The drama series Witches of East End has cast a spell on enough viewers to make Lifetime commit to a second season, so says Rob Sharenow, Executive Vice President and General Manager of Lifetime. The series starring Julia Ormond, Jenna Dewan Tatum, Rachel Boston, and Madchen Amick will be back in 2014 with 13 new episodes.
“With its great storytelling and amazing cast, Witches of East End is leading a full-blown witch renaissance,” said Sharenow. “The show’s perfect mix of premium execution with content that is in the zeitgeist is drawing new viewers to Lifetime and we’re very excited to be bringing it back for a second season.”
The series is based on the bestselling book by Melissa de la Cruz and is executive produced by Maggie Friedman, Jonathan Kaplan, Erwin Stoff, and Josh Reims. Season one, which finishes on December 15th at 10pm ET/PT, has been averaging 3 million viewers.
The Plot:
Witches of East End centers on the mysterious Beauchamp family: free-spirited artist Joanna (Ormond) and her two grown daughters, wild-child bartender Freya (Dewan Tatum) and shy librarian Ingrid (Boston), both of whom are unaware that they are gifted (and cursed) with a magical birthright. Freya is recently engaged to the man of her dreams, wealthy playboy Dash Gardiner (Eric Winter), but when she finds herself inexplicably drawn to Dash’s troubled, enigmatic brother Killian (Daniel DiTomasso), bizarre occurrences begin to manifest.
Meanwhile, Joanna’s long-estranged sister Wendy (Amick) shows up with a warning that could change the Beauchamps’ fate forever, forcing Joanna to reveal to her daughters they are, indeed, immortal witches who possess great untapped powers.
