Like many of you, I stick around after "The Walking Dead" for the after-show "Talking Dead", just to see if I can gain some insight into what it took to create the show and what we can look forward to in upcoming episodes. Now one of our favorite shows on cable, A&E's "Bates Motel", is jumping into the after-show craze with their own half-hour event set to bring the highly engaged “Bates Motel” community to life as fans interact with the show’s stars and creators sharing behind-the-scenes analysis and exclusive content with "Bates Motel: After Hours".
Right now "Bates Motel: After Hours" is being billed as a 'one-off event', meaning that as of the moment there is only one after-show scheduled, right after the season premiere of "Bates Motel" on March 3, but hopefully it'll lead to more after-shows as I'm certainly up for knowing more about the goings-on behind-the-scenes of this series.
Series stars Vera Farmiga (Norma Bates), Freddie Highmore (Norman Bates), Max Thieriot (Dylan Massett) and executive producers Carlton Cuse and Kerry Ehrin will share their insights into the first episode and answer fan questions about the upcoming season of “Bates Motel.”
“Bates Motel: After Hours” will be broadcast in front of a live studio audience in New York on Monday, March 3 at 11PM ET/PT immediately following the series premiere of “Those Who Kill” at 10PM ET/PT and the season two premiere of “Bates Motel” at 9PM ET/PT.
Bates Motel" is a contemporary prequel to the genre-defining film "Psycho," and gives viewers an intimate portrayal of how Norman Bates’ (Freddie Highmore) psyche unravels through his teenage years. Fans discover the dark, twisted backstory of Norman Bates and how deeply intricate his relationship with his mother, Norma (Vera Farmiga), truly is.