Bates Motel

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drama television series psychological horror television series television series

Bates Motel is a contemporary psychological horror–drama television series that serves as a prequel to Alfred Hitchcock’s film Psycho, exploring the twisted relationship between Norman Bates and his mother, Norma.

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Bates Motel Theme 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf drama television series ⓘ
psychological horror television series ⓘ
television series ⓘ
awardReceived People's Choice Award ⓘ
surface form: People's Choice Award for Favorite Cable TV Drama
basedOn Psycho ⓘ
basedOnWorkBy Alfred Hitchcock ⓘ
cameraSetup single-camera ⓘ
composer Chris Bacon ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
creator Anthony Cipriano ⓘ
Carlton Cuse ⓘ
Kerry Ehrin ⓘ
distributor NBCUniversal Television Distribution ⓘ
episodeRuntime 43 minutes ⓘ
executiveProducer Anthony Cipriano ⓘ
Carlton Cuse ⓘ
Freddie Highmore ⓘ
Kerry Ehrin ⓘ
Vera Farmiga ⓘ
filmingLocation Vancouver ⓘ
surface form: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
firstAired 2013-03-18 ⓘ
genre drama ⓘ
psychological horror ⓘ
hasCharacter Alex Romero ⓘ
Dylan Massett ⓘ
Emma Decody ⓘ
hasTheme crime ⓘ
identity ⓘ
mental illness ⓘ
mother–son relationship ⓘ
lastAired 2017-04-24 ⓘ
mainCharacter Norma Bates ⓘ
Norman Bates ⓘ
nominatedFor Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series ⓘ
numberOfEpisodes 50 ⓘ
numberOfSeasons 5 ⓘ
openingTheme Bates Motel self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Bates Motel Theme
originalLanguage English ⓘ
originallyBroadcastIn HDTV 1080i ⓘ
originalNetwork A&E Network ⓘ
surface form: A&E
prequelTo Psycho ⓘ
productionCompany American Genre ⓘ
Carlton Cuse Productions ⓘ
Universal Television ⓘ
setIn White Pine Bay, Oregon ⓘ
starring Freddie Highmore ⓘ
Max Thieriot ⓘ
Nestor Carbonell ⓘ
Olivia Cooke ⓘ
Vera Farmiga ⓘ

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A&E Network → notableProgram → Bates Motel ⓘ
Nestor Carbonell → notableWork → Bates Motel ⓘ
Bates Motel → openingTheme → Bates Motel self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bates Motel Theme
Psycho → setting → Bates Motel ⓘ