The Magicians (American TV series)

The Magicians
Intertitle from seasons 1–5
GenreFantasy
Created by
Based onThe Magicians
by Lev Grossman
Starring
ComposerWill Bates
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons5
No. of episodes65 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
ProducerMitch Engel
Production locations
Cinematography
  • Vanja Cernjul
  • Elie Smolkin
Editors
  • Sue Blanely
  • Jason Courson
  • Mats Abbott
  • Rita K. Sanders
Running time41–52 minutes
Production companies
Original release
NetworkSyfy
ReleaseDecember 16, 2015 (2015-12-16) –
April 1, 2020 (2020-04-01)
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The Magicians is an American fantasy television series that aired on Syfy, based on the homonymous trilogy of novels by Lev Grossman.[2] Michael London, Janice Williams, John McNamara, and Sera Gamble serve as executive producers. A 13-episode order was placed for the first season in May 2015, and the series premiered on December 16, 2015, as a special preview. In January 2019, Syfy renewed the series for a fifth and final season, which ran from January 15 to April 1, 2020. In the show, students at a secretive school of magic find that the magical world is more dangerous than they realized.

  1. ^ Gupta, Arjun [@ArjunGuptaBK] (November 25, 2014). "First read through. Folks get excited! #TheMagicians w/@serathegamble @_mikecahill @HaleAppleman @StellaMaeve14" (Tweet). Retrieved April 17, 2016 – via Twitter.
  2. ^ "The Magicians on Syfy". Syfy. May 4, 2015. Archived from the original on May 24, 2015. Retrieved May 24, 2015.