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Supernatural (American TV series)

January 19, 2023

Supernatural is an American dark fantasy drama television series created by Eric Kripke. It was first broadcast on September 13, 2005, on The WB, and subsequently became part of successor The CW's lineup. Starring Jared Padalecki as Sam Winchester and Jensen Ackles as Dean Winchester, the series follows the two brothers as they hunt demons, ghosts, monsters, and other supernatural beings. The series was produced by Warner Bros. Television, in association with Wonderland Sound and Vision. Along with Kripke, executive producers have been McG, Robert Singer, Phil Sgriccia, Sera Gamble, Jeremy Carver, John Shiban, Ben Edlund, and Adam Glass. Former executive producer and director Kim Manners died of lung cancer during production of the fourth season.[5]

Supernatural
Genre
Created byEric Kripke
Starring
Composers
Country of originUnited States
No. of seasons15
No. of episodes327 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
Production locationsBritish Columbia, Canada
Camera setupSingle-camera setup
Running time38–45 minutes
Production companies
DistributorWarner Bros. Television Distribution
Release
Original network
Picture format1080i (HDTV)
Audio formatDolby Digital 5.1
Original releaseSeptember 13, 2005 (2005-09-13) –
November 19, 2020 (2020-11-19)
Chronology
Related

The series was filmed in Vancouver, British Columbia, and surrounding areas. It was in development for nearly ten years, as creator Kripke spent several years unsuccessfully pitching it. The pilot was viewed by an estimated 5.69 million viewers,[6] and the ratings of the first four episodes prompted The WB to pick up the series for a full season. Kripke planned the series for three seasons but later expanded it to five. The fifth season concluded the series' main storyline,[7] and Kripke departed the series as showrunner.[8] The series continued on for 10 more seasons with new showrunners, including Sera Gamble, Jeremy Carver, Robert Singer and Andrew Dabb.[9] With its eleventh season, Supernatural became the longest-running American live-action fantasy TV series.[10] The series was renewed for a fifteenth and final season that consisted of 20 episodes,[11][12] and premiered on October 10, 2019.[13] The series concluded on November 19, 2020, with 327 episodes aired.

Production

Conception and creation

 
Creator Eric Kripke feels that America's urban legends are "every bit as fleshed out as any world mythologies".[14]

Before bringing Supernatural to television, creator Eric Kripke had been developing the series for nearly ten years,[15] having been fascinated with urban legends since he was a child.[16] He had originally envisioned Supernatural as a movie.[17] He later developed it as a TV series and spent a few years pitching it before it was picked up by The WB.[18] The concept went through several phases before becoming the eventual product, shifting from the original idea of an anthology series to one of tabloid reporters driving around the country in a van "fighting the demons in search of the truth".[16][19] Kripke wanted it to be a road trip series, feeling that it was the "best vehicle to tell these stories because it's pure, stripped down and uniquely American... These stories exist in these small towns all across the country, and it just makes so much sense to drive in and out of these stories."[16]

As he had previously written for The WB series Tarzan, Kripke was offered the chance to pitch show ideas to the network and used the opportunity for Supernatural.[17] However, the network disliked his tabloid reporter idea, so Kripke successfully pitched his last-minute idea of the characters being brothers.[20] He decided to have the brothers be from Lawrence, Kansas, because of its closeness to Stull Cemetery, a location famous for its urban legends.[21]

When it came time to name the two lead characters, Kripke decided on "Sal" and "Dean" as an homage to Jack Kerouac's road-trip novel On the Road. However, he felt that "Sal" was inappropriate for a main character and changed the name to "Sam".[14] It was originally intended for the brothers' last name to be "Harrison" as a nod to actor Harrison Ford, as Kripke wanted Dean to have the "devil-may-care swagger of Han Solo". However, there was a Sam Harrison living in Kansas, so the name had to be changed for legal reasons.[22] Combining his interest in the Winchester Mystery House and his desire to give the series the feel of "a modern-day Western", Kripke settled on the surname of "Winchester". However, this also presented a problem. The first name of Sam and Dean's father was originally Jack, but there was a Jack Winchester residing in Kansas, so Kripke was forced to change the character's name to John.[22]

 
Black '67 Impala, similar to the car in the series

Growing up, Kripke connected to television shows that had signature cars, such as The Dukes of Hazzard and Knight Rider. This prompted him to include one in Supernatural.[23] "We say it's a modern American Western – two gunslingers who ride into town, fight the bad guys, kiss the girl and ride out into the sunset again. And we were always talking from the very beginning that if you're going to have cowboys, they need a trusty horse."[23] He originally intended for the car to be a '65 Mustang, but his neighbor convinced him to change it to a '67 Impala, since "you can put a body in the trunk" and because "you want a car that, when people stop next to it at the lights, they lock their doors."[14] Kripke has commented, "It's a Rottweiler of a car, and I think it adds authenticity for fans of automobiles because of that, because it's not a pretty ride. It's an aggressive, muscular car, and I think that's what people respond to, and why it fits so well into the tone of our show."[23]

Kripke had previously pitched the series to Fox executive Peter Johnson, and when Johnson moved to Wonderland Sound and Vision as president of TV, he contacted Kripke.[24] Johnson soon signed on as co-executive producer, as did Wonderland owner McG as executive producer, with the production company set to make the pilot episode. Before it could be filmed, however, script issues needed to be dealt with. Originally, the brothers were not raised by their father, but rather by their aunt and uncle. Thus, when Dean comes to Sam for assistance in the pilot episode, he has to convince him that the supernatural exists. However, Kripke realized that this made the backstory too complicated and reworked it with Peter Johnson so that their father raised them to be hunters.[25]

The script went through many additional revisions. One of the original ideas was for Sam's girlfriend Jessica to be revealed as a demon, which prompts him to join Dean on the road; however, Kripke felt it was more appropriate for Sam's motivation to be Jessica's death, so he had her killed in the same manner as Sam's mother, making them the "right bookends".[26] Other revised concepts include Sam believing Dean to be a serial killer who murders their father[27] and their father dying in Jessica's place.[28] Filming for the pilot episode was greenlit after director David Nutter, who previously had worked with Kripke on Tarzan, signed on.[29] When the series was eventually picked up, the studio brought in Robert Singer as executive producer, as it wanted Kripke to work with someone with production experience. Due to his previous work on The X-Files, co-executive producer John Shiban was also hired to help design the series mythology.[30] Kripke had the series planned out for three seasons but later expanded it to five[31] and hoped to end it there on a high note.[32]

Writing

 
 
 
 
After the departure of series creator Eric Kripke, the role of showrunner was assumed by Sera Gamble (top left) for seasons 6–7, Jeremy Carver (top right) for seasons 8–11, and Robert Singer (bottom left) and Andrew Dabb (bottom right) for seasons 12–15.

The staff for the first season consisted of Kripke and five other writers, with assistants to help with researching urban legends.[17] Most of the work done in writing the series is very collaborative, with the writers often breaking up into groups. At the beginning of each season, the writers are brought together and pitch their ideas, which are then assigned to a specific writer to be developed. Each story idea is outlined on a dry-erase board, with Kripke and Bob Singer making necessary changes. Afterward, the script is written,[33] and Kripke goes through it to make sure it has the same tone as other episodes.[17] Kripke found this task very difficult to do in the first season,[34] but he felt it became easier by the third season, as the staff came to "really understand the show's style".[34] Following the fifth season, Kripke stepped down as showrunner but maintained his connection with the series as an executive consultant. In a 2016 interview with Collider, he responded to the question as to how involved he still is with the show with the answer, "I would define myself as a proud parent who has sent their child off to college."[35] He elaborated on this analogy, explaining, "I'm there if they need me, I'm happy to help, but I also stay out of their way if they don't need me."[35]

The tone of Supernatural was heavily influenced by films such as Poltergeist—having the horror happen in a family setting rather than remote location—and Evil Dead II and An American Werewolf in London—having bits of comedy mixed in. Commenting on the former, Kripke said, "It's the idea that horror can happen in your own backyard. How many viewers have to worry about the vampire in the gothic castle?"[14] "It's always been a show about family."[31] Other influences include The Two Sisters and Asian horror films The Eye, Ju-on, and Ring.[36]

According to creator Eric Kripke, the show originally was intended to focus on the weekly monsters, with Sam and Dean Winchester merely being "an engine to get us in and out of different horror movies every week".[37] His sole desire was to merely "scare the crap out of people".[38] However, a few episodes in, Kripke and executive producer Bob Singer noticed the onscreen chemistry between Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles. This revelation caused them to change the series to focus more on the brothers than the monsters, basing the weekly monster around the storyline they wanted for the Winchesters. According to Kripke, "... sometimes we don't even have the monster until way late in the break, once we get all the angst and the drama done first."[37]

Effects

Though companies were hired for work on the pilot episode—such as Entity FX for the visual effects[39]—effects departments now work exclusively for the series.[40] Ivan Hayden is the visual effects supervisor, and works with many levels of the production staff. During pre-production, Hayden must go through the scripts, looking for possible visual effects. He then has a concept meeting with the writers, and after settling on the effect designs to use, coordinates with the special effects and stunt departments. Hayden is also present during filming to help the director make sure that the scenes are being filmed in the best way for the visual effects, such as by ensuring that the actors are looking at the correct location where an effect will later be added. Afterward, he then meets with the editors.[41] Another aspect of the visual effects department is coming up with rules and physics for each supernatural creature,[41] though the rules are often bent if it benefits the story.[40] In 2012, it was announced that Hayden would be working at the new Vancouver location of Encore for its VFX division.[42]

Music

Supernatural features a synthesized orchestral score, although traditional acoustic instruments such as guitars and cellos are used at times. Special instruments have also been used in specific episodes, such as "bluesy gospel music" played on a broken-down piano in the faith-healing episode "Faith". Unlike other television shows, the series features two composers: Christopher Lennertz and Jay Gruska.[43] Each composer scores every other episode, giving them extra time to write the scores, which usually end up being around 30 minutes per episode. They write themes for their own episodes and characters and work with one another if there is overlap between episodes. They try to base the music on the visuals of the episode, such as in the episode "Dead in the Water", in which off-angle shots are accompanied by repetitive and discordant notes, and spoken words such as "water" and "die" are followed by a lower pitch to create a "gurgly" sound.[44] While there are similarities in the scores for situations such as the brothers and their father, about a third of each episode's score is newly written for the series.[43]

While original scores are used throughout episodes, another important aspect of the series' music is the use of classic rock, over which creator Eric Kripke threatened to quit when the network would not allow its inclusion. Most of the songs are from Kripke's private collection, although one of his favorite bands—Led Zeppelin—is too expensive to use. Some episode titles are references to Led Zeppelin songs.[45] The series has featured such bands as Blue Öyster Cult, Bad Company, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Rush, Boston, Triumph and AC/DC on more than one occasion. Multiple songs are usually used throughout each episode, and accompany "The Road So Far" sequences before select episodes that highlight a montage of past events. Although Kripke prefers to keep a fine line between the score and songs used, sometimes Lennertz and Gruska are required to write short sections of rock-like music to fill 15-to-20-second gaps, as it would be too costly to acquire song rights. On the last episode of every season except the first, the song "Carry On Wayward Son" by Kansas is played at the beginning.[46]

Filming locations

Though the pilot was filmed in Los Angeles, principal filming takes place in Vancouver, British Columbia.[27] Thus, on-location filming usually takes place in the area. "Dead in the Water" was filmed at Buntzen Lake,[47] and the final scenes of "Simon Said" were filmed at Cleveland Dam.[48] Other locations used on the show are often reused two or three times, with the art department making variations to conceal this.[49] Heritage Park in Burnaby has been used as a cemetery in "Red Sky at Morning", and as the location of the gingerbread-house cottage in "Bedtime Stories".[50] Also, Riverview Hospital in Coquitlam has served many functions for the series, including an asylum in "Asylum",[51] a hospital in "In My Time of Dying",[52] and a prison in "Folsom Prison Blues".[52] The episode "Houses of the Holy" was filmed on location in Vancouver at St. Andrew's-Wesley United Church. Because episodes usually take place in the middle of nowhere, filming often takes place at an old military base. Having been shut down for years, the buildings have been removed, leaving just roads on which sets are erected, such as for crossroads scenes.[53]

Online distribution

Rather than having the series debut on television, The WB instead made the pilot episode available for online streaming through Yahoo! a week before it was set to premiere on the network as part of a promotional scheme.[54] Following the transition to The CW, Supernatural episodes were added to Apple's iTunes Store starting in December 2006, being one of the first CW series to be made available for sale online.[55] The following month, the network began streaming episodes of the series on its website with limited commercial interruption, available for up to four weeks after the initial airings.[56] Beginning January 11, 2007, Australia's Network Ten also began offering full episodes for download via their website, through a deal with Warner Bros. Television. To combat piracy, Ten debuted the second-season premiere five days before its initial broadcast in the country, making Supernatural the first major network show available for free download in Australia before being aired. Subsequent episodes became available online just hours after being televised.[57] Around the same time, episodes were also made available for download on Microsoft's Xbox Live Marketplace.[58] In September 2008, Amazon.com launched its new on-demand TV service, with Supernatural being one of the many television shows available for sale.[59]

Home media

Main article: List of Supernatural episodes § Home video releases

Cast and characters

Main article: List of Supernatural and The Winchesters characters
 
Jensen Ackles (left) and Jared Padalecki (right) portray the series' main characters.

The series focuses on the brothers Dean Winchester and Sam Winchester, played by Jensen Ackles and Jared Padalecki, as they travel throughout the country hunting down evil supernatural creatures. Padalecki became interested in the role because he liked horror series, including both The X-Files and The Twilight Zone, which he found similar to the proposed plot of Supernatural. He was also excited to play "the reluctant hero", comparing Sam to The Matrix's Neo and Luke Skywalker of Star Wars. Padalecki had previous experience working with executive producers McG and David Nutter,[60] the former convincing him to audition for the role.[61] Ackles was originally asked by Nutter to audition for the role of Sam[62] but preferred the character of Dean after reading the script.[63] At the time of his audition, he was already a series regular on fellow WB series Smallville. After landing the part of Dean, his Smallville role was cut short.[64]

When I read the script, Dean just jumped out at me. With that character there was always a bit more comedy, and a bit more recklessness, and it just appealed to me more. So when I asked to read for that, they were like, "That's what we're looking for." So it was great. I found a character that I really enjoy playing.

