Witches of East End is an American television series loosely based on the book series of the same name by Melissa de la Cruz and developed by Maggie Friedman. In the United States, it premiered on Lifetime on October 6, 2013 and ended on October 5, 2014, with 23 episodes. Witches of East End follows the lives of a family of witches – Joanna Beauchamp (Julia Ormond) and her two grown-up daughters, Freya Beauchamp (Jenna Dewan Tatum) and Ingrid Beauchamp (Rachel Boston), as well as her sister Wendy Beauchamp (Mädchen Amick).[1]
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For its first season, Witches of East End aired on Sunday nights at 10:00 pm and averaged 1.67 million viewers.[2] For its second season, the show moved up to the 9:00 pm timeslot on Sundays and averaged 1.13 million viewers.[2] On November 4, 2014, Lifetime cancelled Witches of East End due to low ratings in the second season.[2][3][4]
Series overview
editEpisodes
editSeason 1 (2013)
editNo. in series |
No. in season |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Production code |
U.S. viewers (million) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1 | "Pilot" | Mark Waters | Teleplay by : Maggie Friedman | October 6, 2013 | 1WAK79 | 1.93[5] |
2 | 2 | "Marilyn Fenwick, R.I.P." | Jonathan Kaplan | Maggie Friedman | October 13, 2013 | 1WAK01 | 1.93[6] |
3 | 3 | "Today I Am a Witch" | Allan Arkush | Josh Reims | October 20, 2013 | 1WAK02 | 1.69[7] |
4 | 4 | "A Few Good Talismen" | Fred Gerber | Turi Meyer & Al Septien | October 27, 2013 | 1WAK03 | 1.83[8] |
5 | 5 | "Electric Avenue" | Paul Holahan | Ron Milbauer & Terri Hughes-Burton | November 3, 2013 | 1WAK04 | 1.60[9] |
6 | 6 | "Potentia Noctis" | John Scott | Maggie Friedman | November 10, 2013 | 1WAK05 | 1.46[10] |
7 | 7 | "Unburied" | David Solomon | Josh Reims | November 17, 2013 | 1WAK06 | 1.62[11] |
8 | 8 | "Snake Eyes" | Peter Leto | Al Septien & Turi Meyer | November 24, 2013 | 1WAK07 | 1.51[12] |
9 | 9 | "A Parching Imbued" | Patrick Norris | Josh Reims | December 1, 2013 | 1WAK08 | 1.40[13] |
10 | 10 | "Oh, What a World!" | John Scott | Maggie Friedman | December 15, 2013 | 1WAK09 | 1.74[14] |
Season 2 (2014)
editNo. in series |
No. in season |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Production code |
U.S. viewers (million) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
11 | 1 | "A Moveable Beast" | Allan Arkush | Maggie Friedman | July 6, 2014 | 2WAK01 | 1.12[15] |
12 | 2 | "The Son Also Rises" | Patrick Norris | Richard Hatem | July 13, 2014 | 2WAK02 | 1.50[16] |
13 | 3 | "The Old Man and the Key" | Michael Nankin | Turi Meyer & Al Septien | July 20, 2014 | 2WAK03 | 1.31[17] |
14 | 4 | "The Brothers Grimoire" | Ron Underwood | Shelley Meals & Darin Goldberg | July 27, 2014 | 2WAK04 | 1.10[18] |
15 | 5 | "Boogie Knights" | Debbie Allen | Debra J. Fisher | August 10, 2014 | 2WAK05 | 0.96[19] |
16 | 6 | "When a Mandragora Loves a Woman" | Joe Dante | Akela Cooper | August 17, 2014 | 2WAK06 | 1.15[20] |
17 | 7 | "Art of Darkness" | Patrick Norris | Yolonda E. Lawrence | August 24, 2014 | 2WAK07 | 1.02[21] |
18 | 8 | "Sex, Lies, and Birthday Cake" | Guy Norman Bee | Story by : Sarah Tarkoff Teleplay by : Maggie Friedman & Richard Hatem | September 7, 2014 | 2WAK08 | 1.08[22] |
19 | 9 | "Smells Like King Spirit" | Tim Andrew | Turi Meyer & Al Septien | September 14, 2014 | 2WAK09 | 1.20[23] |
20 | 10 | "The Fall of the House of Beauchamp" | Mick Garris | Darin Goldberg & Shelley Meals | September 21, 2014 | 2WAK10 | 1.24[24] |
21 | 11 | "Poe Way Out" | Joe Dante | Debra J. Fisher | September 28, 2014 | 2WAK11 | 0.88[25] |
22 | 12 | "Box to the Future" | Andy Wolk | Richard Hatem | October 5, 2014 | 2WAK12 | 1.14[26] |
23 | 13 | "For Whom the Spell Tolls" | Allan Arkush | Maggie Friedman | October 5, 2014 | 2WAK13 | 1.03[26] |
DVD releases
editSeason | Episodes | DVD release date | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Region 1 | Region 2 | Region 4 | |||
1 | 10 | June 24, 2014[27] | October 27, 2014[28] | December 10, 2014[29] | |
2 | 13 | July 7, 2015[30] | TBA | September 16, 2015[31] |
References
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- ^ a b c Abrams, Natalie (November 4, 2014). "Lifetime cancels 'Witches of East end'". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved November 5, 2014.
