Bates Motel

69
Metascore
2013-2017
5 seasons
A+E Networks
Drama, Horror, Suspense
TV-MA

"Bates Motel" is a contemporary prequel to the genre-defining film "Psycho," and gives a portrayal of how Norman Bates' (Freddie Highmore) psyche unravels through his teenage years. Fans discover the dark, twisted backstory of Norman Bates and how deeply intricate his relationship with his mother, Norma (Vera Farmiga), truly is.

69
Metascore
2013-2017
5 seasons
A+E Networks
Drama, Horror, Suspense
TV-MA

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Tue, Apr 25, 2017

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Postmortem: Bates Motel Boss on Norman's "Incredibly Creepy" Next Step

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A&E Orders a Third Season of Bates Motel

A&E is extending its stay at Bates Motel. The network has ordered a 10-episode third season of the drama series, A&E announced Monday. Production on Season 3 will begin this fall...

Mon, Apr 7, 2014

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Mon, Mar 31, 2014

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Thu, Mar 13, 2014

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It's gonna be a bright, sunshine-y day on Season 2 of Bates Motel — at least temporarily. When the second season of the A&E drama kicks off (Monday, 9/8c, A&E), four months have passed. It's summer in White Pine Bay and Norma Bates (Vera Farmiga) can't hold back the smile that comes from having her motel completely booked. But there's one cloud that Norma just can't shed: Norman (Freddie Highmore) remains fixated on the death of his teacher Miss Watson, whose grave he visits far too often for Norma's liking.Winter TV: Check out all the must-see new showsOf course,  all signs in the Season 1 finale suggested it was Norman, distraught from a terrible night at a school dance and vulnerable after being shown affection by Miss Watson, is responsible for his dear teacher's death. Or is he?"The story of what happened to Miss Watson is very much, at this point, a story of perception," executive producer Kerry Ehrin tells TVGuide.com. "We saw [everything] through Norman's point of view at the end of the last season, and this season, we unravel that....

Mon, Mar 3, 2014

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The sun is sinking behind Bates Motel's Vancouver set as cameras prepare to shoot Norma Bates (Vera Farmiga) scaling the familiar stone steps leading up to her iconic hilltop home. Spying an approaching flock of crows, the director instructs Farmiga to "wait for the birds" to enter the frame before commencing her ascent. At this point, one half expects the silhouette of ...

Mon, Mar 3, 2014

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Mon, Aug 12, 2013

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Wed, Jul 24, 2013

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Mon, Apr 22, 2013

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A&E Orders Second Season of Bates Motel

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Mon, Apr 8, 2013

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Mon, Apr 8, 2013

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In a year that's already given us Fox's The Following and A&E's Bates Motel, some might argue that we don't need another serial killer TV show. And they'd probably be right.But NBC's Hannibal isn't just another serial killer show. Spring Preview: Gets scoop on all the must-see new showsTaking characters from the Thomas Harris novels that inspired a film series that includes Manhunter, The Silence of the Lambs and Red Dragon, executive producer Bryan Fuller (Wonderfalls, Pushing Daisies) has created a sophisticated drama that doesn't glorify the violence of mass murder but rather examines the toll that hunting serial killers takes on the minds and souls of those who hunt. In fact, even though the show is named after Dr. Hannibal Lecter, who was immortalized as one of the greatest pop culture villains of all time thanks to Anthony Hopkins' Oscar-winning portrayal, the series — at least initially — isn't entirely focused on the cannibal in the three-piece suit...

Thu, Apr 4, 2013

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The Thursday Playlist: Delectably Weird Hannibal, A New Girl First Date

You can't help but get a deliciously squirmy tingle when the infamous (to the viewer, anyway) Hannibal Lecter quips, "It's nice to have an old friend for dinner" while serving tongue to his guests, including an unctuous and chatty shrink whom Lecter sizes up by coolly noting, "Your tongue is very feisty." This scenario takes place several episodes into the midseason run of NBC's feverishly twisted, fascinatingly macabre and visually remarkable procedural-with-a-twist Hannibal (Thursday, 10:01/9:01c), by which time I was completely creeped out and thoroughly hooked. In much the same way A&E's Bates Motel introduces a younger version of Norman Bates before he had his crazy mama mummified in the cellar, Bryan Fuller's Hannibal presents the mad Dr. Lecter before his secret identity as a cannibalistic serial killer is known to anyone but his victims. He is caginess personified, taking on the role of advisor and therapist to tormented FBI profiler/consultant Will Graham (from Thomas Harris' Red Dragon). Will has an ability to project "pure empathy" and see grisly crimes from the killer's POV, which Lecter describes quite accurately as "an uncomfortable gift."

Thu, Apr 4, 2013

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Mon, Mar 25, 2013

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The Wednesday Playlist: A Survivor Shakeup Just in Time

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Wed, Mar 20, 2013

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Mega Buzz: A Grey's Breakup, a Mad Men Death and Good Wife Sexytime

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Bates Motel: How Does Norman Bates Become a Psycho?

Like Norman Bates of Alfred Hitchcock's classic thriller Psycho, the producers behind A&E's new drama series Bates Motel seem to be of two minds.A&E's prequel, which premieres Monday at 10/9c and stars Finding Neverland's Freddie Highmore as a teenage Norman Bates, seeks to tell audiences how a young man grows up to be a taxidermy-loving killer. The answer posited by Hitchcock's film is that Norman was driven insane by his overprotective mother ...

Mon, Mar 18, 2013

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Keck's Exclusives First Look: Norman Bates Gets Creepy in Bates Motel

What happens in a motel bathroom on the March 18 premiere of A&E's Bates Motel foreshadows the grisly fate that one day befalls the tragic fugitive Marion Crane. And though it will be a while before young Norman Bates (Freddie Highmore) dresses up in his mommy's clothes, there are other warning signs of...

Mon, Mar 4, 2013

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Pan Am's Mike Vogel Joins CBS' Under the Dome

Mike Vogel has been tapped to star in CBS' Under the Dome, a drama based on Stephen King's 2009 novel, TVGuide.com has learned. The serialized drama...

Wed, Feb 13, 2013

Pan Am's Mike Vogel Joins CBS' Under the Dome

Why Foreign Actors Are Taking Over American TV

Talk about outsourcing! An increasing number of TV's all-American cops, firefighters and doctors are being played by actors not from the U.S. of A. Of course, foreign actors have been hiding their accents to play Americans for years. House's Hugh Laurie was so skilled at trading in his upper-crust Cambridge lilt to play the titular grumpy doctor that many viewers were shocked to find out he was British when he spoke with his real voice on an awards show or during interviews...

Thu, Jan 31, 2013

Why Foreign Actors Are Taking Over American TV