Witches of East End In The Media

[formerlyfreedom]

Here's where you'll find the news on Witches of East End!

 

Looks like they will be back in July - TVLine article.

[joshleejosh]

The teaser trailer linked in that article is adorably intense:

 

I'm not sure... is season 2 going to be... darker, maybe?

[formerlyfreedom]

Just saw a new promo for the season (while watching Petals on the Wind, of course!), which isn't up yet on the internet. But it did lead me to this slightly oldish news; Christan Cooke joins WoEE. Which is incredibly interesting, since

he is seen in the promo calling Joanna 'Mom'

!

[formerlyfreedom]

And here's that new promo;

 

[Bill C.]

The first S2 promo already had me going "Show, what?"  This one only makes it worse.  :)  Considering the tone of the first season (even allowing for the occasional dalliances), this apparent swing towards the darkness may make the show even more of a hot mess than it already was.

[missbonnie]

I absolutely hate the new promos for season two. The ones from season one where they are in white and then the fire comes leaving them in black in a pentagram were cool. Oh well, promos or not, I can't wait for this to start up again.

[peachmangosteen]

Buffy, Teen Wolf Alums Sign on for Witches of East End

[FurryFury]

They're both Buffy alums :P

 

Hopefully, Bianca Lawson won't play a teenager in this show, at least. She's been doing that for 20 years already.

[Bill C.]

Sarah Lancaster (perhaps most notably Ellie from Chuck) is coming aboard this season in a recurring role.

[Grammaeryn]

Spoilery pictures here: http://www.spoilertv.com/2014/07/witches-of-east-end-episode-205-boogie.html

[Bill C.]

An interview with Maggie Friedman (a couple of minor spoilers, but nothing overt).

[Happytobehere]

Spoilery pictures here: http://www.spoilertv.com/2014/07/witches-of-east-end-episode-205-boogie.html

Does this mean that they are "Friendship Zoning" Ingrid, or do we have another who give a flying ... triangle to look forward to?

Based on Sunday's episode, I thought they were going to go with Freya renewing her interest in Dash because of the bond she saw developing with Ingrid.

[ottoDbusdriver]

Some extremely spoilery photos for Episode 210

 

http://www.spoilertv.com/2014/09/witches-of-east-end-episode-210-fall-of.html

[Anela]

I saw something on twitter, Madchen asking fans to live-tweet during the show tonight, to see if they can get it renewed.

[Bort]

The cast is VERY active on Twitter in support of the show. Most of them have been live-tweeting every week this season. Channing Tatum joining in sometimes is really hilarious.

[TheHappinessHotel]

I am tempted to join Twitter just to help them out in getting renewed.  This is my favorite guilty pleasure!

[NutMeg]

Is there any talk of them not being renewed?

[Bort]

No, it's just that it's near the end of the season and they're campaigning for it already.

[Rahul]

Well, it's really a toss up at this point considering the ratings decline. A second season renewal was announced after 7 episodes had aired last year. We're approaching the penultimate week of season 2 and still no word. 

 

That being said, Lifetime only has two other shows in development of which only one is scripted (http://thefutoncritic.com/showatch.aspx?series=&network=lifetime&daycode=&statuscode=8&genre=&studio=) so this show still stands a fair chance.

[Rahul]

Season 2 post mortem interview with show runner Maggie Friedman

http://tvline.com/2014/10/05/witches-of-east-end-ingrid-pregnant-wendy-dead-season-3-spoilers/

[Mu Shu]

Wow.  The show runner sounds like she's thirteen.

 

Hey show runner?   The fans don't think Dash is a stud, nor do they think Raven is a badass.  And using "It's magic, right?"   to cover up the holes in the script you could drive a Mack truck though don't bode well for the future. 

Edited October 12, 2014 by Mu Shu

[Bill C.]

The show's always said "a wizard did it," for all intents, so I'm not going to gig Maggie on that now.  Dash being a manslut...er, stud seems to have come hand in hand with his turn to the dark side, at least, but Raven..."badass"...yeah, okay.

 

The interview by omission seemed to confirm one thing, though: if the show comes back, Frederick likely will stay dead (which absolutely has to happen, if only to help shore up the flagging immutability of death on the show).

[NutMeg]

You guys, this might well be build as a drama, for me it is one of the best comedy shows this year, not that I watch (or keep watching) many of them, but still, I'll be back for more (intentional or not) comedy when the show comes back. 

[missbonnie]

No, it's just that it's near the end of the season and they're campaigning for it already.

I'm not worried about it getting picked up, I just think that Lifetime is dragging it's feet this year. It took them several months to decide if Devious Maids was going to get picked up.

Oh, and I really hope that Frederick didn't die, I very much enjoy his character. My question is, who was that woman who killed him?

Edited October 15, 2014 by missbonnie

[Bort]

I'm not worried about it getting picked up, I just think that Lifetime is dragging it's feet this year. It took them several months to decide if Devious Maids was going to get picked up.

