Bates Motel (TV series)
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Characters from Psycho by Robert Bloch |
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| Composer(s) | Chris Bacon |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 5 |
| No. of episodes | 43 (list of episodes) |
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| Location(s) | Vancouver, British Columbia |
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| Running time | 40–47 minutes |
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| Original network | A&E |
| Picture format | 1080i (16:9 HDTV) |
| Audio format | 5.1 surround sound |
| Original release | March 18, 2013 – present |
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Bates Motel is an American psychological horror drama television series developed by Carlton Cuse, Kerry Ehrin, and Anthony Cipriano. It is produced by Universal Television for the cable network A&E. The series, a contemporary prequel to Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 film Psycho (based on Robert Bloch's novel of the same name), depicts the lives of Norman Bates and his mother Norma prior to the events portrayed in the film, albeit in a different fictional town (White Pine Bay, Oregon, as opposed to the film's Fairvale, California) and in a modern setting.
The series begins in Arizona with the death of Norma's husband, after which Norma purchases a motel located in a coastal Oregon town so she and Norman can start a new life. Subsequent seasons follow Norman as his mental illness becomes dangerous, and Norma as she struggles to protect her son from himself. Bates Motel's storylines ignore the timeline of the original film's sequels. The series is filmed outside of Vancouver in Aldergrove, British Columbia, along with other locations within the Fraser Valley of British Columbia.
A&E chose to skip a pilot of the series, opting to go straight-to-series by ordering a 10-episode first season. It premiered on March 18, 2013. On June 15, 2015, the series was renewed for a fourth and fifth season, making Bates Motel A&E's longest-running original scripted drama series in the channel's history. The fifth and final season premiered on February 20, 2017. The series' lead actors, Vera Farmiga and Freddie Highmore, have received particular praise for their performances in the series, with the former receiving a Primetime Emmy Award nomination. Farmiga won a Saturn Award for Best Actress on Television, and Bates Motel won three People's Choice Awards including Favorite Cable TV Drama and Farmiga and Highmore for Favorite Cable TV Actress and Actor.
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