— Jensen Ackles on what drew him to the character of Dean Winchester[63]

While the series does not have many lead characters, there are many recurring characters. Jeffrey Dean Morgan portrays John Winchester, father of Sam and Dean. Making an appearance in the pilot episode, John does not return until nearly halfway through the first season, after which he becomes a recurring character until his eventual death in the second season's premiere episode, though his spirit returns to help his sons in the season finale. Later in the series, it is announced that John Winchester fathered a third son with another woman; a half-brother to Sam and Dean. According to writer John Shiban, it was decided early on that John would die. The writers found that having the brothers being separated from their father "split the show". Shiban noted that "... the boys were looking for Dad, and they were looking for a monster of the week, whatever that is, whatever case crosses their path. It became difficult, because we thought it was like – 'what is Dad doing? Is he doing more interesting things than the boys are doing, or what?'"[65] They believed Morgan was initially reluctant about returning to Supernatural for the second season because of his recurring role on the series Grey's Anatomy.[66] Future appearances of the character have been hindered by Morgan's busy schedule.[67]

Also introduced in the first season are the demon Azazel and his unnamed daughter. While Azazel mainly appears merely as shadows or silhouettes in the first season, taking physical form only when he possesses John Winchester, Azazel's daughter uses a girl named Meg Masters—portrayed by Nicki Lynn Aycox—as a host.[68] In the second-season premiere, Azazel's host is portrayed by Fredric Lehne; originally brought on for only one episode, Lehne impressed the showrunners so much that he was asked to return for the season's two-part finale.[69] Even after the character's death, Azazel makes appearances in subsequent seasons, being portrayed by different actors. Lehne also reprises the role in the first episode of season six when Dean is poisoned and begins to see Azazel again. Likewise, after Azazel's daughter is exorcised from Meg towards the end of the first season, the demon and her host continued to appear in the series, although now as two separate characters. Aycox continued her role in the fourth season when the angry spirit of Meg tries to kill the Winchesters. The demon returns for an episode in the second season played by Padalecki, temporarily taking Sam as a host. She appears once again in the fifth season, her newest host being portrayed by Rachel Miner, in a recurring role.

 
Actor Jim Beaver never expected his character's longevity, believing his initial guest appearance would be a "one-shot deal".[70]
 
Actor Misha Collins believed he would be another recurring guest star who would fade away quickly. For the fifth season, Collins was promoted to a series regular.
 
Actor Mark Sheppard was also not expecting the popularity of his character. In the tenth season, Crowley became a series regular, which would last for another two seasons before his departure.

The writers eventually wanted to flesh out the concept of hunters, resulting in the introduction of many new characters.[71] Actor Jim Beaver makes his first appearance as Bobby Singer, an old family friend of the Winchesters, at the end of the first season. Becoming a sort of surrogate father to Sam and Dean after their father's death,[34] the character acts as their mentor and foremost point of contact before his departure in the seventh season. Other hunters appear in the second season with the introduction of Harvelle's Roadhouse, a saloon frequented by hunters. It is owned by Ellen Harvelle (played by Samantha Ferris), whose late husband was a friend of John Winchester. Working alongside her mother is Jo Harvelle (played by Alona Tal). Also present is the computer guy Ash (played by Chad Lindberg), who uses his vast computer skills to track the paranormal. Tal was eventually written out of the series, and believes the reason to be that the producers felt she looked like Sam and Dean's "14-year-old sister".[72] Kripke claims the character was incorrectly conceived, and also cites poor fan reaction for her removal.[73] Also, the character of Ash is killed off in the second-season finale with the destruction of the Roadhouse. Ellen was meant to return in the third season, but the episode had to be scrapped due to the writer's strike.[74] The writers intended for her to be featured in the third-season finale,[75] but Ferris declined because the deal offered to her was not acceptable, as "It could cost [her] money and work".[76] However, both actresses returned as Jo and Ellen in the fifth season.

For the third season, the writers decided to introduce Ruby, a demonic former witch who claims to be an ally to the Winchesters. However, The CW requested that another female be added, so the character Bela Talbot, a self-centered thief who sells occult objects to wealthy clients and who was already intended to appear in multiple episodes, was upgraded to a series regular.[77] Katie Cassidy and Lauren Cohan were eventually cast as Ruby and Bela, respectively, though they originally auditioned for the others' role.[78] Though making only six appearances each in the third season, both actresses were credited as co-stars for their episodes. At the end of the season, Bela was killed off,[79] and Cassidy was let go for budgetary reasons.[80] The role of Ruby was recast for the fourth season, auditions describing the character only as "a love interest". Genevieve Cortese (who later married Padalecki) took over the role until the character's death at the end of the season.[81]

Wanting to bring in Christian mythology to the series, the writers created the angel Castiel.[82] With Kripke wanting to keep the introduction of an angel a secret, the character was instead described as a demon during auditions.[83] Misha Collins was cast as the character. Making his debut in the fourth-season premiere, Castiel resurrects Dean from Hell after his death in the third season, and comes to be an ally of the Winchesters. The character was originally intended for only a six-episode story arc, but the role was later expanded.[84] Collins was promoted to a series regular for the fifth and sixth season, something Collins believes to be mainly due to fan support.[85] Collins was downgraded to recurring status for the seventh and eighth seasons, but returned to series regular status for seasons nine and ten.[86]

Along with Castiel came other angelic characters, with Robert Wisdom portraying the "militant" and "dogmatic"[87] Uriel, who secretly supports Lucifer; Julie McNiven playing the fallen angel Anna Milton, who eventually regains her angelic form but remains an outcast of Heaven; and Kurt Fuller as Castiel's boss Zachariah, who wishes to start the Apocalypse in order to bring Paradise to Earth. Though Wisdom's character is eventually killed, McNiven and Fuller continue their roles into the fifth season and are joined by Mark Pellegrino as the recently released but fallen archangel Lucifer. Pellegrino also appears as Lucifer as a hallucination in Sam's head in season 7. Pellegrino had been the second choice for the role of Castiel[88] and was offered the role of Lucifer without an audition.[89] Further on, Fuller's and McNiven's characters were also killed along with both Harvelle characters.

Season 5 introduces the demon Crowley, played by Mark Sheppard, who would become the Winchester's longest-recurring antagonist and occasional anti-hero in the series. Crowley appears in three episodes of season 5 to help the Winchesters seal Lucifer back in the Cage, believing that once he destroys humanity he will target all demonkind next. In season 6, Crowley becomes the King of Hell and one of the main antagonists working with Castiel to stop Archangel Raphael, the other main antagonist of season 6, from restarting the Apocalypse by harnessing the souls of Purgatory and splitting the power with Castiel. In season 7, Crowley becomes an antihero who helps the Winchesters against the threat of Leviathans led by Dick Roman after they are released from Purgatory by Castiel. Crowley becomes the main antagonist of season 8, attempting to harness the Words of God and their powers and stop the Winchesters from sealing hell forever. In season 9, Crowley becomes an unwilling prisoner of the Winchesters but is forced to deal with Abaddon trying to steal his position as King of Hell. Sheppard was promoted to series regular status for season 10.[90]

Season 7 introduces Kevin Tran the prophet (played by Osric Chau), who translates the word of God to help the Winchesters stop the Leviathans, which leads to their destruction. In season 8, Kevin works to translate another word of God to find the means of sealing hell forever. In season 9, Kevin instead tries to find the means of returning the fallen angels to Heaven but is killed by a Gadreel-possessed Sam.

Also introduced in Season 7 is Charlie Bradbury, a tech-savvy geek (played by Felicia Day) who works at Richard Roman Enterprises. After hacking into Frank's hard drive and learning about the existence of monsters, Charlie becomes an ally of the Winchesters and occasionally helps them out with technical problems and hunts.

Season 9 introduces the angel Gadreel, who originally poses as Ezekiel, played by Tahmoh Penikett and Padalecki. After Sam is seriously injured when he decides not to seal Hell, Gadreel comes to Dean in response to his prayer for help, possesses Sam to heal him, and becomes Dean's ally. However, Gadreel's true identity is later revealed by Metatron to be the guardian who had allowed Lucifer into the Garden of Eden and was imprisoned until the fall. Gadreel then allies with Metatron in an attempt to redeem himself and lead the angels back to Heaven. He kills Kevin Tran and is later expelled from Sam and possesses his original vessel again. However, after Metatron begins sacrificing angels for his plans, Gadreel becomes regretful and joins Sam, Dean and Castiel.

Season 4 introduces Chuck Shurley as one of God's prophets portrayed by Rob Benedict. Later in season 11, it is revealed that Chuck is God masquerading under the guise of a human to allow angels and mankind free will. In season 15, it is revealed that Chuck is manipulating events in the lives of the Winchesters and their allies for his own perverse amusement and entertainment.

Season 10 introduces the antagonistic witch Rowena MacLeod (portrayed by Ruth Connell), who is later revealed to be the mother of Crowley, who was previously named Fergus. Rowena returns as a sometime ally of the Winchesters throughout seasons 11 to 15, making her one of the long-standing female characters to exist on the show. Rowena's antagonistic and unpredictable nature is redeemable by her sacrifice in season 15 to close hell's portal opened by Chuck.

Season 11 introduces Amara / The Darkness, portrayed by Emily Swallow. The Darkness would later on go on to become an antagonist after being released from imprisonment once the Mark of Cain is broken. The Mark was a seal that kept the Darkness imprisoned in order for God's creation and humanity to survive. Later, it is revealed that the Darkness is a sibling of God.

Season 13 introduces a Nephilim, Jack Kline portrayed by Alexander Calvert as the son of Lucifer. Jack would later on become a member of the Winchester family and an important ally in rescuing the people of Apocalypse World (a world without Winchesters to prevent the endtimes) and defeating Apocalypse World, archangel Michael. Jack would go on to be killed by God as part of Chuck's plan only to be resurrected by Billie, a reaper who is a newly turned replacement for Death.

Because the show focuses mainly on the two Winchester brothers, the writers realized that viewers would know that the characters are not in danger of being permanently killed. To fix this, the staff often writes in guest characters to give tension to the episode, occasionally having them die.[91]

Synopsis

Main article: List of Supernatural episodes
SeasonEpisodesOriginally airedRankAverage viewership
(in millions)
First airedLast airedNetwork
122September 13, 2005 (2005-09-13)May 4, 2006 (2006-05-04)The WB1653.81[92][a 1]
222September 28, 2006 (2006-09-28)May 17, 2007 (2007-05-17)The CW2163.14[93]
316October 4, 2007 (2007-10-04)May 15, 2008 (2008-05-15)1872.74[94]
422September 18, 2008 (2008-09-18)May 14, 2009 (2009-05-14)1613.14[95][a 2]
522September 10, 2009 (2009-09-10)May 13, 2010 (2010-05-13)1252.64[96]
622September 24, 2010 (2010-09-24)May 20, 2011 (2011-05-20)2092.42[97]
723September 23, 2011 (2011-09-23)May 18, 2012 (2012-05-18)1762.03[98]
823October 3, 2012 (2012-10-03)May 15, 2013 (2013-05-15)1522.52[99]
923October 8, 2013 (2013-10-08)May 20, 2014 (2014-05-20)1412.81[100]
1023October 7, 2014 (2014-10-07)May 20, 2015 (2015-05-20)1562.02[101]
1123October 7, 2015 (2015-10-07)May 25, 2016 (2016-05-25)1312.81[102]
1223October 13, 2016 (2016-10-13)May 18, 2017 (2017-05-18)1322.62[103]
1323October 12, 2017 (2017-10-12)May 17, 2018 (2018-05-17)1662.32[104]
1420October 11, 2018 (2018-10-11)April 25, 2019 (2019-04-25)1592.07[105]
1520October 10, 2019 (2019-10-10)November 19, 2020 (2020-11-19)1311.63[106]

Season 1

Main article: Supernatural (season 1)

The first season consists of 22 episodes. It premiered on The WB on September 13, 2005, and concluded on May 4, 2006. The first 16 episodes aired on Tuesdays at 9:00 pm, after which the series was rescheduled to Thursdays at 9:00 pm.[107]

After their father goes missing during a "hunting trip," Dean Winchester tracks down his brother Sam at Stanford University and they begin to live a life on the road, in Dean's black 1967 Chevrolet Impala. However, their father is not a typical hunter: he hunts supernatural creatures like ghosts, vampires, and spirits, and has trained his sons to do the same. Along the way, Sam and Dean save innocent people, fight creatures and ghosts, and collect clues to their father's whereabouts.

Season 2

Main article: Supernatural (season 2)

The second season consists of 22 episodes, and it aired on Thursdays at 9:00 pm on The CW, beginning September 28, 2006, and ending May 17, 2007.[108]

Sam and Dean continue to hunt the demon Azazel. Part of Azazel's master plan is revealed as he gathers Sam and others with similar psychic abilities to fight each other, leading to Sam's death. Dean makes a deal with a crossroads demon to bring Sam back in exchange for his soul, which will be collected in one year and taken to Hell. With the help of the spirit of John Winchester, Dean kills Azazel and the portal is closed.

Season 3

Main article: Supernatural (season 3)

The third season consists of 16 episodes that aired on Thursdays at 9:00 pm beginning October 4, 2007, and ending May 15, 2008.[109] Originally 22 episodes were ordered for the third season, but production was halted on December 5, 2007, upon completion of the twelfth episode by the 2007–08 Writers Guild of America strike. The season number was shortened to sixteen episodes, with four new episodes airing in April and May 2008.[110]

The season focuses on trying to save Dean from his deal and tracking down the demons that were released from hell. The brothers learn which demon holds Dean's contract: a powerful demon named Lilith. The brothers, along with Ruby, track Lilith down and attempt to kill her. Lilith is unable to stop Sam on account of his mysterious abilities; however, Dean's contract expires and his soul is taken to Hell.

Season 4

Main article: Supernatural (season 4)

The fourth season consists of 22 episodes that aired on Thursdays at 9:00 pm beginning September 18, 2008, and ending May 14, 2009.[111]

Dean is rescued from Hell and brought back by an angel of the Lord named Castiel. The rest of the season follows the brothers as they work with Castiel to stop Lilith's plan of breaking the 66 seals, which would allow the fallen archangel Lucifer to walk the Earth free once again. Dean escapes and tries to stop Sam after learning that Lilith is, in fact, the last seal, but Sam kills her anyway, breaking open Lucifer's prison. Ruby reveals her true colors as a demon loyal to Lucifer, and Dean kills her. As the season ends, Lucifer's cage opens and he escapes from hell.

Season 5

Main article: Supernatural (season 5)

The fifth season consists of 22 episodes that aired on Thursdays at 9:00 pm beginning September 10, 2009, and ending May 13, 2010.[112] This season was rumored to be the last season,[32] but Padalecki and Ackles had contracts for a sixth season,[113] and The CW renewed it on February 16, 2010.[114]

The fifth season revolves around the fight to stop Lucifer and save the world from the Apocalypse. In the end, Sam throws himself and Adam into the Cage to trap Lucifer once more. Castiel is resurrected by God and returns to Heaven to restore order. Dean returns to his old girlfriend Lisa to live a normal life. Sam is mysteriously freed of the Cage.

Season 6

Main article: Supernatural (season 6)

The sixth season consists of 22 episodes that aired on Fridays at 9:00 pm beginning September 24, 2010, and ending May 20, 2011. Beginning with this season, Kripke left as showrunner, leaving executive producer Sera Gamble to take over the reins.[115]

Sam and Dean are forced to work to capture Alpha monsters for Crowley. Dean discovers that Sam's soul is still in the Cage, so he implores the Horseman Death to retrieve it. The brothers discover Castiel has orchestrated all of these events from behind the scenes and was working with Crowley the entire time. Castiel proceeds with his plan, absorbing all the souls from Purgatory and pronouncing himself God.

