| rs1 = 0.1
| dvr1 = 0.1
| dvrv1 = 0.22
| total1 = 0.2
| title2 = Sunny
| date2 = April 10, 2024
| rs2 = 0.0
| dvr2 = 0.0
| dvrv2 = 0.16
| total2 = 0.0
| title3 = Jake
| date3 = April 17, 2024
| rs3 = 0.1
| dvr3 =
| dvrv3 =
| total3 =
| totalv3 =
| title4 = Mia
| date4 = April 24, 2024
| rs4 = 0.1
| dvr4 =
| dvrv4 =
| total4 =
| totalv4 =
| title5 = Matt
| date5 = May 1, 2024
| rs5 = 0.0
| dvr5 =
| dvrv5 =
| total5 =
| totalv5 =
| title6 = Lucas
| date6 = May 8, 2024
| rs6 = 0.0
| dvr6 =
| dvrv6 =
| total6 =
| totalv6 =
| title7 = Leo
| date7 = May 15, 2024
| rs7 = 0.0
| dvr7 =
| dvrv7 =
| total7 =
| totalv7 =
| title8 = Fluffed
| date8 = May 22, 2024
| rs8 = 0.0
| dvr8 =
| dvrv8 =
| total8 =
| totalv8 =
| title9 = Burn Notice
| date9 = May 29, 2024
| rs9 = 0.0
| dvr9 =
| dvrv9 =
| total9 =
| totalv9 =
| title10 = Razor's Edge
| date10 = June 5, 2024
| rs10 = 0.0
| dvr10 =
| dvrv10 =
| total10 =
| totalv10 =
}}
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- {{IMDb title|30487848}}
{{CTV Television Network Shows (current and upcoming)}}
{{The CW programming}}
Category:2020s Canadian crime drama television series
Category:2024 Canadian television series debuts