Shadowhunters

Shadowhunters
Title card for the second season
Genre	Teen drama Supernatural drama Horror Fantasy Romance
Based on	The Mortal Instruments by Cassandra Clare
Developed by	Ed Decter
Showrunners	Ed Decter (season 1) Todd Slavkin (seasons 2–3) Darren Swimmer (seasons 2–3)
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	Ed Decter Robert Kulzer Robert Shaye Michael Lynne McG Mary Viola Michael Reisz J. Miles Dale Matt Hastings Todd Slavkin Darren Swimmer
Producers	Don Carmody David Cormican Martin Moszkowicz
Production locations	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Camera setup	Single-camera
Running time	39–60 minutes
Production companies	Constantin Film Wonderland Sound and Vision Unique Features Carteret St. Productions
Original release
Network	Freeform
Release	January 12, 2016 (2016-01-12) – May 6, 2019 (2019-05-06)
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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 demons, and has to deal with the struggle of forbidden love.

Produced by Constantin Film, it serves as a reboot of the first Constantin Film adaptation of the novels, the 2013 film 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.

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.^[1]