Season 7

Main article: Supernatural (season 7)

The seventh season consists of 23 episodes that aired on Fridays at 9:00 pm beginning September 23, 2011, and ending May 18, 2012.

After declaring himself God, Castiel unwittingly releases the Leviathans, ravenous creatures who feed on human flesh. Sam and Dean must work to stop the Leviathans and their leader Dick Roman. The brothers learn that the only way to kill the Leviathans is with the "bone of a righteous mortal washed in the three bloods of the fallen". Dean and Castiel kill Dick but are dragged into Purgatory as a result, while Sam is left alone to deal with Crowley, who plans to rise to power.

Season 8

Main article: Supernatural (season 8)

The eighth season consists of 23 episodes that aired on Wednesdays at 9:00 pm beginning October 3, 2012, and ending May 15, 2013.

The two brothers begin a fight against Crowley to find the Demon Tablet and trap all demons in Hell. Kevin Tran translates three trials that must be completed in order to lock the Gates of Hell for good, but although Sam completed the first two, Dean ends the trials before the third can be finished as completing the trials would kill Sam. Castiel is tricked by the angel Metatron into banishing every angel apart from Metatron to Earth.

Season 9

Main article: Supernatural (season 9)

The ninth season consists of 23 episodes that aired on Tuesdays at 9:00 pm beginning October 8, 2013, and ending May 20, 2014.

The brothers search for a way to return the angels to Heaven. The angel Gadreel murders Kevin Tran and escapes to join Metatron. Sam expels Gadreel, but the experience causes Sam and Dean to split up. Castiel begins a search of his own for Metatron, believing him to be the key to reversing the expulsion of the angels. Metatron begins trying to unite all the angels under his rule while Castiel leads other angels against him to retake Heaven. Castiel defeats Metatron after a repentant Gadreel sacrifices himself. Metatron kills Dean, causing Dean to become a demon.

Season 10

Main article: Supernatural (season 10)

The tenth season consists of 23 episodes that aired beginning on October 7, 2014, and ended on May 20, 2015. The season began airing Tuesdays at 9:00 pm, and moved to Wednesdays at 9:00 pm beginning March 18, 2015.

Dean is now a demon, working alongside Crowley. Meanwhile, Sam continues to search for Dean. After Dean refuses to follow Crowley's order and embarrasses him in front of his demon followers, Crowley gives Sam his brother's location. Sam and Castiel cure Dean by using sanctified human blood. A mysterious new witch comes into play, revealed to be Crowley's mother, Rowena.

A large focus of the season is Dean's quest to overcome the Mark of Cain and have it removed if possible. New hope for ridding Dean of the Mark comes when Charlie unearths the Book of the Damned.

Season 11

Main article: Supernatural (season 11)

In the eleventh season, Sam and Dean deal with the release of Amara / The Darkness. When nothing works to get rid of the Darkness, Amara claims that God must appear Himself to see her destroying everything He created and loves. Chuck returns and tells Metatron he is God. Amara and Chuck reconcile and leave the Earth, but not before Amara tells Dean she is going to give him what he wants most for helping her: a reunion with his mother.

Season 12

Main article: Supernatural (season 12)

The twelfth season premiered on October 13, 2016, and concluded on May 18, 2017, consisting of 23 episodes.

Lucifer makes the President of the United States his human vessel. The president gets his assistant Kelly Kline pregnant and Kelly gives birth to the Nephilim, while Crowley sacrifices himself to kill Lucifer. Crowley and Castiel die trying to kill Lucifer, while Mary and Lucifer are pulled into the rift created by the Nephilim's birth. Sam is shocked to see Jack the Nephilim grown into a teenager.

Season 13

Main article: Supernatural (season 13)

The thirteenth season premiered on October 12, 2017, and concluded on May 17, 2018, consisting of 23 episodes.

Dean and Sam are left to 'raise' Jack. Sam is willing to give the boy a chance, while Dean is concerned due to his heritage. As Jack sides with Mary and the humans against the angels, the Winchesters and Castiel gather the ingredients for a spell to open the portal to hell while Lucifer tries to reestablish himself as king of heaven. Dean kills Lucifer, but the season ends with Michael taking control of Dean's body.

Season 14

Main article: Supernatural (season 14)

The fourteenth season premiered on October 11, 2018, and concluded on April 25, 2019, consisting of 20 episodes.

Michael begins experimenting with monsters, making them immune to their former weaknesses. Dean, Sam, Castiel and Jack decide to take down Michael and his army of monsters once and for all, but Michael retakes control of Dean and unleashes his monsters on the city. God returns and tells the boys that they must use a gun that he built to kill Jack, but Sam and Dean refuse. Angered at their defiance, God smites Jack and unleashes every vengeful spirit from Hell back on Earth.

Season 15

Main article: Supernatural (season 15)

The fifteenth and final season premiered on October 10, 2019. The season consisted of 20 episodes and aired on Thursdays at 8:00 pm (ET) with the exception of two episodes in March 2020 which aired on Mondays at 8:00 pm.[116] The series finale was scheduled to air on May 18, 2020.[117] In March 2020, Warner Bros. Television shut down production on the series due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[118] Later in March, showrunner Andrew Dabb revealed that the series would go on hiatus after the March 23 episode.[119] The season resumed airing on October 8, and the series finale aired on November 19, 2020.[120]

Recurring elements

Impala

Throughout the series, Dean drives a black 1967 Chevrolet Impala which he refers to as "Baby". Having been passed down to him by his father (John), it is Dean's most prized possession, with actor Jensen Ackles feeling it is Dean's "life" and "sanctuary".[121] The brothers travel in it throughout the country as they hunt the supernatural, and the trunk holds various weaponry and their fake IDs. In the first two seasons, it has a Kansas license plate with the number KAZ 2Y5, a reference to the Winchesters' home state of Kansas, and the series premiere date of 2005.[121] Towards the end of the second season, the car sports a new Ohio license plate (CNK 80Q3) to aid the brothers in hiding from the FBI.[122]

All of the cars used in the show are stock 1967 Chevrolet Impala four door hardtops. They feature Chevrolet small-block engines, recolored interiors, custom seats, and nonfunctioning radios. Other than the one used in the original, all of the Impalas had to be painted black for the series. One of the Impalas used features a detachable roof and doors for up-close shots, and is capable of being separated in half.[123] After filming of the series concluded, Ackles was allowed by Warner Bros. and The CW to keep the main Impala.[124]

The Colt

 
The Colt with thirteen original bullets

The 1836 Colt Paterson revolver,[125] usually referred to simply as "the Colt", was made by Samuel Colt, a paranormal hunter. According to legend, anything shot by this gun, using one of its thirteen original bullets, will die, including creatures normally immune to any and all weapons.

The gun used in the series is actually a replica Paterson modified to fire metallic cartridges.[125] The gun was described as being built in 1835, before Colt made firearms, and fires metallic cartridges, which were never made to fire in a Colt revolver until 10 years after Samuel Colt's death. On the barrel of the gun is inscribed the Latin phrase non-timebo mala, meaning "I will fear no evil".[126] On the grip is a carving of a pentagram, with much of the finish removed to give it an aged appearance.[125] The prop department also has a rubber version of the Colt to be used in fight scenes for pistol-whipping.[123]

Ruby's knife

Ruby possesses a mysterious and presumably magical demon-killing knife, which Kripke refers to as "a hand-to-hand version of the Colt".[127] Its handle is made of elk antlers, and the knife has engravings on both sides of the blade, although the symbols are all nonsensical.[127] It has been seen and used many times following its introduction in the third season. Creator Eric Kripke doubted that how the knife functions would ever be revealed, stating, "I like to leave some things mysterious. And that's likely to remain mysterious."[67] However, the eighth season reveals it to be "an ancient demon-killing knife of the Kurds".

Other media

Promotion and tie-ins

The advertisements The WB chose for the show went beyond just commercials and billboards. Before the series debuted, the network placed signs for the show at gas station pumps, and gave out rubber glow-in-the-dark bracelets at New York and Los Angeles movie theaters.[54] Also, coffee cup sleeves revealed the image of a "terrified woman seemingly pinned to a ceiling" when heated[128] were distributed to 500 cafes throughout New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles.[54] The same image was used in special mirrors the network installed in almost 200 nightclubs throughout three cities in order to reach "young, hip horror fans".[128] Additional advertisements were also placed in bars, movie theaters, and video game stores, with hundreds of the bars also receiving Supernatural napkins and coasters.[54]

The series also has many real-life tie-ins. The urban legend website Hellhounds Lair featured in the season one episode "Hell House" was a real website set up by the show's producers.[129] As a tie-in to the sequel episode "Ghostfacers", in which the owners of Hellhounds Lair create their own Ghost Hunters-style reality show, The CW set up Ghostfacers.com.[130] The Winchesters later visit this website in the fourth-season episode "It's a Terrible Life". Series tie-ins, however, extend beyond the internet. For a time, Dean's cell number—revealed in the first-season episode "Phantom Traveler"[131] to be 1–866–907–3235—was a real number, with Jensen Ackles reading the message: "This is Dean Winchester. If this is an emergency, leave a message. If you are calling about 11–2–83, page me with your coordinates."[132] The second-season episode "Tall Tales" featured a tie-in to that week's issue of the tabloid newspaper Weekly World News. The February 19 and March 19, 2007, editions of the paper featured exclusive interviews with Sam and Dean, the articles being written by Paul Kupperberg.[133]

Merchandise

Supernatural has a vast amount of merchandise available, including calendars, T-shirts, shot glasses, temporary tattoos and posters.[134] Inkworks has released trading cards for the show, some cards featuring actors' autographs and swatches from actual costumes used on the series.[135]

The Supernatural Role Playing Game (a pen-and-paper role-playing game) was developed by Margaret Weis Productions, Ltd.[136] Originally scheduled for release in October 2007,[137] it was delayed until August 2009.[138] The game uses material from the series, novels, and comics.[137] Additionally, on September 7, 2010, Watertower Music released Supernatural: Original Television Soundtrack – Seasons 1–5. It features 18 original tracks by Supernatural series composers Christopher Lennertz and Jay Gruska.[139] Funko has also released three Pop! form figures of Dean, Sam, and Castiel as of November 21, 2013.[140]

Further information on the series' mythology and production have been detailed through print. Official companion guides for the first six seasons have been released (ISBN 1845765354, ISBN 1-84576-657-1, ISBN 1-84856-103-2, ISBN 1-84856-738-3, ISBN 1-84856-739-1, ISBN 0-85768-289-X), all written by Nicholas Knight and published by Titan Books. Two additional guides written by Alex Irvine, The "Supernatural" Book of Monsters, Spirits, Demons, and Ghouls (ISBN 0-06-136703-6) and John Winchester's Journal (ISBN 0-06-170662-0), have been published by It Books. Irvine's books function as resource guides that contain illustrations and detailed descriptions of the supernatural creatures the Winchester family has encountered, giving additional background on creatures and mythology featured on the show. Premiering on November 27, 2007, was the Official Supernatural Magazine.[141] Published by Titan Magazines, it contains series information and exclusive cast and crew interviews.[141] It Books published Supernatural: Bobby Singer's Guide to Hunting by David Reed on September 6, 2011 (ISBN 0062103377), sharing all the knowledge that the character Bobby Singer had to share about hunting, the Winchesters, and other knowledge he picked up over the years dealing with the elements of the supernatural.

Comics

The series has also developed an expanded universe. Three six-issue comic book miniseries have been published by WildStorm,[142] a company under the DC Comics umbrella. Supernatural: Origins depicts the early lives of John, Sam, and Dean Winchester, and shows how John became a hunter.[143] Supernatural: Rising Son, "a dysfunctional family story", details Dean as he begins following in his father's footsteps.[144] While Kripke was heavily involved with the first series, the writer's strike prevented him from doing so with Rising Son.[144] Supernatural: Beginning's End deals with "the definitive events that led to Sam leaving his family to attend Stanford".

A fourth miniseries, Caledonia (named Supernatural: The Dogs of Edinburgh in the UK), by Brian Wood and Grant Bond, dealt with Sam Winchester's trip to the United Kingdom during the Stanford years.[145] The first two miniseries were written by Peter Johnson, one of the series co-executive producer, while the third one is by television series writers Andrew Dabb and Daniel Loflin.[146]

Novels

Several novels based on the series have also been published.

Title Author Published Publisher ISBN
Nevermore Keith R.A. DeCandido July 31, 2007 HarperEntertainment ISBN 0-06-137090-8
Witch's Canyon Jeff Mariotte October 30, 2007 HarperEntertainment ISBN 0-06-137091-6
Bone Key Keith R.A. DeCandido August 26, 2008 HarperEntertainment ISBN 0-06-143503-1
Heart of the Dragon Keith R.A. DeCandido February 16, 2010 Titan Books ISBN 1-84856-600-X
The Unholy Cause Joe Schreiber May 4, 2010 Titan Books ISBN 1-84856-528-3
War of the Sons Rebecca Dessertine and David Reed August 31, 2010 Titan Books ISBN 1-84856-601-8
One Year Gone Rebecca Dessertine May 24, 2011 Titan Books ISBN 0-85768-099-4
Coyote's Kiss Christa Faust July 12, 2011 Titan Books ISBN 0-85768-100-1
Night Terror John Passarella September 13, 2011 Titan Books ISBN 0-85768-101-X
Rite of Passage John Passarella August 14, 2012 Titan Books ISBN 1781161119
Fresh Meat Alice Henderson February 19, 2013 Titan Books ISBN 1781161127
Carved in Flesh Tim Waggoner April 16, 2013 Titan Books ISBN 1781161135
Cold Fire John Passarella March 29, 2016 Titan Books ISBN 9781781166758
Mythmaker Tim Waggoner July 26, 2016 Titan Books ISBN 9781783298549
The Usual Sacrifices Yvonne Navarro June 27, 2017 Titan Books ISBN 9781783298563
Joyride John Passarella October 30, 2018 Titan Books ISBN 9781783299362
Children of Anubis Tim Waggoner April 30, 2019 Titan Books ISBN 9781785653261

Secondary literature

An unofficial anthology titled In the Hunt: Unauthorized Essays on Supernatural (ISBN 1933771631) was released on February 10, 2009, by Smart Pop and featured essays covering different aspects of both the series and its fanbase. The Mythology of Supernatural: The Signs and Symbols Behind the Popular TV Show (ISBN 0425241378), published by Berkley Trade on August 2, 2011, sought to explore the religious and mythological roots of the show. And on October 1, 2011, ECW Press released the book TV Goes to Hell: An Unofficial Road Map of Supernatural (ISBN 1770410201) which explored topics such as folklore, religion, gender and sexuality, comedy, and music through essays from a number of contributors.

