Beauty & the Beast is an American television series very loosely inspired by the 1987 CBS series of the same name. The show, starring Kristin Kreuk and Jay Ryan, premiered October 11, 2012 on The CW. It was renewed for a third season to air during the 2014–15 television season. Catherine Chandler, a detective, witnesses her mother being shot the same night she is saved from her mother's murderers by a supposed beast. Nine years later, a case leads her to discover that Vincent Keller, an ex-soldier believed to have been killed in action during military service, is actually alive. As Catherine gets to know him, she starts finding out more about her mother's murder and about who (and what) Vincent really is. At the same time, they get to know one another and eventually fall in love. The CW, officially began developing the series in September 2011. The project was described as "a modern-day romantic love story with a procedural twist," unlike the original series which was a romantic dram.. …