- ^ Ng, Philiana (November 4, 2014). "'Witches of East End' Canceled by Lifetime". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved November 5, 2014.
- ^ Andreeva, Nellie (November 4, 2014). "Witches of East End Cancelled by Lifetime After Two Seasons". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved November 5, 2014.
- ^ Kondolojy, Amanda (October 8, 2013). "Sunday Cable Ratings: 'Keeping Up With the Kardashians' & 'Thursday Night Football: Special Edition' Tie for Lead + 'Real Housewives of New Jersey' & More". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on October 11, 2013. Retrieved October 8, 2013.
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- ^ Bibel, Sara (November 12, 2013). "Sunday Cable Ratings: 'The Walking Dead' Wins Night, 'Talking Dead', 'Boardwalk Empire', 'Homeland', 'Killing Kennedy' & More". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on November 12, 2013. Retrieved November 12, 2013.
- ^ Kondolojy, Amanda (November 19, 2013). "Sunday Cable Ratings: 'The Walking Dead' Wins Night + 'Talking Dead', 'Real Housewives of Atlanta', NASCAR & More". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on November 22, 2013. Retrieved November 19, 2013.
- ^ Bibel, Sara (November 26, 2013). "Sunday Cable Ratings: 'The Walking Dead' Wins Night, 'Talking Dead', 'Homeland', 'Boardwalk Empire', 'Witches of East End' & More". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on November 28, 2013. Retrieved November 26, 2013.
- ^ Kondolojy, Amanda (December 4, 2013). "Sunday Cable Ratings: 'The Walking Dead' Wins Night, + 'Talking Dead', 'Soul Train Awards', 'Real Housewives of Atlanta' & More". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on December 7, 2013. Retrieved December 4, 2013.
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- ^ Bibel, Sara (July 9, 2014). "Sunday Cable Ratings: 'True Blood' Wins Night, 'The Last Ship', 'Falling Skies', 'The Leftovers', 'Devious Maids', 'Witches of East End', & More". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on July 12, 2014. Retrieved July 9, 2014.
- ^ Kondolojy, Amanda (July 15, 2014). "Sunday Cable Ratings: 'True Blood' Tops Night + 'The Strain', 'Keeping Up With the Kardashians', 'The Last Ship' & More". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on July 17, 2014. Retrieved July 17, 2014.
- ^ Bibel, Sara (July 22, 2014). "Sunday Cable Ratings: 'True Blood' Wins Night, 'The Last Ship', 'The Strain', 'Witches of East End', 'Ray Donovan' & More". TV by the Number. Archived from the original on July 29, 2014. Retrieved July 22, 2014.
- ^ Kondolojy, Amanda (July 29, 2014). "Sunday Cable Ratings: 'True Blood' Leads Night + NASCAR, 'Keeping Up With the Kardashians', 'The Last Ship', 'The Strain' & More". TV by the Number. Archived from the original on July 29, 2014. Retrieved July 31, 2014.
- ^ Kondolojy, Amanda (August 12, 2014). "Sunday Cable Ratings: 'Shark of Darkness: Wrath of Submarine' Tops Night + 'True Blood', 'Air Jaws', NASCAR & More". TV by the Number. Archived from the original on August 12, 2014. Retrieved August 12, 2014.
- ^ Bibel, Sara (August 19, 2014). "Sunday Cable Ratings: 'True Blood' Wins Night, 'Keeping Up With the Kardashians', 'The Strain', 'The Last Ship', 'The Leftovers' & More". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on August 20, 2014. Retrieved August 19, 2014.
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- ^ Bibel, Sara (September 16, 2014). "Sunday Cable Ratings: 'The Strain' & 'NFL Countdown' Win Night, 'Boardwalk Empire', 'Ray Donovan', 'Witches of East End' & More". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on September 17, 2014. Retrieved September 16, 2014.
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