Spin-off series

Ghostfacers

After their first season debut in "Hell House" (episode 17 written by Trey Callaway), the growing popularity of "amateur spook-hunters" Ed Zeddmore and Harry Spangler prompted Kripke to consider a spin-off series for the characters. He discussed the idea of an online venture with actors A. J. Buckley and Travis Wester, and held a successful meeting with studio and network executives.[147] Though Kripke announced their plans to produce "some new material, either webisodes, potentially cell phone content or basically an off-network Ghostfacers series" at the 2008 Comic-Con,[148] the economic downturn delayed production until 2009.[147]

Buckley and Wester, along with Patrick J. Doody and Chris Valenziano, penned the series.[147] They found the format—ten three-minute segments[149]—difficult to manage because each webisode has to work both individually and as part of the overall storyline.[147] However, Wester noted, "We couldn't get too indulgent, we couldn't delve into long conversations. That helps not only with the storytelling but with the comedy... With drama, it takes time to establish an emotional connection with the characters. With comedy, you can jump right in."[147]

Though an initial idea of Kripke's involved the cast searching real haunted houses,[148] the first season instead features the Ghostfacers investigating a haunted theater. The series also stars Brittany Ishibashi as Maggie and Austin Basis as Spruce.[149]

In August 2011, a webisode was released online in which the Ghostfacers meet Castiel.[150]

Supernatural: The Anime Series

On June 9, 2010, the official Japanese Warner Bros. website announced an anime version of the series titled Supernatural: The Animation (スーパーナチュラル・ザ・アニメーション), which debuted in Japan in January 2011[151] and is produced by Japanese anime studio Madhouse.[152] Shigeyuki Miya and Atsuko Ishizuka are co-directors for the series, with Kripke credited as the project creator.[152] Madhouse co-founder Masao Maruyama serves as executive producer, with Naoya Takayama supervising the scripts and Takahiro Yoshimatsu designing the characters. Yūya Uchida and Hiroki Touchi, who voice Sam and Dean for the Japanese dub of the live-action series, reprise their roles.[152]

The anime's first season consists of 22 half-hour episodes; while the storyline covers the first two seasons of the live-action series, it also includes original content exploring the Winchesters' childhoods and expanding upon secondary characters.[152] Warner Home Video released the first two episodes on Blu-ray and DVD in Japan on January 12, 2011; episodes 3 through 12 shipped on February 2, and the rest on April 6.[152] Warner Home Video released the Blu-ray and DVD box sets of the anime series on July 26, 2011, in North America.[153]

Jared Padalecki voices Sam in the English-language version of the series, while Jensen Ackles voices Dean only in the last two episodes for scheduling reasons; Andrew Farrar voices Dean in English for the first 20 episodes.

Supernatural: Bloodlines

Main article: Supernatural: Bloodlines

On July 22, 2013, The CW announced there was a spin-off of Supernatural in the works, with the 20th episode of season nine serving as a back-door pilot.[154] On January 29, 2014, it was revealed that the spin-off was to have been titled Supernatural: Bloodlines.[155]

The backdoor pilot was written by Andrew Dabb and directed by Robert Singer. The series was going to set to explore the "clashing hunter and monster cultures in Chicago". The show was not picked up by the CW for the 2014–2015 season. However, the network has remained open to another spin-off of the series.[156]

Samuel Colt

During production of Supernatural's third season, Kripke stated that the writers sometimes discussed the possibility of a prequel series. Set in the Old West, the spin-off would follow Samuel Colt and a group of hunters.[22]

Wayward Sisters

On June 20, 2017, it was announced that Wayward Sisters, a spin-off series starring Kim Rhodes as Sheriff Jody Mills, was being developed by Supernatural writer-producers Andrew Dabb and Robert Berens, along with Robert Singer and Phil Sgriccia. The spin-off debuted as a backdoor pilot during the thirteenth season of Supernatural.[157] In May 2018, it was confirmed that the series was not picked up.[158]

The Winchesters

Main article: The Winchesters

In May 2022, the CW ordered The Winchesters, a prequel series that focuses on Sam and Dean's parents, John and Mary. The series is executive produced by Jensen Ackles, his wife Danneel Ackles (who portrayed Anael on the series), and Supernatural writer Robbie Thompson. Ackles reprises his role as Dean Winchester as the narrator.[159][160] It premiered on October 11, 2022.[161]

Impact

Ratings

Seasonal rankings (based on average total viewers per episode) of Supernatural on The WB and The CW (some including repeats).

Viewership and ratings per season of Supernatural
Season Timeslot (ET) Network Episodes First aired Last aired TV season Viewership
rank		 Avg. viewers
(millions)		 Avg. 18–49
rating
Date Viewers
(millions) 		Date Viewers
(millions)
1 Tuesday 9:00 pm (1–16)
Thursday 9:00 pm (17–22)		 The WB 22 September 13, 2005 (2005-09-13) 5.69[162] May 4, 2006 (2006-05-04) 3.99[163] 2005–06 165[164] 3.81[164] 1.4[164][a 3]
2 Thursday 9:00 pm The CW 22 September 28, 2006 (2006-09-28) 3.93[165] May 17, 2007 (2007-05-17) 2.72[166] 2006–07 216[167] 3.14[167] 1.1[167]
3 16 October 4, 2007 (2007-10-04) 2.97[168] May 15, 2008 (2008-05-15) 3.00[168] 2007–08 187[169] 2.74[169] 1.0[169]
4 22 September 18, 2008 (2008-09-18) 3.96[170] May 14, 2009 (2009-05-14) 2.89[171] 2008–09 161[172][a 4] 3.14[172] 1.1[172]
5 22 September 10, 2009 (2009-09-10) 3.40[173] May 13, 2010 (2010-05-13) 2.84[174] 2009–10 125[175] 2.64[175] 1.2[175][a 5]
6 Friday 9:00 pm 22 September 24, 2010 (2010-09-24) 2.90[176] May 20, 2011 (2011-05-20) 2.11[177] 2010–11 209[178] 2.42[178] 1.1[178]
7 23 September 23, 2011 (2011-09-23) 2.01[179] May 18, 2012 (2012-05-18) 1.56[180] 2011–12 176[181] 2.03[181] 0.89[181]
8 Wednesday 9:00 pm 23 October 3, 2012 (2012-10-03) 1.85[182] May 15, 2013 (2013-05-15) 2.31[183] 2012–13 152[184] 2.52[184] 1.1[184]
9 Tuesday 9:00 pm 23 October 8, 2013 (2013-10-08) 2.59[185] May 20, 2014 (2014-05-20) 2.30[186] 2013–14 141[187] 2.81[187] 1.3[187]
10 Tuesday 9:00 pm (1–14)
Wednesday 9:00 pm (15–23)		 23 October 7, 2014 (2014-10-07) 2.50[188] May 20, 2015 (2015-05-20) 1.73[189] 2014–15 156[190] 2.02[190] 0.8[190]
11 Wednesday 9:00 pm 23 October 7, 2015 (2015-10-07) 1.94[191] May 25, 2016 (2016-05-25) 1.84[192] 2015–16 131[193] 2.81[193] 1.0[193]
12 Thursday 9:00 pm (1–8)
Thursday 8:00 pm (9–23)		 23 October 13, 2016 (2016-10-13) 2.15[194] May 18, 2017 (2017-05-18) 1.65[195] 2016–17 132[196] 2.62[196] 0.9[196]
13 Thursday 8:00 pm 23 October 12, 2017 (2017-10-12) 2.10[197] May 17, 2018 (2018-05-17) 1.63[198] 2017–18 166[199] 2.32[199] 0.8[199]
14 20 October 11, 2018 (2018-10-11) 1.49[200] April 25, 2019 (2019-04-25) 1.30[201] 2018–19 159[202] 2.07[202] 0.6[202]
15 20 October 10, 2019 (2019-10-10) 1.23[203] November 19, 2020 (2020-11-19) 1.38[204] 2019–20 116[205]
(1–13)
131[206]
(14–20)		 1.86[205]
(1–13)
1.63[206]
(14–20)		 0.6[205]
(1–13)
0.5[206]
(14–20)

After the first four episodes of Supernatural aired in 2005, the WB decided to pick up the series for a full season of 22 episodes. During those first episodes, the series was ranked third in males aged 18–34 and 12–34. It also posted an increase of 73% in males aged 18–49 from the year before, although it only gained 4% in total viewers, and retained 91% of viewers from its lead-in, Gilmore Girls.[207] Supernatural had low ratings during its second season, with viewers consisting mainly of teen girls, and the CW trying to attract more male viewers.[208] The show's future was in doubt at the end of the second season.[209] Despite mediocre ratings in the previous year, it was back for a third season.[210] Although its third season's rating were low, it did well with viewers aged 18–49. In this category, it ranked eighth of all returning series broadcast by a major network.[211] The show received an early pickup for its fourth season.[212] The show's ratings increased in its fourth season.[213] The fourth-season premiere aired on September 18, 2008, averaging its highest rating ever since its debut on The CW with 3.96 million viewers, a 33% surge over the season three premiere and a 1.7/5 in adults 18–49, up 42% from one year earlier.[214] On October 16, 2008, the show was watched by 3.06 million viewers, making the lowest rating for the season. On October 30, 2008, the show climbed to its best performance in adults 18–34 (1.4/4), adults 18–49 (1.5/4) and total viewers (3.6mil) since its season premiere on September 18, 2008.[215] For the fifth-season premiere, viewership increased by 6% in women 18–34 (1.7/5) over the fourth-season premiere.[216] However, taking DVR viewings into account with new Live-Plus 7 Day data, total viewership for the premiere increased 38%, with women 18–34 increasing by 35% and adults 18–34 by 47%.[217]

According to Nielsen ratings, Supernatural placed sixth and seventh in 2020 and 2021, respectively, in the rankings of the most-watched acquired streaming series in the United States. It had 20.3 billion minutes watched in 2020 and 18.9 billion in 2021.[218][219]

Awards and nominations

Main article: List of awards and nominations received by Supernatural

Reception

Season Critical response
Rotten Tomatoes Metacritic
1 87% (31 reviews)[220] 59 (22 reviews)[221]
2 100% (6 reviews)[222] —
3 88% (8 reviews)[223] —
4 88% (8 reviews)[224] —
5 100% (9 reviews)[225] —
6 100% (6 reviews)[226] —
7 100% (5 reviews)[227] —
8 67% (9 reviews)[228] —
9 100% (12 reviews)[229] —
10 100% (8 reviews)[230] —
11 90% (10 reviews)[231] —
12 100% (10 reviews)[232] —
13 100% (7 reviews)[233] —
14 82% (11 reviews)[234] —
15 100% (13 reviews)[235] —

During its first season, the show received generally mixed critical reception, but the reception from critics has grown more favorable as the series progressed with subsequent seasons receiving generally positive reviews from critics.

The first season received a Metacritic score of 59 out of 100 based on 22 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[236] The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported an 87% approval rating for the first season, with an average rating of 7.32/10 based on 31 reviews. The website's consensus reads, "Despite some too-hip dialogue and familiar thematic elements, Supernatural's vigilante brothers manage to stir up some legitimate scares."[220] Tanner Stransky of Entertainment Weekly gave the first season a B, saying the show "comes off as weekly installments of a horror movie series", but that "Adding to the show's cred are the '67 Chevy Impala the boys rumble around in and their kick-ass soundtrack".[237] Jeff Swindoll of Monsters and Critics "really liked" the first season[238] for its "horrific content and the brotherly chemistry between its two stars". He also noted that the season finished "with one bang of a cliffhanger".[239] Swindoll enjoyed the second season, too, saying that it "still works thanks to the brotherly chemistry between Padalecki and Ackles" and noted the second season focused more on the show's mythology.[238]

Swindoll also liked the third season, saying "Eric Kripke must've sold his soul to the devil so that the show wouldn't suffer a third season slump." He also enjoyed the moments featuring Bobby Singer (Jim Beaver), likening him to the character Cooter from Dukes of Hazzard.[240] However, Daniel Bettridge of Den of Geek believed that the writer's strike hindered the season, with many issues being left unresolved and the finale feeling "a little rushed". He also felt that new characters Ruby (Katie Cassidy) and Bela (Lauren Cohan) were "disappointingly unexplored and ineffectively used".[241] While Diana Steenbergen of IGN liked that there was a season-long story arc with Dean's demonic deal, she believed that viewers would know that the pact would not be resolved until the finale, making the self-enclosed episodes feel like they are "treading water, waiting for the main storyline to resume".[242] In 2008, AOL TV placed the show on its list of TV's Biggest Guilty Pleasures.[243]

Another Monsters and Critics reviewer, June L., gave the fourth season a positive review, saying the show "remains intriguing and entertaining, giving viewers much to ponder in terms of the philosophical analysis of the nature of good and evil."[244] Steenbergen felt that the series made a transition from a "pretty good show to being a pretty great show". She praised Misha Collins for his portrayal of the angel Castiel, and felt that the interactions between Dean and Castiel were "one of the highlights of the season".[245] Before the premiere of the fifth season, Rolling Stone listed the series as one of "The 50 Best Reasons to Watch TV", citing Sam and Dean Winchester as the "Bo and Luke Duke of demon hunting".[246]

The Chicago Tribune's Maureen Ryan named Supernatural among the top ten shows of 2009, stating that the "thoughtfully crafted show got bolder and more creative in 2009, coming up with hilarious and innovative episodes and taking risks with its storytelling."[247] Mike Hale of The New York Times also named the series on his top ten list for the year: "Supernatural is currently among the wildest and most entertaining series in prime time."[248] In 2010, AOL TV ranked Supernatural fourth of the Top 20 Magic/Supernatural Shows of All Time, noting that the show had been compared to The X-Files early in its run before "distinguishing itself as a unique, unpredictable and addictive series that not only features monsters, magic and Lucifer himself, but also boasts a dynamic duo arguably better at the banter than Mulder and Scully -- Sam and Dean Winchester".[249]

In 2012, Entertainment Weekly listed the show at No. 19 in the "25 Best Cult TV Shows from the Past 25 Years", saying, "Supernatural began with a pretty straightforward premise – hot guys kill spooky things – but it didn't stay that way for long. The characters have literally been to hell and back, and along the way, they have woven a complicated and compelling mythology filled with friends (angel Castiel), recurring foes (demon Crowley), and inside jokes (Wincest!). Supernatural has also, however, dedicated episodes to mocking the sillier aspects of its own existence, like its hypercritical fandom. This self-referential approach has rewarded longtime viewers and helped build a community so passionate, it's almost scary."[250] The show has a broad demographic base and is more popular in Russia than the US.[251]

Syndication

On January 4, 2010, the cable television network TNT began airing reruns of Supernatural.[252] In Canada, the series has been syndicated on Space, Dusk, ABC Spark, M3, and E!.[253]

Fandom and popular culture

Being a cult series, Supernatural has garnered a dedicated fanbase.[254] They are active online,[255] and many have written fanfiction stories about the show, ranging from Wincest (the romantic pairing of brothers Dean and Sam Winchester) to Destiel (the romantic pairing of Dean Winchester and Castiel) to various other character pairings. The writers have referenced this several times in the series,[256] including the 200th episode, which makes references to Wincest, Destiel, and Sastiel (the romantic pairing of Sam Winchester and Castiel).[257]

The first fan conventions dedicated to Supernatural took place in Nashville, Tennessee, in October 2006[258] and in London in May 2007,[259] and conventions have since expanded through to Germany and throughout the United States. The series' stars and large guest cast make appearances,[260] with fans from the United States, Europe, China, and Australia attending.[45]

Before the debut of the series' fifth season, in which Lucifer is finally freed from his imprisonment, fans attempted to promote the show through Twitter. Enough fans posted the hashtag "#LuciferIsComing" that it made it into "trending topics"[261]—a list depicting words and phrases posted with the highest frequency on the website.[262] However, Twitter users who were unaware of the fans' intentions responded with numerous posts of "#GodIsHere", and the topic was blocked from Twitter's trending topics after complaints. Actor Misha Collins, who portrays Castiel in the series, tried to continue the campaign by requesting that fans post "#PDiddyIsScaredOfHisTV", rapper P. Diddy being the one whom many fans believe to be the instigator of the initial backlash.[261] However, after an hour, this attempt to trend the topic was also stymied by Twitter.[263]

In honor of the series' season 14 renewal, Mayor Steve Adler of Austin, Texas, declared June 23, 2018, as "Supernatural Day" in the city, as the show's stars Ackles and Padalecki are both Austin residents. The day, which coincided with the duo participating in local charity events, also recognized Supernatural for, as the declaration proclaimed, "bringing the best fans in the world" to the city.[264]

The series's fandom gave rise to a new subgenre of erotic fan fiction and then to a subgenre of speculative erotic fiction in its own right, the "Omegaverse". Works in this genre feature humans with a wolf-like social structure and sexual behavior.[265]

Notes

  1. ^ Statistics run from September 19, 2005 through May 7, 2006, leaving out the season premiere.
  2. ^ Statistics run from September 22, 2008 through May 17, 2009, leaving out the season premiere.
  3. ^ Statistics run from September 19, 2005, through May 7, 2006, leaving out the season premiere.
  4. ^ Statistics run from September 22, 2008, through May 17, 2009, leaving out the season premiere.
  5. ^ Statistics are based on first-run episodes only.
  1. ^ The twelfth and thirteenth episodes of the final season aired outside of their regular timeslot on Mondays at 8:00 pm.

