Abrams said last month at the Television Critics Association winter press tour. “My guess is is the final season,” executive producer J.J. Curiously, TVLine has learned that the actress’ deal puts Drew in first position ahead of a potential - yet extremely unlikely - sixth season of POI.

Shahi returned to Person of Interest on a full-time basis for the yet-to-be-scheduled Season 5, after taking a maternity leave. RELATED Pilot Season ’16: Scoop on This Fall’s (Possible) New Shows, Who’s In Them In addition to multiple film adaptations, Nancy Drew has been brought to the small screen three times: The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries, which ran from 1977 to 1979 the one-and-done 1995 Nancy Drew series and the 2002 TV movie (originally intended as a series), which starred Maggie Lawson as the amateur sleuth.

Joan Rater and Tony Phelan ( Grey’s Anatomy) will co-write and executive-produce with Dan Jinks. Shahi joins a cast that also includes ER‘s Anthony Edwards (as Nancy’s dad), Graceland‘s Vanessa Ferlito (as a fellow NYPD detective) and The Good Wife‘s Felix Solis (as Nancy’s boss at the NYPD).

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