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Shadowhunters - Season 2 - Showrunner Exits; Replacements Announced

Aug 8, 2016

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Todd Slavkin & Darren Swimmer Tapped as New Showrunners

Former Smallville executive showrunners Todd Slavkin & Darren Swimmer have been named as new executive producers/showrunners of Freeform’s fantasy series Shadowhunters. They will replace Ed Decter, who developed for television the adaptation of The Mortal Instruments novels and served as executive producer in Season 1. He abruptly exited last week as the series was starting production on its second season.

Additionally, Matt Hastings (The Originals) recently joined Shadowhunters as executive producer/series director. Slavkin and Swimmer recently served as executive showrunners on Syfy’s supernatural drama series Dominion and also have been serving as executive producers on Freeform’s new drama series Guilt.
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Ed Decter Exits

There is a behind the scenes shakeup on Freeform’s fantasy series Shadowhunters. Ed Decter, who developed for television the adaptation of The Mortal Instruments novels and served as executive producer in Season 1, has exited the series, which was renewed for a second season in March. There is no replacement yet.

The development was sudden. At the time of Shadowhunters Season 1 finale in April, Decter spoke at length about his Season 2 plans for the show in a number of interviews.

I hear Decter departed a few days ago and was not present at today’s first table read for Shadowhunters‘ second season. I hear the departure was over creative differences, and the new showrunner(s) are expected to tweak the series’ creative direction for Season 2. In the meanwhile, production is expected to continue as scheduled, with no impact from Decter’s exit.

Shadowhunters has been a buzzy show for Freeform, recently winning two Teen Choice Awards. After a highly-rated series premiere, there was a ratings dropoff but the series quickly stabilized and was relatively steady for most of its freshman run.
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