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supernatural, american, series, supernatural, american, dark, fantasy, drama, television, series, created, eric, kripke, first, broadcast, september, 2005, subsequently, became, part, successor, lineup, starring, jared, padalecki, winchester, jensen, ackles, d. Supernatural is an American dark fantasy drama television series created by Eric Kripke It was first broadcast on September 13 2005 on The WB and subsequently became part of successor The CW s lineup Starring Jared Padalecki as Sam Winchester and Jensen Ackles as Dean Winchester the series follows the two brothers as they hunt demons ghosts monsters and other supernatural beings The series was produced by Warner Bros Television in association with Wonderland Sound and Vision Along with Kripke executive producers have been McG Robert Singer Phil Sgriccia Sera Gamble Jeremy Carver John Shiban Ben Edlund and Adam Glass Former executive producer and director Kim Manners died of lung cancer during production of the fourth season 5 SupernaturalGenreAction 1 Adventure 1 Drama 2 3 Fantasy 1 4 Horror 1 Mystery 1 Created byEric KripkeStarringJared Padalecki Jensen Ackles Katie Cassidy Lauren Cohan Misha Collins Mark A Sheppard Mark Pellegrino Alexander CalvertComposersJay Gruska Christopher LennertzCountry of originUnited StatesNo of seasons15No of episodes327 list of episodes ProductionExecutive producersEric Kripke Robert Singer McG David Nutter Kim Manners John Shiban Phil Sgriccia Sera Gamble Ben Edlund Jeremy Carver Jim Michaels Todd Aronauer Adam Glass Andrew Dabb Brad Buckner Eugenie Ross LemingProduction locationsBritish Columbia CanadaCamera setupSingle camera setupRunning time38 45 minutesProduction companiesKripke Enterprises Wonderland Sound and Vision 2005 2013 Warner Bros TelevisionDistributorWarner Bros Television DistributionReleaseOriginal networkThe WB 2005 2006 The CW 2006 2020 Picture format1080i HDTV Audio formatDolby Digital 5 1Original releaseSeptember 13 2005 2005 09 13 November 19 2020 2020 11 19 ChronologyRelatedSupernatural Bloodlines The WinchestersThe series was filmed in Vancouver British Columbia and surrounding areas It was in development for nearly ten years as creator Kripke spent several years unsuccessfully pitching it The pilot was viewed by an estimated 5 69 million viewers 6 and the ratings of the first four episodes prompted The WB to pick up the series for a full season Kripke planned the series for three seasons but later expanded it to five The fifth season concluded the series main storyline 7 and Kripke departed the series as showrunner 8 The series continued on for 10 more seasons with new showrunners including Sera Gamble Jeremy Carver Robert Singer and Andrew Dabb 9 With its eleventh season Supernatural became the longest running American live action fantasy TV series 10 The series was renewed for a fifteenth and final season that consisted of 20 episodes 11 12 and premiered on October 10 2019 13 The series concluded on November 19 2020 with 327 episodes aired Contents 1 Production 1 1 Conception and creation 1 2 Writing 1 3 Effects 1 4 Music 1 5 Filming locations 1 6 Online distribution 1 7 Home media 2 Cast and characters 3 Synopsis 3 1 Season 1 3 2 Season 2 3 3 Season 3 3 4 Season 4 3 5 Season 5 3 6 Season 6 3 7 Season 7 3 8 Season 8 3 9 Season 9 3 10 Season 10 3 11 Season 11 3 12 Season 12 3 13 Season 13 3 14 Season 14 3 15 Season 15 4 Recurring elements 4 1 Impala 4 2 The Colt 4 3 Ruby s knife 5 Other media 5 1 Promotion and tie ins 5 2 Merchandise 5 2 1 Comics 5 2 2 Novels 5 2 3 Secondary literature 5 3 Spin off series 5 3 1 Ghostfacers 5 3 2 Supernatural The Anime Series 5 3 3 Supernatural Bloodlines 5 3 4 Samuel Colt 5 3 5 Wayward Sisters 5 3 6 The Winchesters 6 Impact 6 1 Ratings 6 2 Awards and nominations 6 3 Reception 6 4 Syndication 6 5 Fandom and popular culture 7 Notes 8 References 9 Further reading 10 External linksProductionConception and creation Creator Eric Kripke feels that America s urban legends are every bit as fleshed out as any world mythologies 14 Before bringing Supernatural to television creator Eric Kripke had been developing the series for nearly ten years 15 having been fascinated with urban legends since he was a child 16 He had originally envisioned Supernatural as a movie 17 He later developed it as a TV series and spent a few years pitching it before it was picked up by The WB 18 The concept went through several phases before becoming the eventual product shifting from the original idea of an anthology series to one of tabloid reporters driving around the country in a van fighting the demons in search of the truth 16 19 Kripke wanted it to be a road trip series feeling that it was the best vehicle to tell these stories because it s pure stripped down and uniquely American These stories exist in these small towns all across the country and it just makes so much sense to drive in and out of these stories 16 As he had previously written for The WB series Tarzan Kripke was offered the chance to pitch show ideas to the network and used the opportunity for Supernatural 17 However the network disliked his tabloid reporter idea so Kripke successfully pitched his last minute idea of the characters being brothers 20 He decided to have the brothers be from Lawrence Kansas because of its closeness to Stull Cemetery a location famous for its urban legends 21 When it came time to name the two lead characters Kripke decided on Sal and Dean as an homage to Jack Kerouac s road trip novel On the Road However he felt that Sal was inappropriate for a main character and changed the name to Sam 14 It was originally intended for the brothers last name to be Harrison as a nod to actor Harrison Ford as Kripke wanted Dean to have the devil may care swagger of Han Solo However there was a Sam Harrison living in Kansas so the name had to be changed for legal reasons 22 Combining his interest in the Winchester Mystery House and his desire to give the series the feel of a modern day Western Kripke settled on the surname of Winchester However this also presented a problem The first name of Sam and Dean s father was originally Jack but there was a Jack Winchester residing in Kansas so Kripke was forced to change the character s name to John 22 Black 67 Impala similar to the car in the series Growing up Kripke connected to television shows that had signature cars such as The Dukes of Hazzard and Knight Rider This prompted him to include one in Supernatural 23 We say it s a modern American Western two gunslingers who ride into town fight the bad guys kiss the girl and ride out into the sunset again And we were always talking from the very beginning that if you re going to have cowboys they need a trusty horse 23 He originally intended for the car to be a 65 Mustang but his neighbor convinced him to change it to a 67 Impala since you can put a body in the trunk and because you want a car that when people stop next to it at the lights they lock their doors 14 Kripke has commented It s a Rottweiler of a car and I think it adds authenticity for fans of automobiles because of that because it s not a pretty ride It s an aggressive muscular car and I think that s what people respond to and why it fits so well into the tone of our show 23 Kripke had previously pitched the series to Fox executive Peter Johnson and when Johnson moved to Wonderland Sound and Vision as president of TV he contacted Kripke 24 Johnson soon signed on as co executive producer as did Wonderland owner McG as executive producer with the production company set to make the pilot episode Before it could be filmed however script issues needed to be dealt with Originally the brothers were not raised by their father but rather by their aunt and uncle Thus when Dean comes to Sam for assistance in the pilot episode he has to convince him that the supernatural exists However Kripke realized that this made the backstory too complicated and reworked it with Peter Johnson so that their father raised them to be hunters 25 The script went through many additional revisions One of the original ideas was for Sam s girlfriend Jessica to be revealed as a demon which prompts him to join Dean on the road however Kripke felt it was more appropriate for Sam s motivation to be Jessica s death so he had her killed in the same manner as Sam s mother making them the right bookends 26 Other revised concepts include Sam believing Dean to be a serial killer who murders their father 27 and their father dying in Jessica s place 28 Filming for the pilot episode was greenlit after director David Nutter who previously had worked with Kripke on Tarzan signed on 29 When the series was eventually picked up the studio brought in Robert Singer as executive producer as it wanted Kripke to work with someone with production experience Due to his previous work on The X Files co executive producer John Shiban was also hired to help design the series mythology 30 Kripke had the series planned out for three seasons but later expanded it to five 31 and hoped to end it there on a high note 32 Writing After the departure of series creator Eric Kripke the role of showrunner was assumed by Sera Gamble top left for seasons 6 7 Jeremy Carver top right for seasons 8 11 and Robert Singer bottom left and Andrew Dabb bottom right for seasons 12 15 The staff for the first season consisted of Kripke and five other writers with assistants to help with researching urban legends 17 Most of the work done in writing the series is very collaborative with the writers often breaking up into groups At the beginning of each season the writers are brought together and pitch their ideas which are then assigned to a specific writer to be developed Each story idea is outlined on a dry erase board with Kripke and Bob Singer making necessary changes Afterward the script is written 33 and Kripke goes through it to make sure it has the same tone as other episodes 17 Kripke found this task very difficult to do in the first season 34 but he felt it became easier by the third season as the staff came to really understand the show s style 34 Following the fifth season Kripke stepped down as showrunner but maintained his connection with the series as an executive consultant In a 2016 interview with Collider he responded to the question as to how involved he still is with the show with the answer I would define myself as a proud parent who has sent their child off to college 35 He elaborated on this analogy explaining I m there if they need me I m happy to help but I also stay out of their way if they don t need me 35 The tone of Supernatural was heavily influenced by films such as Poltergeist having the horror happen in a family setting rather than remote location and Evil Dead II and An American Werewolf in London having bits of comedy mixed in Commenting on the former Kripke said It s the idea that horror can happen in your own backyard How many viewers have to worry about the vampire in the gothic castle 14 It s always been a show about family 31 Other influences include The Two Sisters and Asian horror films The Eye Ju on and Ring 36 According to creator Eric Kripke the show originally was intended to focus on the weekly monsters with Sam and Dean Winchester merely being an engine to get us in and out of different horror movies every week 37 His sole desire was to merely scare the crap out of people 38 However a few episodes in Kripke and executive producer Bob Singer noticed the onscreen chemistry between Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles This revelation caused them to change the series to focus more on the brothers than the monsters basing the weekly monster around the storyline they wanted for the Winchesters According to Kripke sometimes we don t even have the monster until way late in the break once we get all the angst and the drama done first 37 Effects Though companies were hired for work on the pilot episode such as Entity FX for the visual effects 39 effects departments now work exclusively for the series 40 Ivan Hayden is the visual effects supervisor and works with many levels of the production staff During pre production Hayden must go through the scripts looking for possible visual effects He then has a concept meeting with the writers and after settling on the effect designs to use coordinates with the special effects and stunt departments Hayden is also present during filming to help the director make sure that the scenes are being filmed in the best way for the visual effects such as by ensuring that the actors are looking at the correct location where an effect will later be added Afterward he then meets with the editors 41 Another aspect of the visual effects department is coming up with rules and physics for each supernatural creature 41 though the rules are often bent if it benefits the story 40 In 2012 it was announced that Hayden would be working at the new Vancouver location of Encore for its VFX division 42 Music Supernatural features a synthesized orchestral score although traditional acoustic instruments such as guitars and cellos are used at times Special instruments have also been used in specific episodes such as bluesy gospel music played on a broken down piano in the faith healing episode Faith Unlike other television shows the series features two composers Christopher Lennertz and Jay Gruska 43 Each composer scores every other episode giving them extra time to write the scores which usually end up being around 30 minutes per episode They write themes for their own episodes and characters and work with one another if there is overlap between episodes They try to base the music on the visuals of the episode such as in the episode Dead in the Water in which off angle shots are accompanied by repetitive and discordant notes and spoken words such as water and die are followed by a lower pitch to create a gurgly sound 44 While there are similarities in the scores for situations such as the brothers and their father about a third of each episode s score is newly written for the series 43 While original scores are used throughout episodes another important aspect of the series music is the use of classic rock over which creator Eric Kripke threatened to quit when the network would not allow its inclusion Most of the songs are from Kripke s private collection although one of his favorite bands Led Zeppelin is too expensive to use Some episode titles are references to Led Zeppelin songs 45 The series has featured such bands as Blue Oyster Cult Bad Company Stevie Ray Vaughan Rush Boston Triumph and AC DC on more than one occasion Multiple songs are usually used throughout each episode and accompany The Road So Far sequences before select episodes that highlight a montage of past events Although Kripke prefers to keep a fine line between the score and songs used sometimes Lennertz and Gruska are required to write short sections of rock like music to fill 15 to 20 second gaps as it would be too costly to acquire song rights On the last episode of every season except the first the song Carry On Wayward Son by Kansas is played at the beginning 46 Filming locations Though the pilot was filmed in Los Angeles principal filming takes place in Vancouver British Columbia 27 Thus on location filming usually takes place in the area Dead in the Water was filmed at Buntzen Lake 47 and the final scenes of Simon Said were filmed at Cleveland Dam 48 Other locations used on the show are often reused two or three times with the art department making variations to conceal this 49 Heritage Park in Burnaby has been used as a cemetery in Red Sky at Morning and as the location of the gingerbread house cottage in Bedtime Stories 50 Also Riverview Hospital in Coquitlam has served many functions for the series including an asylum in Asylum 51 a hospital in In My Time of Dying 52 and a prison in Folsom Prison Blues 52 The episode Houses of the Holy was filmed on location in Vancouver at St Andrew s Wesley United Church Because episodes usually take place in the middle of nowhere filming often takes place at an old military base Having been shut down for years the buildings have been removed leaving just roads on which sets are erected such as for crossroads scenes 53 Online distribution Rather than having the series debut on television The WB instead made the pilot episode available for online streaming through Yahoo a week before it was set to premiere on the network as part of a promotional scheme 54 Following the transition to The CW Supernatural episodes were added to Apple s iTunes Store starting in December 2006 being one of the first CW series to be made available for sale online 55 The following month the network began streaming episodes of the series on its website with limited commercial interruption available for up to four weeks after the initial airings 56 Beginning January 11 2007 Australia s Network Ten also began offering full episodes for download via their website through a deal