Are You Afraid of the Dark?: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Are You Afraid of the Dark? is a show based upon a group of kids known as "The Midnight Society". Members meet in the woods and take turns telling their own spooky tales. The series aired on Nickelodeon in the United States as part of their SNICK line-up in 1992. It lasted for 5 seasons until it was canceled in 1996. Later on, it returned to Nickelodeon's SNICK block with a new cast for two seasons from 1999-2000.

Series details

• Title: Are You Afraid of the Dark?
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
• Premiere date: 1992-08-15
• Final broadcast date listed: 2000-06-11
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: Nickelodeon
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 6.7/10
• TVMaze ID: 1805

Cast and credited roles

• Daniel DeSanto — Tucker
• Ross Hull — Gary
• Raine Pare-Coull — Betty Ann
• Jodie Resther — Kiki
• Jason Alisharan — Frank
• JoAnna Garcia Swisher — Sam
• Rachel Blanchard — Kristen
• Nathaniel Moreau — David
• Elisha Cuthbert — Megan
• Vanessa Lengies — Vange
• Kareem Blackwell — Quinn
• David Deveau — Andy

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1992-08-15; final listed air date 1992-11-14; episode order: 13.
• Season 2: premiered 1993-06-19; final listed air date 1993-10-02; episode order: 13.
• Season 3: premiered 1994-01-08; final listed air date 1994-04-16; episode order: 13.
• Season 4: premiered 1994-10-01; final listed air date 1995-01-21; episode order: 13.
• Season 5: premiered 1995-10-07; final listed air date 1996-04-20; episode order: 13.
• Season 6: premiered 1999-02-06; final listed air date 1999-05-15; episode order: 13.
• Season 7: premiered 2000-04-02; final listed air date 2000-06-11; episode order: 13.

Source and licence

Adapted from Are You Afraid of the Dark? on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.