Who's Afraid of the Dark?

Page last edited 4,251 days ago
From Urapopstar
Jump to navigation Jump to search
Who's Afraid of the Dark?
250px
Background information
Format Teen Drama
Developed by The CW
Starring Chase Elite
Amelia Clark
Charlee Wilson
Aaron Smith
Kristian Snakes
Emma Beers
Rachel Goal
Robert Meiji
Opening theme N/A
Country of origin USA
No. of series 0
No. of episodes 0
Executive producers The CW
Location Los Angles
Running time 42 Mins
Original run July 2012 - present

Who's Afraid Of The Dark? is an American teen drama television series. The series is due to premiere on The CW in July 2012.

The series revolves around several students at a fictional Beverly Hills High School, who solve mysteries involving supposedly supernatural creatures through a series of antics and missteps. Eight students are focused on, Louis Winters, Amy Turner, Jack Hunter, Mandy Colsen, Eva Tindale, Gemma Taylor, Thomas Topcan and Martin Buries as strange events occur in their school and neighbourhood. The group begin to recieve press attention later in the series due to their success at capturing the villains.

Production[edit | edit source]

Development[edit | edit source]

A detailed breakdown of the pilot written, and released in February 2012, containing information on the plot and characters which would be in the series.

Casting[edit | edit source]

Casting for the show began in late 2011, with unknown actors being the producer's chosen choice, so that the show would appear more believable. Four lead females and four lead males were wanted, as well as reccuring and supporting cast. Aaron Smith was the first member cast, with producers claiming his character "was the eighth main charcater, out of the eight - and an easy choice." Amelia Clark was cast next, being slightly well known for her modelling and acting in four of Chase Elite's music videos. Emma Beers and Rachel Goal were cast not long after, followed by Kristian Snakes. With five of the eight main characters cast, producers felt none of the other applicants suited the remaining four roles, and thus they approached people instead. About 12 people were asked to audition for each character, leading to Robert Meiji being instantly cast. Next cast was singer and model Chase Elite. Despite being a household name in the UK, producers believed this would be a selling point, as he was relatively unknown in the US. Chase's past on-screen chemistry on his music videos with actress Amelia Clark had gained him his audition, eventually giving him the lead role. However for the final role, the twelve people that auditioned for the final role were unsuccesful, and it wasn't until auditions went to Texas that Charlee Wilson was discovered, two months later.

Series overview[edit | edit source]

Season One: 2012–2013[edit | edit source]

The show has yet to premiere.

Main characters[edit | edit source]

Actor Character Year Notes
Chase Elite Louis Winters 2012–present
Amelia Clark Amy Turner 2012–Present
Kristian Snakes Thomas Topcan 2012−Present
Emma Beers Mandy Colsen 2012–Present
Rachel Goal Eva Tindale 2012-Present
Aaron Smith Jack Hunter 2012–Present
Charlee Wilson Gemma Taylor 2012–Present
Robert Meiji Martin Buries 2012–Present

Broadcast[edit | edit source]

Who's Afraid of the Dark? first airs in the United States on The CW, Tuesdays at 8:00 pm.

In the UK, the series airs on E4, after beating off competition from Channel 5, ITV2 and Living for the rights to broadcast the show. In Australia it aired on Network Ten. The show airs in the Republic of Ireland on RTE Two, initially the show aired in a prime-time slot of Fridays before moving to Tuesdays. By the second season the show was moved to early mornings airing after midnight.

Ratings[edit | edit source]

Seasonal rankings (based on average total viewers per episode) of Who's Afraid of the Dark? on The CW.

Season Timeslot # Ep. Premiered Ended TV Season Rank Viewers
(in millions)
Date Premiere
Viewers
(in millions)
Date Finale
Viewers
(in millions)
1
Tuesday 8:00PM
24
July, 2012
TBA
2013
TBA 2012–2013 TBA TBA

The show has yet to premiere, so ratings are currently unknown.

Critical response[edit | edit source]

The show has yet to premiere, so no reviews have taken place. However through cast photoshoots and interviews, it has been noted they all seem to gel well together.