with Warner Bros Television To combat piracy Ten debuted the second season premiere five days before its initial broadcast in the country making Supernatural the first major network show available for free download in Australia before being aired Subsequent episodes became available online just hours after being televised 57 Around the same time episodes were also made available for download on Microsoft s Xbox Live Marketplace 58 In September 2008 Amazon com launched its new on demand TV service with Supernatural being one of the many television shows available for sale 59 Home media Main article List of Supernatural episodes Home video releasesCast and charactersMain article List of Supernatural and The Winchesters characters Jensen Ackles left and Jared Padalecki right portray the series main characters The series focuses on the brothers Dean Winchester and Sam Winchester played by Jensen Ackles and Jared Padalecki as they travel throughout the country hunting down evil supernatural creatures Padalecki became interested in the role because he liked horror series including both The X Files and The Twilight Zone which he found similar to the proposed plot of Supernatural He was also excited to play the reluctant hero comparing Sam to The Matrix s Neo and Luke Skywalker of Star Wars Padalecki had previous experience working with executive producers McG and David Nutter 60 the former convincing him to audition for the role 61 Ackles was originally asked by Nutter to audition for the role of Sam 62 but preferred the character of Dean after reading the script 63 At the time of his audition he was already a series regular on fellow WB series Smallville After landing the part of Dean his Smallville role was cut short 64 When I read the script Dean just jumped out at me With that character there was always a bit more comedy and a bit more recklessness and it just appealed to me more So when I asked to read for that they were like That s what we re looking for So it was great I found a character that I really enjoy playing Jensen Ackles on what drew him to the character of Dean Winchester 63 While the series does not have many lead characters there are many recurring characters Jeffrey Dean Morgan portrays John Winchester father of Sam and Dean Making an appearance in the pilot episode John does not return until nearly halfway through the first season after which he becomes a recurring character until his eventual death in the second season s premiere episode though his spirit returns to help his sons in the season finale Later in the series it is announced that John Winchester fathered a third son with another woman a half brother to Sam and Dean According to writer John Shiban it was decided early on that John would die The writers found that having the brothers being separated from their father split the show Shiban noted that the boys were looking for Dad and they were looking for a monster of the week whatever that is whatever case crosses their path It became difficult because we thought it was like what is Dad doing Is he doing more interesting things than the boys are doing or what 65 They believed Morgan was initially reluctant about returning to Supernatural for the second season because of his recurring role on the series Grey s Anatomy 66 Future appearances of the character have been hindered by Morgan s busy schedule 67 Also introduced in the first season are the demon Azazel and his unnamed daughter While Azazel mainly appears merely as shadows or silhouettes in the first season taking physical form only when he possesses John Winchester Azazel s daughter uses a girl named Meg Masters portrayed by Nicki Lynn Aycox as a host 68 In the second season premiere Azazel s host is portrayed by Fredric Lehne originally brought on for only one episode Lehne impressed the showrunners so much that he was asked to return for the season s two part finale 69 Even after the character s death Azazel makes appearances in subsequent seasons being portrayed by different actors Lehne also reprises the role in the first episode of season six when Dean is poisoned and begins to see Azazel again Likewise after Azazel s daughter is exorcised from Meg towards the end of the first season the demon and her host continued to appear in the series although now as two separate characters Aycox continued her role in the fourth season when the angry spirit of Meg tries to kill the Winchesters The demon returns for an episode in the second season played by Padalecki temporarily taking Sam as a host She appears once again in the fifth season her newest host being portrayed by Rachel Miner in a recurring role Actor Jim Beaver never expected his character s longevity believing his initial guest appearance would be a one shot deal 70 Actor Misha Collins believed he would be another recurring guest star who would fade away quickly For the fifth season Collins was promoted to a series regular Actor Mark Sheppard was also not expecting the popularity of his character In the tenth season Crowley became a series regular which would last for another two seasons before his departure The writers eventually wanted to flesh out the concept of hunters resulting in the introduction of many new characters 71 Actor Jim Beaver makes his first appearance as Bobby Singer an old family friend of the Winchesters at the end of the first season Becoming a sort of surrogate father to Sam and Dean after their father s death 34 the character acts as their mentor and foremost point of contact before his departure in the seventh season Other hunters appear in the second season with the introduction of Harvelle s Roadhouse a saloon frequented by hunters It is owned by Ellen Harvelle played by Samantha Ferris whose late husband was a friend of John Winchester Working alongside her mother is Jo Harvelle played by Alona Tal Also present is the computer guy Ash played by Chad Lindberg who uses his vast computer skills to track the paranormal Tal was eventually written out of the series and believes the reason to be that the producers felt she looked like Sam and Dean s 14 year old sister 72 Kripke claims the character was incorrectly conceived and also cites poor fan reaction for her removal 73 Also the character of Ash is killed off in the second season finale with the destruction of the Roadhouse Ellen was meant to return in the third season but the episode had to be scrapped due to the writer s strike 74 The writers intended for her to be featured in the third season finale 75 but Ferris declined because the deal offered to her was not acceptable as It could cost her money and work 76 However both actresses returned as Jo and Ellen in the fifth season For the third season the writers decided to introduce Ruby a demonic former witch who claims to be an ally to the Winchesters However The CW requested that another female be added so the character Bela Talbot a self centered thief who sells occult objects to wealthy clients and who was already intended to appear in multiple episodes was upgraded to a series regular 77 Katie Cassidy and Lauren Cohan were eventually cast as Ruby and Bela respectively though they originally auditioned for the others role 78 Though making only six appearances each in the third season both actresses were credited as co stars for their episodes At the end of the season Bela was killed off 79 and Cassidy was let go for budgetary reasons 80 The role of Ruby was recast for the fourth season auditions describing the character only as a love interest Genevieve Cortese who later married Padalecki took over the role until the character s death at the end of the season 81 Wanting to bring in Christian mythology to the series the writers created the angel Castiel 82 With Kripke wanting to keep the introduction of an angel a secret the character was instead described as a demon during auditions 83 Misha Collins was cast as the character Making his debut in the fourth season premiere Castiel resurrects Dean from Hell after his death in the third season and comes to be an ally of the Winchesters The character was originally intended for only a six episode story arc but the role was later expanded 84 Collins was promoted to a series regular for the fifth and sixth season something Collins believes to be mainly due to fan support 85 Collins was downgraded to recurring status for the seventh and eighth seasons but returned to series regular status for seasons nine and ten 86 Along with Castiel came other angelic characters with Robert Wisdom portraying the militant and dogmatic 87 Uriel who secretly supports Lucifer Julie McNiven playing the fallen angel Anna Milton who eventually regains her angelic form but remains an outcast of Heaven and Kurt Fuller as Castiel s boss Zachariah who wishes to start the Apocalypse in order to bring Paradise to Earth Though Wisdom s character is eventually killed McNiven and Fuller continue their roles into the fifth season and are joined by Mark Pellegrino as the recently released but fallen archangel Lucifer Pellegrino also appears as Lucifer as a hallucination in Sam s head in season 7 Pellegrino had been the second choice for the role of Castiel 88 and was offered the role of Lucifer without an audition 89 Further on Fuller s and McNiven s characters were also killed along with both Harvelle characters Season 5 introduces the demon Crowley played by Mark Sheppard who would become the Winchester s longest recurring antagonist and occasional anti hero in the series Crowley appears in three episodes of season 5 to help the Winchesters seal Lucifer back in the Cage believing that once he destroys humanity he will target all demonkind next In season 6 Crowley becomes the King of Hell and one of the main antagonists working with Castiel to stop Archangel Raphael the other main antagonist of season 6 from restarting the Apocalypse by harnessing the souls of Purgatory and splitting the power with Castiel In season 7 Crowley becomes an antihero who helps the Winchesters against the threat of Leviathans led by Dick Roman after they are released from Purgatory by Castiel Crowley becomes the main antagonist of season 8 attempting to harness the Words of God and their powers and stop the Winchesters from sealing hell forever In season 9 Crowley becomes an unwilling prisoner of the Winchesters but is forced to deal with Abaddon trying to steal his position as King of Hell Sheppard was promoted to series regular status for season 10 90 Season 7 introduces Kevin Tran the prophet played by Osric Chau who translates the word of God to help the Winchesters stop the Leviathans which leads to their destruction In season 8 Kevin works to translate another word of God to find the means of sealing hell forever In season 9 Kevin instead tries to find the means of returning the fallen angels to Heaven but is killed by a Gadreel possessed Sam Also introduced in Season 7 is Charlie Bradbury a tech savvy geek played by Felicia Day who works at Richard Roman Enterprises After hacking into Frank s hard drive and learning about the existence of monsters Charlie becomes an ally of the Winchesters and occasionally helps them out with technical problems and hunts Season 9 introduces the angel Gadreel who originally poses as Ezekiel played by Tahmoh Penikett and Padalecki After Sam is seriously injured when he decides not to seal Hell Gadreel comes to Dean in response to his prayer for help possesses Sam to heal him and becomes Dean s ally However Gadreel s true identity is later revealed by Metatron to be the guardian who had allowed Lucifer into the Garden of Eden and was imprisoned until the fall Gadreel then allies with Metatron in an attempt to redeem himself and lead the angels back to Heaven He kills Kevin Tran and is later expelled from Sam and possesses his original vessel again However after Metatron begins sacrificing angels for his plans Gadreel becomes regretful and joins Sam Dean and Castiel Season 4 introduces Chuck Shurley as one of God s prophets portrayed by Rob Benedict Later in season 11 it is revealed that Chuck is God masquerading under the guise of a human to allow angels and mankind free will In season 15 it is revealed that Chuck is manipulating events in the lives of the Winchesters and their allies for his own perverse amusement and entertainment Season 10 introduces the antagonistic witch Rowena MacLeod portrayed by Ruth Connell who is later revealed to be the mother of Crowley who was previously named Fergus Rowena returns as a sometime ally of the Winchesters throughout seasons 11 to 15 making her one of the long standing female characters to exist on the show Rowena s antagonistic and unpredictable nature is redeemable by her sacrifice in season 15 to close hell s portal opened by Chuck Season 11 introduces Amara The Darkness portrayed by Emily Swallow The Darkness would later on go on to become an antagonist after being released from imprisonment once the Mark of Cain is broken The Mark was a seal that kept the Darkness imprisoned in order for God s creation and humanity to survive Later it is revealed that the Darkness is a sibling of God Season 13 introduces a Nephilim Jack Kline portrayed by Alexander Calvert as the son of Lucifer Jack would later on become a member of the Winchester family and an important ally in rescuing the people of Apocalypse World a world without Winchesters to prevent the endtimes and defeating Apocalypse World archangel Michael Jack would go on to be killed by God as part of Chuck s plan only to be resurrected by Billie a reaper who is a newly turned replacement for Death Because the show focuses mainly on the two Winchester brothers the writers realized that viewers would know that the characters are not in danger of being permanently killed To fix this the staff often writes in guest characters to give tension to the episode occasionally having them die 91 SynopsisMain article List of Supernatural episodes SeasonEpisodesOriginally airedRankAverage viewership in millions First airedLast airedNetwork122September 13 2005 2005 09 13 May 4 2006 2006 05 04 The WB1653 81 92 a 1 222September 28 2006 2006 09 28 May 17 2007 2007 05 17 The CW2163 14 93 316October 4 2007 2007 10 04 May 15 2008 2008 05 15 1872 74 94 422September 18 2008 2008 09 18 May 14 2009 2009 05 14 1613 14 95 a 2 522September 10 2009 2009 09 10 May 13 2010 2010 05 13 1252 64 96 622September 24 2010 2010 09 24 May 20 2011 2011 05 20 2092 42 97 723September 23 2011 2011 09 23 May 18 2012 2012 05 18 1762 03 98 823October 3 2012 2012 10 03 May 15 2013 2013 05 15 1522 52 99 923October 8 2013 2013 10 08 May 20 2014 2014 05 20 1412 81 100 1023October 7 2014 2014 10 07 May 20 2015 2015 05 20 1562 02 101 1123October 7 2015 2015 10 07 May 25 2016 2016 05 25 1312 81 102 1223October 13 2016 2016 10 13 May 18 2017 2017 05 18 1322 62 103 1323October 12 2017 2017 10 12 May 17 2018 2018 05 17 1662 32 104 1420October 11 2018 2018 10 11 April 25 2019 2019 04 25 1592 07 105 1520October 10 2019 2019 10 10 November 19 2020 2020 11 19 1311 63 106 Season 1 Main article Supernatural season 1 The first season consists of 22 episodes It premiered on The WB on September 13 2005 and concluded on May 4 2006 The first 16 episodes aired on Tuesdays at 9 00 pm after which the series was rescheduled to Thursdays at 9 00 pm 107 After their father goes missing during a hunting trip Dean Winchester tracks down his brother Sam at Stanford University and they begin to live a life on the road in Dean s black 1967 Chevrolet Impala However their father is not a typical hunter he hunts supernatural creatures like ghosts vampires and spirits and has trained his sons to do the same Along the way Sam and Dean save innocent people fight creatures and ghosts and collect clues to their father s whereabouts Season 2 Main article Supernatural season 2 The second season consists of 22 episodes and it aired on Thursdays at 9 00 pm on The CW beginning September 28 2006 and ending May 17 2007 108 Sam and Dean continue to hunt the demon Azazel Part of Azazel s master plan is revealed as he gathers Sam and others with similar psychic abilities to fight each other leading to Sam s death Dean makes a deal with a crossroads demon to bring Sam back in exchange for his soul which will be collected in one year and taken to Hell With the help of the spirit of John Winchester Dean kills Azazel and the portal is closed Season 3 Main article Supernatural season 3 The third season consists of 16 episodes that aired on Thursdays at 9 00 pm beginning October 4 2007 and ending May 15 2008 109 Originally 22 episodes were ordered for the third season but production was halted on December 5 2007 upon completion of the twelfth episode by the 2007 08 Writers Guild of America strike The season number was shortened to sixteen episodes with four new episodes airing in April and May 2008 110 The season focuses on trying to save Dean from his deal and tracking down the demons that were released from hell The brothers learn which demon holds Dean