Shadowhunters ''Shadowhunters'', also known as ''Shadowhunters: The Mortal Instruments'', is an American supernatural drama television series developed by Ed Decter, based on the book series ''The Mortal Instruments'' written by Cassandra Clare. It premiered ...

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. The series is based on the book series ''

The Mortal Instruments ''The Mortal Instruments'' is a series of six young adult fantasy novels written by American author Cassandra Clare, the last of which was published on May 27, 2014. ''The Mortal Instruments'' is chronologically the third series of a planned fi ...

'' by

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, and developed for television by

Ed Decter Edward Ichabod "Ed" Decter (born May 19, 1959) is an American film director, producer and screenwriter. Early life and education Born in West Orange, New Jersey, Decter graduated from Wesleyan University in 1979. Career His credits include, ...

. It premiered in North America on Freeform. In December 2015,

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acquired global rights to ''Shadowhunters'', excluding the U.S., making the series available as an original series a day after the U.S. premiere. ''Shadowhunters'' follows Clary Fray (

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), who finds out on her birthday that she is not who she thinks she is but rather comes from a long line of Shadowhunters, human–angel hybrids who hunt down demons. The series is set in an urban and contemporary

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. The show received a straight-to-series order on March 30, 2015, and premiered on January 12, 2016 on Freeform. In June 2018, Freeform canceled the series after three seasons, but ordered two extra episodes to properly conclude the series' story.

Series overview

Episodes

Season 1 (2016)

Season 2 (2017)

Season 3 (2018–19)

Ratings

Season 1

Season 2

Season 3

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Shadowhunters episodes, List of Lists of American fantasy television series episodes