New premiere date for Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches

It’s take two for US horror series Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches which finally has a new premiere date in Australia after disappointing fans in January.

The series was originally scheduled and promoted for early January, but failed to surface without explanation from AMC+, leading to fans online demanding answers and refunds. Despite this it screened as planned in the USA.

AMC+ has now confirmed a two episode premiere for Sunday 2 April, with  double eps until Sunday April 23.

Based on Rice’s best-selling trilogy, “Lives of the Mayfair Witches,” the eight-episode series focuses on an intuitive young neurosurgeon, Rowan Fielding (Alexandra Daddario, The White Lotus), who discovers that she is the unlikely heir to a family of witches. As she grapples with her newfound powers, she must contend with a sinister presence that has haunted her family for generations. In addition, the documentary All of Them Witches, exploring the history of witches with in-depth interviews from experts, will premiere that same day as a companion special to the series.

Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches is the second endeavor in AMC Networks’ Anne Rice Immortal Universe, debuting on the heels of Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire, which broke all viewing and acquisition records when it debuted on AMC+ last fall. Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches debuted in the U.S. earlier this year where it ranks as a top 10 cable drama for the broadcast season to-date in all key demos and surpassed Interview with the Vampire as the biggest new series launch on streaming. In addition to Emmy-nominated lead Daddario, Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches stars Jack Huston as Lasher, Tongayi Chirisa as Ciprien Grieve and Harry Hamlin as Cortland Mayfair. The series is executive produced by Mark Johnson, showrunner Esta Spalding, writer Michelle Ashford, director Michael Uppendahl, and Jeff Freilich, and is produced by AMC Studios.

AMC+ will also screen All Of Them Witches, a documentary exploring the history of witchcraft, as a companion special to the series.

All of Them Witches is a one-hour documentary that explores an alternate and authentic history told from the perspective of today’s most well-known, practicing witches, as well as scholars of history and anthropology. The film examines the provocative history of Witch Hunts, paganism and voodoo, and challenges the myths that have become the fabric of popular culture. Select experts featured in All of Them Witches include Pam Grossman, author of Waking the Witch: Reflections on Women, Magic, and Power, witch and entrepreneur Bri Luna, witch and author Amanda Yates Garcia and content creator and actor Curly Velasquez. All Of Them Witches was directed by Mona Panchal.