s contract a powerful demon named Lilith The brothers along with Ruby track Lilith down and attempt to kill her Lilith is unable to stop Sam on account of his mysterious abilities however Dean s contract expires and his soul is taken to Hell Season 4 Main article Supernatural season 4 The fourth season consists of 22 episodes that aired on Thursdays at 9 00 pm beginning September 18 2008 and ending May 14 2009 111 Dean is rescued from Hell and brought back by an angel of the Lord named Castiel The rest of the season follows the brothers as they work with Castiel to stop Lilith s plan of breaking the 66 seals which would allow the fallen archangel Lucifer to walk the Earth free once again Dean escapes and tries to stop Sam after learning that Lilith is in fact the last seal but Sam kills her anyway breaking open Lucifer s prison Ruby reveals her true colors as a demon loyal to Lucifer and Dean kills her As the season ends Lucifer s cage opens and he escapes from hell Season 5 Main article Supernatural season 5 The fifth season consists of 22 episodes that aired on Thursdays at 9 00 pm beginning September 10 2009 and ending May 13 2010 112 This season was rumored to be the last season 32 but Padalecki and Ackles had contracts for a sixth season 113 and The CW renewed it on February 16 2010 114 The fifth season revolves around the fight to stop Lucifer and save the world from the Apocalypse In the end Sam throws himself and Adam into the Cage to trap Lucifer once more Castiel is resurrected by God and returns to Heaven to restore order Dean returns to his old girlfriend Lisa to live a normal life Sam is mysteriously freed of the Cage Season 6 Main article Supernatural season 6 The sixth season consists of 22 episodes that aired on Fridays at 9 00 pm beginning September 24 2010 and ending May 20 2011 Beginning with this season Kripke left as showrunner leaving executive producer Sera Gamble to take over the reins 115 Sam and Dean are forced to work to capture Alpha monsters for Crowley Dean discovers that Sam s soul is still in the Cage so he implores the Horseman Death to retrieve it The brothers discover Castiel has orchestrated all of these events from behind the scenes and was working with Crowley the entire time Castiel proceeds with his plan absorbing all the souls from Purgatory and pronouncing himself God Season 7 Main article Supernatural season 7 The seventh season consists of 23 episodes that aired on Fridays at 9 00 pm beginning September 23 2011 and ending May 18 2012 After declaring himself God Castiel unwittingly releases the Leviathans ravenous creatures who feed on human flesh Sam and Dean must work to stop the Leviathans and their leader Dick Roman The brothers learn that the only way to kill the Leviathans is with the bone of a righteous mortal washed in the three bloods of the fallen Dean and Castiel kill Dick but are dragged into Purgatory as a result while Sam is left alone to deal with Crowley who plans to rise to power Season 8 Main article Supernatural season 8 The eighth season consists of 23 episodes that aired on Wednesdays at 9 00 pm beginning October 3 2012 and ending May 15 2013 The two brothers begin a fight against Crowley to find the Demon Tablet and trap all demons in Hell Kevin Tran translates three trials that must be completed in order to lock the Gates of Hell for good but although Sam completed the first two Dean ends the trials before the third can be finished as completing the trials would kill Sam Castiel is tricked by the angel Metatron into banishing every angel apart from Metatron to Earth Season 9 Main article Supernatural season 9 The ninth season consists of 23 episodes that aired on Tuesdays at 9 00 pm beginning October 8 2013 and ending May 20 2014 The brothers search for a way to return the angels to Heaven The angel Gadreel murders Kevin Tran and escapes to join Metatron Sam expels Gadreel but the experience causes Sam and Dean to split up Castiel begins a search of his own for Metatron believing him to be the key to reversing the expulsion of the angels Metatron begins trying to unite all the angels under his rule while Castiel leads other angels against him to retake Heaven Castiel defeats Metatron after a repentant Gadreel sacrifices himself Metatron kills Dean causing Dean to become a demon Season 10 Main article Supernatural season 10 The tenth season consists of 23 episodes that aired beginning on October 7 2014 and ended on May 20 2015 The season began airing Tuesdays at 9 00 pm and moved to Wednesdays at 9 00 pm beginning March 18 2015 Dean is now a demon working alongside Crowley Meanwhile Sam continues to search for Dean After Dean refuses to follow Crowley s order and embarrasses him in front of his demon followers Crowley gives Sam his brother s location Sam and Castiel cure Dean by using sanctified human blood A mysterious new witch comes into play revealed to be Crowley s mother Rowena A large focus of the season is Dean s quest to overcome the Mark of Cain and have it removed if possible New hope for ridding Dean of the Mark comes when Charlie unearths the Book of the Damned Season 11 Main article Supernatural season 11 In the eleventh season Sam and Dean deal with the release of Amara The Darkness When nothing works to get rid of the Darkness Amara claims that God must appear Himself to see her destroying everything He created and loves Chuck returns and tells Metatron he is God Amara and Chuck reconcile and leave the Earth but not before Amara tells Dean she is going to give him what he wants most for helping her a reunion with his mother Season 12 Main article Supernatural season 12 The twelfth season premiered on October 13 2016 and concluded on May 18 2017 consisting of 23 episodes Lucifer makes the President of the United States his human vessel The president gets his assistant Kelly Kline pregnant and Kelly gives birth to the Nephilim while Crowley sacrifices himself to kill Lucifer Crowley and Castiel die trying to kill Lucifer while Mary and Lucifer are pulled into the rift created by the Nephilim s birth Sam is shocked to see Jack the Nephilim grown into a teenager Season 13 Main article Supernatural season 13 The thirteenth season premiered on October 12 2017 and concluded on May 17 2018 consisting of 23 episodes Dean and Sam are left to raise Jack Sam is willing to give the boy a chance while Dean is concerned due to his heritage As Jack sides with Mary and the humans against the angels the Winchesters and Castiel gather the ingredients for a spell to open the portal to hell while Lucifer tries to reestablish himself as king of heaven Dean kills Lucifer but the season ends with Michael taking control of Dean s body Season 14 Main article Supernatural season 14 The fourteenth season premiered on October 11 2018 and concluded on April 25 2019 consisting of 20 episodes Michael begins experimenting with monsters making them immune to their former weaknesses Dean Sam Castiel and Jack decide to take down Michael and his army of monsters once and for all but Michael retakes control of Dean and unleashes his monsters on the city God returns and tells the boys that they must use a gun that he built to kill Jack but Sam and Dean refuse Angered at their defiance God smites Jack and unleashes every vengeful spirit from Hell back on Earth Season 15 Main article Supernatural season 15 The fifteenth and final season premiered on October 10 2019 The season consisted of 20 episodes and aired on Thursdays at 8 00 pm ET with the exception of two episodes in March 2020 which aired on Mondays at 8 00 pm 116 The series finale was scheduled to air on May 18 2020 117 In March 2020 Warner Bros Television shut down production on the series due to the COVID 19 pandemic 118 Later in March showrunner Andrew Dabb revealed that the series would go on hiatus after the March 23 episode 119 The season resumed airing on October 8 and the series finale aired on November 19 2020 120 Recurring elementsImpala Throughout the series Dean drives a black 1967 Chevrolet Impala which he refers to as Baby Having been passed down to him by his father John it is Dean s most prized possession with actor Jensen Ackles feeling it is Dean s life and sanctuary 121 The brothers travel in it throughout the country as they hunt the supernatural and the trunk holds various weaponry and their fake IDs In the first two seasons it has a Kansas license plate with the number KAZ 2Y5 a reference to the Winchesters home state of Kansas and the series premiere date of 2005 121 Towards the end of the second season the car sports a new Ohio license plate CNK 80Q3 to aid the brothers in hiding from the FBI 122 All of the cars used in the show are stock 1967 Chevrolet Impala four door hardtops They feature Chevrolet small block engines recolored interiors custom seats and nonfunctioning radios Other than the one used in the original all of the Impalas had to be painted black for the series One of the Impalas used features a detachable roof and doors for up close shots and is capable of being separated in half 123 After filming of the series concluded Ackles was allowed by Warner Bros and The CW to keep the main Impala 124 The Colt The Colt with thirteen original bullets The 1836 Colt Paterson revolver 125 usually referred to simply as the Colt was made by Samuel Colt a paranormal hunter According to legend anything shot by this gun using one of its thirteen original bullets will die including creatures normally immune to any and all weapons The gun used in the series is actually a replica Paterson modified to fire metallic cartridges 125 The gun was described as being built in 1835 before Colt made firearms and fires metallic cartridges which were never made to fire in a Colt revolver until 10 years after Samuel Colt s death On the barrel of the gun is inscribed the Latin phrase non timebo mala meaning I will fear no evil 126 On the grip is a carving of a pentagram with much of the finish removed to give it an aged appearance 125 The prop department also has a rubber version of the Colt to be used in fight scenes for pistol whipping 123 Ruby s knife Ruby possesses a mysterious and presumably magical demon killing knife which Kripke refers to as a hand to hand version of the Colt 127 Its handle is made of elk antlers and the knife has engravings on both sides of the blade although the symbols are all nonsensical 127 It has been seen and used many times following its introduction in the third season Creator Eric Kripke doubted that how the knife functions would ever be revealed stating I like to leave some things mysterious And that s likely to remain mysterious 67 However the eighth season reveals it to be an ancient demon killing knife of the Kurds Other mediaPromotion and tie ins The advertisements The WB chose for the show went beyond just commercials and billboards Before the series debuted the network placed signs for the show at gas station pumps and gave out rubber glow in the dark bracelets at New York and Los Angeles movie theaters 54 Also coffee cup sleeves revealed the image of a terrified woman seemingly pinned to a ceiling when heated 128 were distributed to 500 cafes throughout New York Chicago and Los Angeles 54 The same image was used in special mirrors the network installed in almost 200 nightclubs throughout three cities in order to reach young hip horror fans 128 Additional advertisements were also placed in bars movie theaters and video game stores with hundreds of the bars also receiving Supernatural napkins and coasters 54 The series also has many real life tie ins The urban legend website Hellhounds Lair featured in the season one episode Hell House was a real website set up by the show s producers 129 As a tie in to the sequel episode Ghostfacers in which the owners of Hellhounds Lair create their own Ghost Hunters style reality show The CW set up Ghostfacers com 130 The Winchesters later visit this website in the fourth season episode It s a Terrible Life Series tie ins however extend beyond the internet For a time Dean s cell number revealed in the first season episode Phantom Traveler 131 to be 1 866 907 3235 was a real number with Jensen Ackles reading the message This is Dean Winchester If this is an emergency leave a message If you are calling about 11 2 83 page me with your coordinates 132 The second season episode Tall Tales featured a tie in to that week s issue of the tabloid newspaper Weekly World News The February 19 and March 19 2007 editions of the paper featured exclusive interviews with Sam and Dean the articles being written by Paul Kupperberg 133 Merchandise Supernatural has a vast amount of merchandise available including calendars T shirts shot glasses temporary tattoos and posters 134 Inkworks has released trading cards for the show some cards featuring actors autographs and swatches from actual costumes used on the series 135 The Supernatural Role Playing Game a pen and paper role playing game was developed by Margaret Weis Productions Ltd 136 Originally scheduled for release in October 2007 137 it was delayed until August 2009 138 The game uses material from the series novels and comics 137 Additionally on September 7 2010 Watertower Music released Supernatural Original Television Soundtrack Seasons 1 5 It features 18 original tracks by Supernatural series composers Christopher Lennertz and Jay Gruska 139 Funko has also released three Pop form figures of Dean Sam and Castiel as of November 21 2013 140 Further information on the series mythology and production have been detailed through print Official companion guides for the first six seasons have been released ISBN 1845765354 ISBN 1 84576 657 1 ISBN 1 84856 103 2 ISBN 1 84856 738 3 ISBN 1 84856 739 1 ISBN 0 85768 289 X all written by Nicholas Knight and published by Titan Books Two additional guides written by Alex Irvine The Supernatural Book of Monsters Spirits Demons and Ghouls ISBN 0 06 136703 6 and John Winchester s Journal ISBN 0 06 170662 0 have been published by It Books Irvine s books function as resource guides that contain illustrations and detailed descriptions of the supernatural creatures the Winchester family has encountered giving additional background on creatures and mythology featured on the show Premiering on November 27 2007 was the Official Supernatural Magazine 141 Published by Titan Magazines it contains series information and exclusive cast and crew interviews 141 It Books published Supernatural Bobby Singer s Guide to Hunting by David Reed on September 6 2011 ISBN 0062103377 sharing all the knowledge that the character Bobby Singer had to share about hunting the Winchesters and other knowledge he picked up over the years dealing with the elements of the supernatural Comics The series has also developed an expanded universe Three six issue comic book miniseries have been published by WildStorm 142 a company under the DC Comics umbrella Supernatural Origins depicts the early lives of John Sam and Dean Winchester and shows how John became a hunter 143 Supernatural Rising Son a dysfunctional family story details Dean as he begins following in his father s footsteps 144 While Kripke was heavily involved with the first series the writer s strike prevented him from doing so with Rising Son 144 Supernatural Beginning s End deals with the definitive events that led to Sam leaving his family to attend Stanford A fourth miniseries Caledonia named Supernatural The Dogs of Edinburgh in the UK by Brian Wood and Grant Bond dealt with Sam Winchester s trip to the United Kingdom during the Stanford years 145 The first two miniseries were written by Peter Johnson one of the series co executive producer while the third one is by television series writers Andrew Dabb and Daniel Loflin 146 Novels Several novels based on the series have also been published Title Author Published Publisher ISBNNevermore Keith R A DeCandido July 31 2007 HarperEntertainment ISBN 0 06 137090 8Witch s Canyon Jeff Mariotte October 30 2007 HarperEntertainment ISBN 0 06 137091 6Bone Key Keith R A DeCandido August 26 2008 HarperEntertainment ISBN 0 06 143503 1Heart of the Dragon Keith R A DeCandido February 16 2010 Titan Books ISBN 1 84856 600 XThe Unholy Cause Joe Schreiber May 4 2010 Titan Books ISBN 1 84856 528 3War of the Sons Rebecca Dessertine and David Reed August 31 2010 Titan Books ISBN 1 84856 601 8One Year Gone Rebecca Dessertine May 24 2011 Titan Books ISBN 0 85768 099 4Coyote s Kiss Christa Faust July 12 2011 Titan Books ISBN 0 85768 100 1Night Terror John Passarella September 13 2011 Titan Books ISBN 0 85768 101 XRite of Passage John Passarella August 14 2012 Titan Books ISBN 1781161119Fresh Meat Alice Henderson February 19 2013 Titan Books ISBN 1781161127Carved in Flesh Tim Waggoner April 16 2013 Titan Books ISBN 1781161135Cold Fire John Passarella March 29 2016 Titan Books ISBN 9781781166758Mythmaker Tim Waggoner July 26 2016 Titan Books ISBN 9781783298549The Usual Sacrifices Yvonne Navarro June 27 2017 Titan Books ISBN 9781783298563Joyride John