'A Discovery of Witches' to Air on AMC and BBC America

After a breakout success on several streaming services, A Discovery of Witches is officially [...]

After a breakout success on several streaming services, A Discovery of Witches is officially headed to cable.

AMC Networks recently announced that it will be airing the first season of A Discovery of Witches on both AMC and BBC America. The episodes will be simulcast weekly beginning on April 7th at 9/8c, following new episodes of Killing Eve.

The series, which is based off of the novel of the same name, is a modern-day love story, set in a world where witches, vampires, and demons secretly live and work alongside humans, hidden in plain sight. The series stars Matthew Goode (The Crown, Watchmen) and Theresa Palmer (Warm Bodies, I Am Number Four), alongside Alex Kingston (Doctor Who, Arrow), Valarie Pettiford (Being Mary Jane), and Owen Teale (Game of Thrones).

A Discovery of Witches was picked up by AMC last summer, debuting on both Sundance Now and Shudder, with the plan to have a linear run on SundanceTV. The debut of the series reportedly broke records on both Sundance Now and Shudder, leading to a 30% increase in total subscribers for the former.

"Thanks to the critical acclaim and overwhelmingly positive audience response to A Discovery of Witches, the series has found a new legion of fans. We are thrilled to bring it to a wider audience and pair it with Killing Eve on both AMC and BBC AMERICA," Sarah Barnett, President of AMC Entertainment Networks, said in a statement. "This is a great example of our cross-network strategy; to expose our series to new audiences across our ecosystem of networks and streaming services."

Filmed in the UK at Wolf Studios Wales and on location in Oxford and Venice, A Discovery of Witches was adapted for screen by writer Kate Brooke (Mr. Selfridge), who also serves as executive producer. Co-founders of Bad Wolf, Jane Tranter (The Night Of, Succession) and Julie Gardner (Doctor Who, Da Vinci's Demons) and Lachlan MacKinnon (The White Princess,Burton & Taylor) are executive producers along with author Deborah Harkness. Juan Carlos Medina (Painless), Alice Troughton (Doctor Who) and Sarah Walker (Death in Paradise) direct.

A Discovery of Witches has already been renewed for second and third seasons by Sky, Sundance Now, and Shudder. Season two is expected to begin production sometime this year.

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