Harper's Island is a horror thriller/mystery created by Ari Schlossberg for CBS's 2008–2009 television season. The series premiered on April 9, 2009, at 10:00 pm ET/PT. Harper's Island had only one season with 13 episodes.One or more characters are killed during each episode. All questions are answered in the 13th episode. The first three episodes aired on Thursdays, but CBS moved the program to Saturdays during the week of April 28. The final episode aired on July 11
The series was shot on Bowen Island, an island municipality about 2 km west of Vancouver in Canada's British Columbia province, and at the University of British Columbia
The actors and actresses were not told about their characters' deaths until the day that each script was given. The only actor to know the length of his contract was Richard Burgi