Supernatural -
Series
Supernatural (in
Portugal and Brazil, Supernatural) is a series of American television eurbana
dark fantasy created by Eric Kripke produced by Warner Bros. Television in
association with Wonderland Sound and Vision, which premiered on September 13,
2005 on The WB, and then became part of the programming of The CW. The series
tells the story of two brothers, Sam Winchester and Dean Winchester, played
respectively by Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles, who hunt demons, ghosts,
monsters and other supernatural creatures in the world.
Kripke
Supernatural was developing for almost ten years; in its original idea, the
Winchesters did not exist, the story was based on journalists who reported on
their news supernatural events. As the WB, original station program, did not
approve the idea, Kripke reshaped the concept of the series and was approved. The original executive producers are Kripke,
McG, and Robert Singer.
Filming of the
series take place in Vancouver, in the state of British Columbia, Canada. Its
pilot episode was seen by more than 5.69 million viewers, and the audience rating of the first four
episodes led to The WB produce a first full season of 22 episodes. Originally,
Kripke planned the series for three seasons, but later expanded to five. The
fifth