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The Magicians (2015)

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Genre
LGBT-related television series, fantasy television series, college life television program
Country
United States
Length
5 seasons, 65 episodes
Rated
TV-14
Rating
7.6 of 10 from 1,709 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young man discovers that magic is real and gets admitted to a secret school for magicians. He and his classmates soon find that the magical world hides serious dangers and dark secrets.

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What happens

The Magicians is an American fantasy television series that aired on Syfy, based on the trilogy of novels by Lev Grossman. Michael London, Janice Williams, John McNamara, and Sera Gamble serve as executive producers. A 13-episode order was placed for the first season in May 2015, and the series premiered on December 16, 2015, as a special preview. In January 2019, Syfy renewed the series for a fifth, which ran from January 15 to April 1, 2020, following the announcement of the series' cancellation. In the show, students at a secretive school of magic find that the magical world is more dangerous than they realized. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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