That tends to happen with cable shows after sophomore years. For example, I'm still waiting on news for Continuum's renewal. In theory, they should be due to start shooting the next season soon but Showcase STILL hasn't decided yet.

[Bort]

Not Witches of East End news but Lifetime has cancelled The Lottery (I suspected this would happen when I noticed Lifetime suddenly stopped promoting it). At any rate, this makes it that much more likely that Witches of East End might get a renewal.

[giovannif7]

The word is in, and it's not good. Lifetime has cancelled Witches Of East End after two seasons.

[ottoDbusdriver]

I'm going to miss Aunt Wendy  :(

 

Won't really miss any of the others though.

[Rahul]

Saddened, but not entirely surprised. The quality of the show vacillated between craptastic and stroke of brilliance.

I'm guessing since Lifetime is already a tier 2 cable network, its highly unlikely this show will be shopped around for a new home by FOX 21.

[formerlyfreedom]

Dammit, I'm in mourning now. We'll never know who fathered Ingrid's baby!

[Arynm]

Parties over! What a bummer! Lots of threads left hanging, I hope we can get some closure.

[missbonnie]

Unfreakingbelievable! Oh but hey, we can all watch Prison Wives. Pissed off times 100. LIFETIME YOU SUCK!

[Bill C.]

This kind of blows...and figures, somehow.  This admittedly wasn't a great show, but it had a certain just-go-with-it charm.  All we need now is for Lifetime to announce a new reality show to complete the circle.

 

Dammit, I'm in mourning now. We'll never know who fathered Ingrid's baby!

 

Yeah, that and WENDY IN HELL were definitely the two outstanding questions of the...five?...the S2 finale left us with.  Hopefully Maggie Friedman will drop some clues later on where S3 would have gone.

[Bort]

Dang. I was really interested in the setup they'd left: Ingrid's pregnancy, Wendy "dead," the Dash/Killian body switch... I won't curl up in a ball over it or anything but I'm bummed to not get a resolution.

[GaT]

Not surprised, there was just too much stupid stuff that didn't make sense, & the books the show was based on made even less sense.

[scarletregina]

Aw :( I'm bummed. I love witch TV shows, regardless of how bad they are.

[missbonnie]

This kind of blows...and figures, somehow. This admittedly wasn't a great show, but it had a certain just-go-with-it charm. All we need now is for Lifetime to announce a new reality show to complete the circle.

Oh but we do, we have the awesome True Tori! *gag* Edited November 5, 2014 by missbonnie

[Rahul]

Aw :( I'm bummed. I love witch TV shows, regardless of how bad they are.

 

Here, here. I guess I'll be tuning in for season 2 of Salem on WGN after all. How long until the next witch show makes it to television?

[Artsda]

I'm sad. I thought season 2 was so much better. :( 

[Meredith Quill]

I'm bummed, sick of reality shows clogging up our tellyboxes. WoEE was fun. *shakes fist @ Lifetime* Grrrr. That is all.

[Anela]

It wasn't the best show on television, but I still looked forward to it. :(

[TheHappinessHotel]

Well, this is definitely bumworthy news.  

[Mu Shu]

Well poop on a stick.    I had just developed a crush on Daniel Di Tomasso.

 

The show sucked, but it had pretty people and was fun to watch.    Haven't other cancelled shows been pulled back from the abyss?    Do I have to join twitter to try to bring it back?

[missbonnie]

I do believe that there are several petitions floating around the internet if you Google it. I signed several, not that it will make a damn bit of difference. TNT and Lifetime have really pissed me off this year with their cancellations. I used to watch a lot of shows on those two networks and I am down to just Devious Maids on Lifetime (which I fully expect them to cancel after the next season) and Major Crimes and Rizzoli and Isles on TNT. I may give The Librarians a look see.

When TNT cancelled Perception on Friday there were a bunch of people saying that we need a network geared to the 45 and up age group. I agree with that too, most network shows seem to be looking at a 18_35=demographic in my opinion.

Edited November 16, 2014 by missbonnie

[magicdog]

 We should at least get a TV movie or  miniseries to finish the ciffhanger they left us.

[missbonnie]

I totally agree with you.

[Bort]

Interview with 24 network chiefs. I thought this was notable:

The hardest show for me to cancel was:ROB SHARENOW (Lifetime): Witches of East End. My 15-year-old daughter still hasn't forgiven me.

[missbonnie]

I just noticed today that Netflix is showing WoEE, and there's some buzz about them picking the show up. I so wish that would happen.

[Anela]

I just noticed today that Netflix is showing WoEE, and there's some buzz about them picking the show up. I so wish that would happen.

So do I. I came here looking for updates, even though I've seen that Rachel Boston has a new pilot that she's filming. I follow the cast on twitter, and they seem really close.

Edited March 20, 2015 by Anela

[Bort]

Melissa de la Cruz Wraps Up ‘Witches Of East End’ Questions In New Short Story