Shadowhunters (2016)

Genre

youth series, adventure television series, horror television series, romance television series, LGBT-related television series, fantasy television series

Country

United States

Length

3 seasons, 55 episodes

Rated

TV-14

Rating

7.6 of 10 from 1,230 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A teenager discovers on her 18th birthday that she is a Shadowhunter, a half-angel warrior who hunts demons. She must learn to navigate this dangerous new world while facing forbidden love and ancient enemies.

fast-pacedromanticdramaticfantasticalaction-packedintensesupernaturaldarkly romantic

What happens

Shadowhunters, also known as Shadowhunters: The Mortal Instruments, is an American supernatural drama television series developed by Ed Decter, based on the novel series The Mortal Instruments written by Cassandra Clare. It premiered in North America on Freeform on January 12, 2016. Primarily filmed in Toronto, Canada, the series follows Clary Fray (Katherine McNamara), who finds out on her eighteenth birthday that she comes from a long line of Shadowhunters, human-angel hybrids who hunt down devils and demons, and has to deal with the struggle of forbidden love. Produced by Constantin Film, it serves as a reboot of the 2013 film adaptation of the novels, The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones. The first season of Shadowhunters received mixed responses from critics. The pilot episode attracted the largest audience for Freeform in more than two years. The show received numerous award nominations, winning one GLAAD Award, six Teen Choice Awards and five People's Choice Awards. In March 2016, the series was renewed for a second season of 20 episodes, which premiered on January 2, 2017. In August 2016, showrunner Ed Decter left the series over "creative differences". Todd Slavkin and Darren Swimmer were named as Decter's replacements. In April 2017, Freeform renewed the show for a third season of 20 episodes, which premiered on March 20, 2018. In June 2018, Freeform canceled the series after three seasons, but ordered two extra episodes to properly conclude the series' story; the second half of the third season premiered on February 25, 2019, with 12 episodes ordered. The two-part series finale aired on May 6, 2019. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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