''Cult'' is an American

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television series created by

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that ran on

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from February 19 to July 12, 2013. The series centers on a journalist blogger and a production assistant, who investigate a series of mysterious disappearances that are linked to a popular television series named ''Cult''. On February 27, 2013,

announced that starting March 8 ''Cult'' would air on Fridays at 9:00 pm Eastern/8:00 pm Central. On April 10, 2013, ''Cult'' was canceled and removed from the schedule. The CW began airing the six remaining episodes on June 28, 2013.

Plot

The series follows Jeff (

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), a journalist blogger, and Skye (

Jessica Lucas Jessica Lucas (born September 24, 1985) is a Canadian actress. She is known for her roles in television, such as '' Edgemont'', ''Melrose Place'', ''Cult'', and '' Gotham'', and in the films '' The Covenant'', ''Cloverfield'' and the 2013 ''Evi ...

), a production researcher on a popular television crime series called ''Cult'', as they investigate the fans of the series, who could be re-creating the crimes committed on the series.

Cast and characters

Main cast

as Jeffrey Dean "Jeff" Sefton, a journalist blogger. *

as Skye Yarrow, a production assistant. *

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as Marti Gerritsen, an actress playing Kelly Collins on a show called ''Cult''. *

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as Roger Reeves, an actor playing Billy Grimm on a show called ''Cult''.

Recurring cast

Marie Avgeropoulos Marie Avgeropoulos (Greek language, Greek: Μαρία "Μαρί" Αυγεροπούλου, born 17 June 1986) is a Canadian actress and model. She is best known for her role as Octavia Blake on The CW's post-apocalyptic science fiction, post-ap ...

as Kirstie *

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as Andy *

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as Det. Roslyn Sakelik * Andrew Leeds as Kyle Segal * Stacey Farber as E.J. * Ben Hollingsworth as Peter Grey

Production

''Cult'' was originally supposed to air on the now defunct network,

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. When The WB was replaced by The CW, the executives of The CW at that time dropped the show, which was supposed to star

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. In January 2012, a revised version of the series was revived on

with a pilot order. The series was created by

, who also serves as executive producer alongside

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, Len Goldstein and the production companies

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and

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was cast in the lead role of Skye Yarrow in February 2012, a young production assistant who teams with a journalist blogger to investigate the fans of a popular television series entitled ''Cult''.

was cast next as Marti Gerritsen, the actress playing the role of Kelly Collins in the fictional series ''Cult''.

then followed in the role of Roger Reeves, the actor playing the role of Billy Grimm in the show-within-a-show.

was cast in the lead role of Jeff Sefton, the journalist blogger working with Skye and Andrew Leeds was cast in the recurring role of Kyle Segal, the executive working on the show-within-a-show. Ben Hollingsworth will also have a recurring role, as associate producer Peter Grey. Stacey Farber joined the series in a recurring role as E.J. a tech-savvy girl, who works with Jeff and helps him in the search for his sibling. The pilot was officially picked up by The CW on May 11, 2012. About the show's reception, Rockne S. O'Bannon said: "It was such an unusual piece of material, and for better or for worse, such a singular vision piece that the network and the studio were very respectful of what I wanted to do with it. I'm very proud of this show because, though it went nowhere very quickly, it was very well received." Star Matt Davis blames '' Cult'' being canceled on marketing and jokingly express his frustration over the announcement on Twitter:"Good news Cult fans! Cult has been renewed for the next ten season due to its brilliant marketing campaign! Good job everyone." and then added "It was a wonderful learning experience, and exciting misadventure." About the show cancelation, Jessica Lucas said: "That show was never supposed to be just a thirteen-episode show. It opened up a ton of questions in the first season and you never get to find out what happened. But this is the nature of it and I don’t do things for results, I do things for experience. I really wanted to stay in that role and I really wanted to stay involved in that world and I can’t control whether people see it or how it went. I would have liked to do more of it – it just obviously didn’t turn out that way."

Episodes

References

External links

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