CW announces premiere date for Cult; full synopsis and extended promo here!

Last Updated on August 5, 2021

The CW may not be for everybody, but their latest show appears to be something different for the network. “Cult,” which comes from “Farscape” and”Gossip Girl” creators Rockne S. O’Bannon and Josh Schwartz, respectively, is an intriguing item about a TV show that seriously warps its viewers to violent extremes.

The network has announced that “Cult”, starring Matt Davis, Alona Tal, Jessica Lucas and Robert Knepper, debuts on Tuesday, February 19, 2013 at 9p.m. ET.

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Here’s the full synopsis for “Cult”: Investigative journalist Jeff Sefton has learned to laugh off his younger brother Nate’s relentless string of obsessions, especially his latest rant that a hit TV show intends to harm him. However, when his brother mysteriously disappears, Jeff takes Nate’s paranoia seriously, and in the process uncovers the dark underworld of the TV series “Cult” and its rabid fans, who are obsessed with the show’s charismatic cult leader, Billy Grimm. As the show’s gruesome plot twists begin to play out in the real world, Jeff enlists the help of a young research assistant Skye in a race to save Nate and unravel the mystery behind the TV series whose hardcore fans would literally kill to see what happens next…

Give a look at a near four-minute promo for the show below and let us know what you think!

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Source: CW

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