Cult Information

Cult is an American television series that airs on The CW. The series centers on a journalist blogger and a production assistant, who investigate a series of mysterious disappearances that are linked to a popular television series named Cult. It premiered on The CW on February 19, 2013, and originally aired on Tuesdays at 9:00 pm Eastern/8:00 pm Central. On February 27, 2013, the CW announced that starting March 8 Cult will air on Fridays at 9:00 pm Eastern/8:00 pm Central.

Plot

The series follows Jeff (Matthew Davis), a journalist blogger, and Skye (Jessica Lucas), a production researcher on a popular television crime series called Cult, as they investigate the fans of the series, who could be re-creating the crimes committed on the series.

Cast and characters

Main

• Matthew Davis as Jefferstein Dean Sefton, a journalist blogger.
• Jessica Lucas as Skye Yarrow, a production assistant.
• Alona Tal as Marti Gerritsen, an actress playing Kelly Collins on a show called Cult.
• Robert Knepper as Roger Reeves, an actor playing Billy Grimm on a show called Cult.

Recurring

• Marie Avgeropoulos as Kirstie
• Christian Cooper as Andy
• Andrew Leeds as Kyle Segal
• Ben Hollingsworth as Peter Grey
• Stacey Farber as E.J.

Episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Production code	U.S. viewers (million)
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Production

Cult was originally supposed to air on the now defunct network, The WB. When The WB was replaced by The CW, the executives of The CW at that time dropped the show, which was supposed to star Matthew Bomer. In January 2012, a revised version of the series was revived on The CW with a pilot order. The series was created by Rockne S. O'Bannon, who also serves as executive producer alongside Josh Schwartz, Stephanie Savage, Len Goldstein and the production companies Warner Bros. Television and Fake Empire Productions.

Jessica Lucas was cast in the lead role of Skye Yarrow in February 2012, a young production assistant who teams with a journalist blogger to investigate the fans of a popular television series entitled Cult. Alona Tal was cast next as Marti Gerritsen, the actress playing the role of Kelly Collins in the fictional series Cult. Robert Knepper then followed in the role of Roger Reeves, the actor playing the role of Billy Grimm in the show-within-a-show. Matthew Davis was cast in the lead role of Jeff Sefton, the journalist blogger working with Skye and Andrew Leeds was cast in the recurring role of Kyle Segal, the executive working on the show-within-a-show. Ben Hollingsworth will also have a recurring role, as associate producer Peter Grey. Stacey Farber joined the series in a recurring role as E.J. a tech-savvy girl, who works with Jeff and helps him in the search for his sibling.

The pilot was officially picked up by The CW on May 11, 2012. But after it finally premiered, Cult became the second U.S. show about a dangerous sect to debut in early 2013 (FOX's The Following premiered January 21) -- an unusual subject matter for a television drama. While other shows featuring cults prominently have struggled recently (such as the similarly named New Zealand drama The Cult, which ran for one season in 2010, and the still in-production Don't Tell My Wife I'm a Cult Leader)</ref>

International broadcasting

Country	Network	Premiere date
	Yes	2013
	TBA	2013
	HBO Plus	March 12, 2013
	Dizimax Drama	March 7, 2013
	Sohu TV	February 20, 2013