Shadowhunters

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Shadowhunters

Title card for the second season

Teen drama
Genre
Supernatural drama

Horror

Fantasy

Romance

Based on The Mortal Instruments

by Cassandra Clare

Developed by Ed Decter

Starring Katherine McNamara

Dominic Sherwood

Alberto Rosende

Matthew Daddario

Emeraude Toubia

Isaiah Mustafa

Harry Shum Jr.

Alisha Wainwright

Opening theme "This Is the Hunt" by Ruelle

Composers Ben Decter (season 1)

Trevor Morris

Jack Wall

Country of origin United States

Original language English

No. of seasons 3

No. of episodes 55 (list of episodes)

Production

Executive producers Todd Slavkin

Darren Swimmer

Imane Diyane

McG

Mary Viola

J. Miles Dale
Robert Kulzer

Michael Lynne

Robert Shaye

Michael Reisz

Producers Don Carmody

David Cormican

Martin Moszkowicz

Production locations Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Camera setup Single-camera

Running time 42 minutes

Production companies Constantin Film

Distributor Disney–ABC Domestic

Television (U.S.)

Netflix (international)

Release

Original network Freeform

Picture format HDTV

Audio format Dolby SR

Original release January 12, 2016 –

May 6, 2019

External links
 Website

Shadowhunters, also known as Shadowhunters: The Mortal Instruments, is an

American supernatural drama television series developed by Ed Decter, based on
the book series The Mortal Instruments written by Cassandra Clare. It premiered in
North America on Freeform on January 12, 2016. Primarily filmed in Toronto,
Ontario, Canada, the series follows Clary Fray (Katherine McNamara), who finds
out on her eighteenth birthday that she is not who she thinks she is, but rather
comes from a long line of Shadowhunters, human-angel hybrids who hunt down
demons, and has to deal with the struggle of forbidden love.
It is the second adaptation of the novel series, after the 2013 film The Mortal
Instruments: City of Bones, which, like the series, was produced by Constantin
Film. The debut 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.
In March 2016, the series was renewed for a second season of 20 episodes, which
premiered on January 2, 2017. In August 2016, showrunner Ed Decter left the
series over "creative differences". Todd Slavkin and Darren Swimmer were named
as Decter's replacements. In April 2017, Freeform renewed the show for a third
season of 20 episodes, which premiered on March 20, 2018. In June 2018,
Freeform canceled the series after three seasons, but ordered two extra episodes
to properly conclude the series' story; the second half of the third season
premiered on February 25, 2019, with 12 episodes ordered. The two-part series
finale aired on May 6, 2019.