Who's Afraid of the Dark?

Who's Afraid of the Dark?
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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

Development

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

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

Season One: 2012–2013

The show has yet to premiere.

Main characters

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

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

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

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.