Passarella October 30 2018 Titan Books ISBN 9781783299362Children of Anubis Tim Waggoner April 30 2019 Titan Books ISBN 9781785653261Secondary literature An unofficial anthology titled In the Hunt Unauthorized Essays on Supernatural ISBN 1933771631 was released on February 10 2009 by Smart Pop and featured essays covering different aspects of both the series and its fanbase The Mythology of Supernatural The Signs and Symbols Behind the Popular TV Show ISBN 0425241378 published by Berkley Trade on August 2 2011 sought to explore the religious and mythological roots of the show And on October 1 2011 ECW Press released the book TV Goes to Hell An Unofficial Road Map of Supernatural ISBN 1770410201 which explored topics such as folklore religion gender and sexuality comedy and music through essays from a number of contributors Spin off series Ghostfacers After their first season debut in Hell House episode 17 written by Trey Callaway the growing popularity of amateur spook hunters Ed Zeddmore and Harry Spangler prompted Kripke to consider a spin off series for the characters He discussed the idea of an online venture with actors A J Buckley and Travis Wester and held a successful meeting with studio and network executives 147 Though Kripke announced their plans to produce some new material either webisodes potentially cell phone content or basically an off network Ghostfacers series at the 2008 Comic Con 148 the economic downturn delayed production until 2009 147 Buckley and Wester along with Patrick J Doody and Chris Valenziano penned the series 147 They found the format ten three minute segments 149 difficult to manage because each webisode has to work both individually and as part of the overall storyline 147 However Wester noted We couldn t get too indulgent we couldn t delve into long conversations That helps not only with the storytelling but with the comedy With drama it takes time to establish an emotional connection with the characters With comedy you can jump right in 147 Though an initial idea of Kripke s involved the cast searching real haunted houses 148 the first season instead features the Ghostfacers investigating a haunted theater The series also stars Brittany Ishibashi as Maggie and Austin Basis as Spruce 149 In August 2011 a webisode was released online in which the Ghostfacers meet Castiel 150 Supernatural The Anime Series On June 9 2010 the official Japanese Warner Bros website announced an anime version of the series titled Supernatural The Animation スーパーナチュラル ザ アニメーション which debuted in Japan in January 2011 151 and is produced by Japanese anime studio Madhouse 152 Shigeyuki Miya and Atsuko Ishizuka are co directors for the series with Kripke credited as the project creator 152 Madhouse co founder Masao Maruyama serves as executive producer with Naoya Takayama supervising the scripts and Takahiro Yoshimatsu designing the characters Yuya Uchida and Hiroki Touchi who voice Sam and Dean for the Japanese dub of the live action series reprise their roles 152 The anime s first season consists of 22 half hour episodes while the storyline covers the first two seasons of the live action series it also includes original content exploring the Winchesters childhoods and expanding upon secondary characters 152 Warner Home Video released the first two episodes on Blu ray and DVD in Japan on January 12 2011 episodes 3 through 12 shipped on February 2 and the rest on April 6 152 Warner Home Video released the Blu ray and DVD box sets of the anime series on July 26 2011 in North America 153 Jared Padalecki voices Sam in the English language version of the series while Jensen Ackles voices Dean only in the last two episodes for scheduling reasons Andrew Farrar voices Dean in English for the first 20 episodes Supernatural Bloodlines Main article Supernatural Bloodlines On July 22 2013 The CW announced there was a spin off of Supernatural in the works with the 20th episode of season nine serving as a back door pilot 154 On January 29 2014 it was revealed that the spin off was to have been titled Supernatural Bloodlines 155 The backdoor pilot was written by Andrew Dabb and directed by Robert Singer The series was going to set to explore the clashing hunter and monster cultures in Chicago The show was not picked up by the CW for the 2014 2015 season However the network has remained open to another spin off of the series 156 Samuel Colt During production of Supernatural s third season Kripke stated that the writers sometimes discussed the possibility of a prequel series Set in the Old West the spin off would follow Samuel Colt and a group of hunters 22 Wayward Sisters On June 20 2017 it was announced that Wayward Sisters a spin off series starring Kim Rhodes as Sheriff Jody Mills was being developed by Supernatural writer producers Andrew Dabb and Robert Berens along with Robert Singer and Phil Sgriccia The spin off debuted as a backdoor pilot during the thirteenth season of Supernatural 157 In May 2018 it was confirmed that the series was not picked up 158 The Winchesters Main article The Winchesters In May 2022 the CW ordered The Winchesters a prequel series that focuses on Sam and Dean s parents John and Mary The series is executive produced by Jensen Ackles his wife Danneel Ackles who portrayed Anael on the series and Supernatural writer Robbie Thompson Ackles reprises his role as Dean Winchester as the narrator 159 160 It premiered on October 11 2022 161 ImpactRatings Seasonal rankings based on average total viewers per episode of Supernatural on The WB and The CW some including repeats Viewership and ratings per season of Supernatural Season Timeslot ET Network Episodes First aired Last aired TV season Viewershiprank Avg viewers millions Avg 18 49ratingDate Viewers millions Date Viewers millions 1 Tuesday 9 00 pm 1 16 Thursday 9 00 pm 17 22 The WB 22 September 13 2005 2005 09 13 5 69 162 May 4 2006 2006 05 04 3 99 163 2005 06 165 164 3 81 164 1 4 164 a 3 2 Thursday 9 00 pm The CW 22 September 28 2006 2006 09 28 3 93 165 May 17 2007 2007 05 17 2 72 166 2006 07 216 167 3 14 167 1 1 167 3 16 October 4 2007 2007 10 04 2 97 168 May 15 2008 2008 05 15 3 00 168 2007 08 187 169 2 74 169 1 0 169 4 22 September 18 2008 2008 09 18 3 96 170 May 14 2009 2009 05 14 2 89 171 2008 09 161 172 a 4 3 14 172 1 1 172 5 22 September 10 2009 2009 09 10 3 40 173 May 13 2010 2010 05 13 2 84 174 2009 10 125 175 2 64 175 1 2 175 a 5 6 Friday 9 00 pm 22 September 24 2010 2010 09 24 2 90 176 May 20 2011 2011 05 20 2 11 177 2010 11 209 178 2 42 178 1 1 178 7 23 September 23 2011 2011 09 23 2 01 179 May 18 2012 2012 05 18 1 56 180 2011 12 176 181 2 03 181 0 89 181 8 Wednesday 9 00 pm 23 October 3 2012 2012 10 03 1 85 182 May 15 2013 2013 05 15 2 31 183 2012 13 152 184 2 52 184 1 1 184 9 Tuesday 9 00 pm 23 October 8 2013 2013 10 08 2 59 185 May 20 2014 2014 05 20 2 30 186 2013 14 141 187 2 81 187 1 3 187 10 Tuesday 9 00 pm 1 14 Wednesday 9 00 pm 15 23 23 October 7 2014 2014 10 07 2 50 188 May 20 2015 2015 05 20 1 73 189 2014 15 156 190 2 02 190 0 8 190 11 Wednesday 9 00 pm 23 October 7 2015 2015 10 07 1 94 191 May 25 2016 2016 05 25 1 84 192 2015 16 131 193 2 81 193 1 0 193 12 Thursday 9 00 pm 1 8 Thursday 8 00 pm 9 23 23 October 13 2016 2016 10 13 2 15 194 May 18 2017 2017 05 18 1 65 195 2016 17 132 196 2 62 196 0 9 196 13 Thursday 8 00 pm 23 October 12 2017 2017 10 12 2 10 197 May 17 2018 2018 05 17 1 63 198 2017 18 166 199 2 32 199 0 8 199 14 20 October 11 2018 2018 10 11 1 49 200 April 25 2019 2019 04 25 1 30 201 2018 19 159 202 2 07 202 0 6 202 15 20 October 10 2019 2019 10 10 1 23 203 November 19 2020 2020 11 19 1 38 204 2019 20 116 205 1 13 131 206 14 20 1 86 205 1 13 1 63 206 14 20 0 6 205 1 13 0 5 206 14 20 After the first four episodes of Supernatural aired in 2005 the WB decided to pick up the series for a full season of 22 episodes During those first episodes the series was ranked third in males aged 18 34 and 12 34 It also posted an increase of 73 in males aged 18 49 from the year before although it only gained 4 in total viewers and retained 91 of viewers from its lead in Gilmore Girls 207 Supernatural had low ratings during its second season with viewers consisting mainly of teen girls and the CW trying to attract more male viewers 208 The show s future was in doubt at the end of the second season 209 Despite mediocre ratings in the previous year it was back for a third season 210 Although its third season s rating were low it did well with viewers aged 18 49 In this category it ranked eighth of all returning series broadcast by a major network 211 The show received an early pickup for its fourth season 212 The show s ratings increased in its fourth season 213 The fourth season premiere aired on September 18 2008 averaging its highest rating ever since its debut on The CW with 3 96 million viewers a 33 surge over the season three premiere and a 1 7 5 in adults 18 49 up 42 from one year earlier 214 On October 16 2008 the show was watched by 3 06 million viewers making the lowest rating for the season On October 30 2008 the show climbed to its best performance in adults 18 34 1 4 4 adults 18 49 1 5 4 and total viewers 3 6mil since its season premiere on September 18 2008 215 For the fifth season premiere viewership increased by 6 in women 18 34 1 7 5 over the fourth season premiere 216 However taking DVR viewings into account with new Live Plus 7 Day data total viewership for the premiere increased 38 with women 18 34 increasing by 35 and adults 18 34 by 47 217 According to Nielsen ratings Supernatural placed sixth and seventh in 2020 and 2021 respectively in the rankings of the most watched acquired streaming series in the United States It had 20 3 billion minutes watched in 2020 and 18 9 billion in 2021 218 219 Awards and nominations Main article List of awards and nominations received by Supernatural Reception Season Critical responseRotten Tomatoes Metacritic1 87 31 reviews 220 59 22 reviews 221 2 100 6 reviews 222 3 88 8 reviews 223 4 88 8 reviews 224 5 100 9 reviews 225 6 100 6 reviews 226 7 100 5 reviews 227 8 67 9 reviews 228 9 100 12 reviews 229 10 100 8 reviews 230 11 90 10 reviews 231 12 100 10 reviews 232 13 100 7 reviews 233 14 82 11 reviews 234 15 100 13 reviews 235 During its first season the show received generally mixed critical reception but the reception from critics has grown more favorable as the series progressed with subsequent seasons receiving generally positive reviews from critics The first season received a Metacritic score of 59 out of 100 based on 22 reviews indicating mixed or average reviews 236 The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported an 87 approval rating for the first season with an average rating of 7 32 10 based on 31 reviews The website s consensus reads Despite some too hip dialogue and familiar thematic elements Supernatural s vigilante brothers manage to stir up some legitimate scares 220 Tanner Stransky of Entertainment Weekly gave the first season a B saying the show comes off as weekly installments of a horror movie series but that Adding to the show s cred are the 67 Chevy Impala the boys rumble around in and their kick ass soundtrack 237 Jeff Swindoll of Monsters and Critics really liked the first season 238 for its horrific content and the brotherly chemistry between its two stars He also noted that the season finished with one bang of a cliffhanger 239 Swindoll enjoyed the second season too saying that it still works thanks to the brotherly chemistry between Padalecki and Ackles and noted the second season focused more on the show s mythology 238 Swindoll also liked the third season saying Eric Kripke must ve sold his soul to the devil so that the show wouldn t suffer a third season slump He also enjoyed the moments featuring Bobby Singer Jim Beaver likening him to the character Cooter from Dukes of Hazzard 240 However Daniel Bettridge of Den of Geek believed that the writer s strike hindered the season with many issues being left unresolved and the finale feeling a little rushed He also felt that new characters Ruby Katie Cassidy and Bela Lauren Cohan were disappointingly unexplored and ineffectively used 241 While Diana Steenbergen of IGN liked that there was a season long story arc with Dean s demonic deal she believed that viewers would know that the pact would not be resolved until the finale making the self enclosed episodes feel like they are treading water waiting for the main storyline to resume 242 In 2008 AOL TV placed the show on its list of TV s Biggest Guilty Pleasures 243 Another Monsters and Critics reviewer June L gave the fourth season a positive review saying the show remains intriguing and entertaining giving viewers much to ponder in terms of the philosophical analysis of the nature of good and evil 244 Steenbergen felt that the series made a transition from a pretty good show to being a pretty great show She praised Misha Collins for his portrayal of the angel Castiel and felt that the interactions between Dean and Castiel were one of the highlights of the season 245 Before the premiere of the fifth season Rolling Stone listed the series as one of The 50 Best Reasons to Watch TV citing Sam and Dean Winchester as the Bo and Luke Duke of demon hunting 246 The Chicago Tribune s Maureen Ryan named Supernatural among the top ten shows of 2009 stating that the thoughtfully crafted show got bolder and more creative in 2009 coming up with hilarious and innovative episodes and taking risks with its storytelling 247 Mike Hale of The New York Times also named the series on his top ten list for the year Supernatural is currently among the wildest and most entertaining series in prime time 248 In 2010 AOL TV ranked Supernatural fourth of the Top 20 Magic Supernatural Shows of All Time noting that the show had been compared to The X Files early in its run before distinguishing itself as a unique unpredictable and addictive series that not only features monsters magic and Lucifer himself but also boasts a dynamic duo arguably better at the banter than Mulder and Scully Sam and Dean Winchester 249 In 2012 Entertainment Weekly listed the show at No 19 in the 25 Best Cult TV Shows from the Past 25 Years saying Supernatural began with a pretty straightforward premise hot guys kill spooky things but it didn t stay that way for long The characters have literally been to hell and back and along the way they have woven a complicated and compelling mythology filled with friends angel Castiel recurring foes demon Crowley and inside jokes Wincest Supernatural has also however dedicated episodes to mocking the sillier aspects of its own existence like its hypercritical fandom This self referential approach has rewarded longtime viewers and helped build a community so passionate it s almost scary 250 The show has a broad demographic base and is more popular in Russia than the US 251 Syndication On January 4 2010 the cable television network TNT began airing reruns of Supernatural 252 In Canada the series has been syndicated on Space Dusk ABC Spark M3 and E 253 Fandom and popular culture Being a cult series Supernatural has garnered a dedicated fanbase 254 They are active online 255 and many have written fanfiction stories about the show ranging from Wincest the romantic pairing of brothers Dean and Sam Winchester to Destiel the romantic pairing of Dean Winchester and Castiel to various other character pairings The writers have referenced this several times in the series 256 including the 200th episode which makes references to Wincest Destiel and Sastiel the romantic pairing of Sam Winchester and Castiel 257 The first fan conventions dedicated to Supernatural took place in Nashville Tennessee in October 2006 258 and in London in May 2007 259 and conventions have since expanded through to Germany and throughout the United States The series stars and large guest cast make appearances 260 with fans from the United States Europe China and Australia attending 45 Before the debut of the series fifth season in which Lucifer is finally freed from his imprisonment fans attempted to promote the show through Twitter Enough fans posted the hashtag LuciferIsComing that it made it into trending topics 261 a list depicting words and phrases posted with the highest frequency on the website 262 However Twitter users who were unaware of the fans intentions responded with numerous posts of GodIsHere and the topic was blocked from Twitter s trending topics after complaints Actor Misha Collins who portrays Castiel in the series tried to continue the campaign by requesting that fans post PDiddyIsScaredOfHisTV rapper P Diddy being the one whom many fans believe to be the instigator of the initial backlash 261 However after an hour this attempt to trend the topic was also stymied by Twitter 263 In honor of the series season 14 renewal Mayor Steve Adler of Austin Texas declared June 23 2018 as Supernatural Day in the city as the show s stars Ackles and Padalecki are both 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