Bates Motel

Created by: Carlton Cruse
Kerry Ehrin
Anthony Cipriano

Starring: Vera Farmiga
Freddie Highmore
Max Thieriot
Olivia Cooke
Nicola Peltz
Nestor Carbonell

Bates Motel is an American drama thriller television series developed for television by Carlton Cuse, Kerry Ehrin and Anthony Cipriano, produced by Universal Television for A&E. The series, being a "contemporary prequel" to Hitchcock's 1960 film Psycho (based on Robert Bloch's novel of the same name), depicts the life of Norman Bates and his mother Norma prior to the events portrayed in the film, albeit in a different fictional town ("White Pine Bay, Oregon," as opposed to the film's "Fairvale, California") and in a modern setting. The series begins after the death of Norma's husband, when she purchases a motel located in a coastal Oregon town so she and Norman can start a new life. The series is filmed outside of Vancouver in Aldergrove, British Columbia, along with other locations within the Fraser Valley of British Columbia and premiered on March 18, 2013, at 10 pm ET/PT. A&E chose to skip a pilot of the series, opting to go straight-to-series by ordering a 10-episode first season. On April 8, 2013, A&E renewed Bates Motel for a second season, which aired from March 3 to May 5, 2014. On April 7, 2014, Bates Motel was renewed for a 10-episode third season.