Shadowhunters
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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.
TV series · TMDB
★ 7.6When Clary Fray's mother has disappeared, Clary joins a band of Shadowhunters; demon killing hunters, and gets caught up in a plan to save the world.
- Aired
- 2016–2019
- Seasons
- 3 · 55 episodes
- Status
- Ended
- Created by
- Ed Decter
- Network
- Freeform
- Genres
- Action & Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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Key facts
- Television.image
- Shadowhunters title card.jpg
- Television.caption
- Title card for the second season
- Television.developer
- Ed Decter
- Television.open_theme
- "This Is the Hunt" by Ruelle
- Television.country
- United States
- Television.language
- English
- Television.num_seasons
- 3
- Television.num_episodes
- 55
- Television.list_episodes
- List of Shadowhunters episodes
- Television.location
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Television.camera
- Single-camera
- Television.runtime
- 39–60 minutes
- Television.channel
- Freeform
- Album.name
- Shadowhunters (Original Television Series Soundtrack)
- Album.type
- soundtrack
- Album.artist
- Various artists
- Album.released
- July 21, 2017
- Album.recorded
- 2016–17
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 42
- Official website
- freeform.go.com/shows/shadowhunters
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- number of seasons
- 3
- title
- Shadowhunters
- number of episodes
- 55
- start time
- 2016-01-12
- Commons category
- Shadowhunters
- end time
- 2019-05-06
- social media followers
- 1365953
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22 sectionsContents
- Plot
- Cast and characters
- Main
- Recurring
- Introduced in season one
- Introduced in season two
- Introduced in season three
- Episodes
- Production
- Development
- Casting
- Filming
- Music
- Soundtrack
- Broadcast
- Reception
- Ratings
- Critical response
- Accolades
- Home media releases
- References
- External links
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.