Bates Motel was an American TV drama series that premiered on cable network A&E from 2013 to 2017, over five seasons. The show was created for television by Anthony Cipriano, Carlton Cuse and Kerry Ehrin, inspired by the characters created by author Robert Bloch.
The show is based around the relationship between Norma Bates and her teenage son Norman and details how the latter would come to be the character from the novel and the 1960 Hitchcock movie.
Cast[]
Main Cast
- Vera Farmiga as Norma Bates
- Freddie Highmore as Norman Bates
- Max Thieriot as Dylan Massett
- Olivia Cooke as Emma Decody
- Nestor Carbonell as Alex Romero
Other Main Cast
- Nicola Peltz as Bradley Martin (Season 1 and Season 2)
- Kenny Johnson as Caleb Calhoun (Season 3)
Seasons[]
Trivia[]
- Prior to the show's premiere in 2013, A&E Networks and the show's production team launched a contest allowing fans to have a say in the creation of the show's 15-second title sequence. The Facebook contest ran from December 5, 2012 to January 3, 2013.[1]
External links[]
Bates Motel on A&E on Twitter
Bates Motel on A&E on Instagram
Bates Motel at the Internet Movie Database
References[]
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| Bates Motel • Bates Motel: Original Television Soundtrack • DVD & Blu-Ray • Deleted Scenes • Social Media Q&As | |||