Are You Afraid of the Dark? (TV series) · Flickorian

Are You Afraid of the Dark?

Submitted for the approval of the Midnight Society, I call this story...

TV series
1992–2000
7 seasons
Nickelodeon
Mystery
Kids
Drama

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8.2 TMDB worldwide · 633 ratings

This spooky anthology series for kids recounts ghost stories told by the young members of the Midnight Society as they gather around a campfire. Each episode opens with members of the Midnight Society at their secret spot in the woods, where they prepare their fire and the night's storyteller announces the title of the his or her offering. However, the cameras soon leave the storyteller and switch to the tale being told.

About the show

Are You Afraid of the Dark? is a Canadian-American children's horror anthology television series created by D. J. MacHale and Ned Kandel. The original series aired on Nickelodeon in the United States from August 15, 1992, to February 3, 1996, and also on YTV in Canada. The pilot episode first aired as a Halloween special on October 25, 1991. It led to two revival series, with the first airing from February 6, 1999, to June 11, 2000, and the second airing from October 11, 2019, to August 13, 2022. Reruns would continue to air until October 31, 2002. Later, Nicktoons would air reruns of Are You Afraid of the Dark? from October 20 to 31, 2008.

The original series was picked up by Nickelodeon in 1992. MacHale, Kandel, and Nickelodeon teamed up with the Canadian company CINAR, and as a part of the deal the show was filmed primarily in Montreal, Quebec, with some additional filming taking place in Richmond, British Columbia. The production teams were respectively represented by the ACTRA and STCVQ (Syndicat des techniciens du cinéma et de la vidéo du Québec) labour unions. The pilot re-aired five days after its debut alongside Mystery Magical Special as part of a Halloween-oriented block called "The Haunting of Nickelodeon". It officially premiered as a series the following year on Nickelodeon's SNICK on August 15, 1992, and on Family Channel on September 2, 1992. The series moved from Family Channel to YTV on September 6, 1993. The original series ended on February 3, 1996.

In 1999, Are You Afraid of the Dark? was revived for two more seasons, bringing back a majority of the crew members who worked on the original series along with new directors, writers and cast, and was produced by Nickelodeon and aired on the SNICK block from February 6, 1999, to June 11, 2000, while in Canada the series was moved to the Family Channel, as YTV owned the rights to the original series. The only member from the original lineup to return for the first and second seasons of the revival was Tucker (Daniel DeSanto), although Gary (Ross Hull) returned for the concluding show.

On November 13, 2017, it was announced that Paramount Players would make a live-action feature film adaptation. However, the film was later removed from Paramount's schedule. On February 14, 2019, it was announced that the series would be rebooted for a limited series, which premiered on October 11, 2019. On February 19, 2020, this revival was renewed for a second season, titled Are You Afraid of the Dark?: Curse of the Shadows, which premiered on February 12, 2021, featuring a different cast. In March 2022, the revival was renewed for a third and final season, which premiered on July 30, 2022.

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