The Secret Circle
Seen it?2011 | 1 seasons | 42 min | Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Weeknight WatchWhy it’s a Weeknight Watch
With a short run with a modest audience and little lasting buzz, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for sci-fi fans. If you loved WandaVision or A Discovery of Witches, start here.
- The mood
- Thoughtful and character-driven.
- The pace
- 1 season: a few weeks of evenings, episodes of about 42 minutes, about 15 hours in all.
- What might put you off
- Rated TV-14: scary moments. Probably too much for younger kids.
- It was cancelled, so the story may not get a proper ending.
After her mother dies in a fire, Cassie Blake moves in with her grandmother in the small town of Chance Harbor, Washington. As she gets to know her high school classmates, strange and frightening things begin to happen. They are all descended from powerful witches, and they've been waiting for Cassie to join them and complete a new generation of the Secret Circle. What they don't yet know is that darker powers are at play and that Cassie's mother's death might not have been an accident.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsSolid
55 on Metacritic
- AudiencesSolid
7.3 out of 10
- AwardsWeak
0 wins and 3 nominations from smaller awards and festivals
- Reach & staying powerBelow par
Ran for 1 season and reached a modest audience
- Buzz & cultural impactBelow par
About 72K people sought it out in the past year
Trailer
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Cast & crew
Created by Andrew Miller
- Britt RobertsonCassie Blake
- Phoebe TonkinFaye Chamberlain
- Thomas DekkerAdam Conant
- Shelley HennigDiana Meade
- Jessica Parker KennedyMelissa Glaser
- Natasha HenstridgeDawn Chamberlain
- Gale HaroldCharles Meade
- Chris ZylkaJake Armstrong