Sleepy Hollow (TV series)

Sleepy Hollow
Genre	Drama Horror Action Procedural
Created by	Alex Kurtzman Roberto Orci Phillip Iscove Len Wiseman
Based on	"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" by Washington Irving
Starring	Tom Mison Nicole Beharie Orlando Jones Katia Winter Lyndie Greenwood John Noble Nikki Reed Shannyn Sossamon Zach Appelman Lance Gross Jessica Camacho
Opening theme	Brian Tyler
Ending theme	Brian Tyler
Composer(s)	Robert Lydecker Brian Tyler
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	49 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Alex Kurtzman Roberto Orci Len Wiseman Heather Kadin Mark Goffman (seasons 1-2) Ken Olin (seasons 1-2) Clifton Campbell Albert Kim Damian Kindler Co-executive producer(s) Lance Gross (season 3)
Producer(s)	Clayton Townsend (pilot) Melissa Blake (season 1) Neal Ahern Jr. (season 1) Kristen Reidel (season 1) Marc David Alpert (season 2) Jane Bartelme (season 2) Heather V. Regnier Leigh Dana Jackson Shernold Edwards
Location(s)	Wilmington, North Carolina (seasons 1-3) New Bern, North Carolina (seasons 1-2) Atlanta, Georgia (season 3)
Cinematography	Kramer Morgenthau Jan Richter-Friis
Editor(s)	Michael N. Knue John Refoua Steve Haugen
Running time	41–43 minutes
Production company(s)	Mark Goffman Productions (seasons 1-2) Sketch Films K/O Paper Products 20th Century Fox Television
Distributor	20th Television
Release
Original network	Fox
Picture format	720p (16:9 HDTV)
Audio format	Dolby Digital
Original release	September 16, 2013 (2013-09-16) – present
Chronology
Related shows	Bones
External links
Official website

Sleepy Hollow is an American supernatural drama television series that premiered on Fox on September 16, 2013.^[1][2] The series is loosely based on the 1820 Halloween short story "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" by Washington Irving with added concepts from "Rip Van Winkle", also by Irving. The series is set in real-life Sleepy Hollow, New York, although it portrays the town as much larger than it actually is.

In October 2013, Sleepy Hollow was renewed for a second season with 13 episodes.^[3][4] The season was extended to 18 episodes in May 2014.^[5] Early in March 2015, Sleepy Hollow showrunner Mark Goffman left the series after the second season.^[6] On March 18, 2015, Sleepy Hollow was renewed for an 18-episode third season by Fox with a new showrunner, Clifton Campbell, taking over.^[6][7] On May 13, 2016, Fox renewed the show for a fourth season which is set to premiere on January 6, 2017.^[8][9]

Premise

In 1781, Ichabod Crane works for Washington as a double agent. Crane beheads a Horseman, who doesn't die; in desperation, Crane wins with a mutual blow. However, Crane next awakes in 2013 Sleepy Hollow with Washington's bible to guide him; he meets Lt. Abigail Mills, and learns the Horseman is back. Crane learns he and Abbie are the Witnesses and the Horseman is Death; should he get his head back, or his master, Moloch, be released from Purgatory, the End of Days will occur. Crane also learns his wife, Katrina, was a witch banished to Purgatory for saving him as his blunder linked his life with the Horseman's. Fighting off Moloch's army of demons, Crane learns the Horseman of War is his own son Jeremy Crane/Henry Parish, who loathes him and Katrina for abandoning him; he also learns "Headless" is his former friend Abraham Von Brunt. They manage to defeat Moloch, but at the cost of releasing everything trapped in Purgatory, including demons looking for a replacement for Moloch. Henry gets Katrina to side with him to awaken the descendants of their coven, but both are regretfully killed by Crane.

In the following months, Crane investigates all myths regarding the Witnesses, learning that Moloch was the first of the Seven Tribulations. The second comes in the form of Pandora, and her master the Hidden One. As Moloch is dead, Crane gives the Horseman back his head, allowing him to destroy Pandora. Unfortunately, this battle cost Abigail her soul. Learning that there will always be two Witnesses, Crane vows to find her replacement to face the last five Tribulations.

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Development and production

The pilot episode was filmed in Gastonia, Salisbury, and Charlotte, North Carolina.^{[10][11][12][13][14]}

The rest of the first season, all of the second season and the first two episodes of the third season were filmed in Wilmington, North Carolina. The remainder of the third season was filmed in Conyers and Lawrenceville, Georgia, in the metro Atlanta area.^[15]

Aerial footage for the series is filmed over the actual village of Sleepy Hollow and the surrounding Tappan Zee region of New York.

Episodes

Broadcast

Sleepy Hollow airs simultaneously on Global in Canada.^[18] For the third season, the show moved to CTV Two. In India, the series is aired shortly after its American telecast on Star World Premiere (only in high-definition). The series also premiered on Star World India on February 18, 2015 with the season 2 finale airing on April 1, 2015.

In Australia, the series premiered on September 17, 2013 on Network Ten.^[19] The series was moved to Eleven on January 13, 2014.^[20] In the United Kingdom and Ireland, the series was acquired by the Universal Channel,^[21] which premiered it on October 9, 2013.^[22] The second season debuted on October 15, 2014^[23] and the third season debuted on October 22, 2015.

In South Africa, the second season began airing on M-Net Edge alongside the network's launch on October 20, 2014.^[24] In Thailand, the series aired on Channel 3 every Thursday night starting November 26, 2015.^[25]

Reception

Sleepy Hollow has received generally favorable reviews from critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, the first season holds a rating of 77%, based on 44 reviews, with an average rating of 6.6/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Despite its overstuffed plot, Sleepy Hollow is a fun romp with exciting action scenes and sparkling production values."^[26] On Metacritic the first season has a score of 64 out of 100, based on 29 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".^[27]

Verne Gay of Newsday commented that although there is "nothing scary here", the show is "fun enough".^[28] Robert Bianco of USA Today gave the show 3 out of 4 stars.^[29] Entertainment Weekly, which originally doubted the premise of the show, gave the show a B+ after seeing the first half of the first season, citing the Crane & Mills' chemistry and the show's surprisingly fun mythology.^[30] Time called Sleepy Hollow one of 2013's Ten Best new shows.^[31]

The series premiered on September 16, 2013 to 10 million viewers with 3.5 rating/9 share which was double the amount that Fox's The Mob Doctor brought in at the same time last year and marked the network's highest rated fall drama premiere since the 2006 police drama Standoff.^[32] In Australia the first episode had 597,000 viewers^[33] and in the United Kingdom the same episode had 527,000 viewers.^[34]

In the real Sleepy Hollow, New York, the local newspaper has regularly enumerated the many fanciful fictions told about the village, including its labyrinth of Revolutionary-era tunnels and a vast increase in population (from an actual 2010 census of 9,870 to roughly 144,000 reported in the show).^[35]

Season 2 was met with more favorable reviews, holding a rating of 100% on Rotten Tomatoes. The consensus reads, "Sleepy Hollow continues to pack a punch in its sophomore season, with fantastic writing and lots of chills."^[36]

Ratings

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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