
About the TV Show

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Bates Motel
First Air Date: March 18, 2013
First Aired on | : | 2013 |
Status | : | Ended |
Created By | : | Carlton Cuse,Anthony Cipriano,Kerry Ehrin |
Networks | : | A&E |
Genres | : | Mystery,Drama,Crime |
Seasons/Episodes | : | 50 episodes in 5 Seasons |
A "contemporary prequel" to the 1960 film Psycho, depicting the life of Norman Bates and his mother Norma prior to the events portrayed in Hitchcock's film, albeit in a different fictional town and in a modern setting. The series begins after the death of Norma's husband, when she purchases a motel located in a coastal Oregon town so she and Norman can start a new life.