It’s been 15 years since Are You Afraid of the Dark? went, well, dark, but a generation of fans have been missing it ever since. Now ET Canada is bringing it back. Sort of.
Global’s primetime newsmagazine series kicks off Canadian TV Week with an Are You Afraid of the Dark? reunion. Sangita Patel sits down with former cast members Elisha Cuthbert, Ross Hull and Daniel Desanto to look back on what the super-spooky series meant to their lives and television careers. Dark‘s cast also included JoAnna Garcia Swisher, Rachel Blanchard, Vanessa Lengies, Jay Baruchel, Ajay Fry, Emily Hampshire, Jewel Staite, Gregory Smith and Aaron Ashmore.
Here’s a sneak peek at what’s in store on tonight’s instalment. Upcoming segments include Street Legal (Tue.), Danger Bay (Wed.) and Due South (Thur.).
ET Canada airs weeknights at 7:30 p.m. ET on Global.
Are You Afraid of the Dark was great. We had moved off the farm into town for two years (I was about 12) and it was such a revolution to get cable. I was so excited to get YTV. I liked Are You Afraid of the Dark way more than Goosebumps. Speaking of Goosebumps, I just watched an episode on Teletoon Retro last week and I laughed my head off at the 90s corniness.
I think R.L. Stine, who wrote the Goosebumps books, has got another scary kid’s show in the works. Actually, it’s a little more adult: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/mtvs-victoria-justice-drama-eye-679164
That show, Eye Candy, already aired. I tried watching but it just wasn’t for me.