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| Information | |
| Title: | "The Exorcist" |
| Format: | Live-action |
| Rating: | TV-14 |
| Running time: | 60 min. |
| country: | USA |
| Network: | FOX Network |
| Seasons: | 2 |
| Episodes: | 20 |
| Production | |
| Production company: | New Neighborhood Morgan Creek Productions 20th Century Fox Television |
| Executive producers: | Heather Bellson; Jeremy Slater; Rolin Jones; Roy Lee; David Robinson; James G. Robinson; Barbara Wall; Rupert Wyatt; Jason Ensler; Michael Nankin; Adam Stein |
| Producers: | Judd Rea; Charise Castro Smith; Dre Ryan; Sarah J. Donohue; Rebecca Kirsch; Nicole Carrasco |
| Principal cast: | Alfonso Herrera; Ben Daniels; Kurt Egyiawan; Hannah Kasulka; Brianne Howey; Alan Ruck; Geena Davis; Brianna Hildebrand; Zuleikha Robinson; Li Jun Li; John Cho |
| Air dates | |
| First aired: | September 23rd, 2016 |
| Last aired: | December 15th, 2017 |
The Exorcist is an American live-action television series of the horror genre, with an emphasis on demonic possession, exorcism, and Satanism. It is based on the Exorcist multimedia franchise, which began in 1971 with the novel The Exorcist by author William Peter Blatty. The book was adapted into a major motion picture in 1973 by director William Friedkin. The TV series serves as a sequel to the original movie while ignoring all of the previous film sequels and prequels. The show was produced by New Neighborhood, Morgan Creek Productions and 20th Century Fox Television and began airing on the FOX Network in the United States on September 3rd, 2016.
There are three core actors that extend across multiple seasons, with a line-up of main cast members that are exclusive to the seasons in which they appear. The Exorcist stars Alfonso Herrera and Ben Daniels as Catholic priests Father Tomas Ortega and Father Marcus Keane (respectively), while also starring Kurt Egyiawan as Father Bennett. The Season One main cast line-up also includes Hannah Kasulka and Brianne Howey as teenage sisters Casey and Kat Rance, with Alan Ruck as Henry Rance, and Geena Davis as Angela Rance.
Herrera, Daniels and Egyiawan all returned for season two, which now also included Brianna Hildebrand as Verity, Zuleikha Robinson as Mouse, Li Jun Li as Rose, and John Cho as Andy Kim.
Episodes[]
Season One[]
| No. | Episode | Title | Airdate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | 1x01 | And Let My Cry Come Unto Thee | September 23rd, 2016 |
| 02 | 1x02 | Lupus in Fabula | September 30th, 2016 |
| 03 | 1x03 | Let 'Em In | October 7th, 2016 |
| 04 | 1x04 | The Moveable Feast | October 14th, 2016 |
| 05 | 1x05 | Through My Most Grievous Fault | October 21st, 2016 |
| 06 | 1x06 | Star of the Morning | November 4th, 2016 |
| 07 | 1x07 | Father of Lies | November 11th, 2016 |
| 08 | 1x08 | The Griefbearers | November 18th, 2016 |
| 09 | 1x09 | 162 | December 9th, 2016 |
| 10 | 1x10 | Three Rooms | December 16th, 2016 |
Season Two[]
| No. | Episode | Title | Airdate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | 2x01 | "Janus" | September 29th, 2017 |
| 12 | 2x02 | "Safe as Houses" | October 6th, 2017 |
| 13 | 2x03 | "Unclean" | October 13th, 2017 |
| 14 | 2x04 | One for Sorrow | October 20th, 2017 |
| 15 | 2x05 | There But for the Grace of God, Go I | November 3rd, 2017 |
| 16 | 2x06 | Darling Nikki | November 10th, 2017 |
| 17 | 2x07 | Help Me | November 17th, 2017 |
| 18 | 2x08 | A Heaven of Hell | December 1st, 2017 |
| 19 | 2x09 | Ritual & Repetition | December 8th, 2017 |
| 20 | 2x10 | Unworthy | December 15th, 2017 |
Notes & Trivia[]
- The Exorcist was created by author William Peter Blatty, who wrote the novel in 1971. It was adapted as a movie in 1973 by director William Friedkin.
- The title of this series is actually just called The Exorcist. To distinuish it from both the original novel and the feature film (as well as all sequels), this database is identifying the program as Exorcist: The Series.
- The Exorcist: The Series, The Exorcist (TV Series), and Exorcist (TV Series) all redirect to this page.
- The tagline for this series is "Every soul is a battlefield".
- Seasons one and two aired on Friday evenings at 9:00 pm.
- The title of each episode of the series is preceded by a chapter number.
- Franchise creator and author William Peter Blatty passed away on January 12th, 2017 at the age of 89. This was in-between airings of season one and season two. The season two premiere, "Janus", gave a dedication to him at the end of the episode.