The Secret Circle

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The Secret Circle, 7.35pm, FOX8
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The Secret Circle is adding two new men to their coven. Michael Graziadei — who is best known as Daniel Romalotti on The Young and the Restless — will play a charming bad boy whose behavior alarms ex Home and Away actress Phoebe Tonkin’s character Faye, while Sammi Rotibi (Lord of War) has landed a mysterious role as the leader of a dangerous group. Both parts have the potential to recur. The Secret Circle airs on Fox 8 and The Young and The Restless airs on W.

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Mondays from October 31 at 7.30pm on FOX8

Cassie Blake was living a happy, normal life until her mother died in a mysterious house fire. She then moves to her mother’s home town of Chance Harbor, Washington, to live with her grandmother but strange things start happening. When When her new friends explain that she, like them, are all de her new friends explain that she, like them, are all descendants scendants of powerful witches she struggles to come to terms of powerful witches she struggles to come to terms with her new life, until she discovers a hidden message from her mother that could change her life forever…

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The Secret Circle, FOX8, 7.35pm AEDT
Pilot. Cassie Blake’s world is turned upside down after her mother dies in a mysterious accident, forcing Cassie to move in with her loving grandmother Jane in the small town of Chance Harbor, Washington. While trying to adjust to her new life, Cassie is quickly befriended by Diana Meade, a sweet-natured classmate who offers to show her around and introduces her to mean girl Faye, her sidekick Melissa and Cassie’s next door neighbour Nick. Things get complicated when Cassie meets Adam, Diana’s boyfriend, with whom she feels an instant and powerful connection. Upon meeting one of her mother’s childhood friends, Dawn Chamberlain, who is also the school principal and Faye’s mother, Cassie begins to wonder why her mother never spoke of her home town. When strange and dangerous things begin to happen, Cassie’s new friends are forced to tell her their secret: They are all witches and her arrival will complete the Circle. However, the Circle has not been drawn together again by chance; Diana’s father, Charles Meade, has plans of his own for the group. Read our review here.

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The Secret Circle is like a cocktail. Mix True Blood with Pretty Little Liars and add a dash of Heroes. It’s definitely not a sugary sweet look at the world of witches.

Immediately when you watch this show the sense of foreboding is in the air – The action starts and you are hooked, it is as mysterious as it is intense.

We have the main character Cassie, experience some odd and questionable occurrences, as she settles into her new home. At Chance Harbour, people already seem to know Cassie, even though she hasn’t been there before. From the intensity of the beginning, the action continues as Cassies “friends” try and show her what she needs to know!?! These girls are menacing.

After a string of events, Cassie begins to suspect that everything may not be what it seems at Chance Harbour, and that there may be a reason why these events are occuring.

SPOILER ALERT!

Cassie is told she is a witch, and that she is the final one needed for Secret Circle. The secret circle -  is the way the witches will be able to have more power. After anger and denial, Cassie is shown her powers. Faye is the uber bitch-witch and there will be trouble now and in the future from her.

There is a mystery surrounding the parents of the secret circle of witches, and we know something went horribly wrong in the past and is being hidden. They are evil. There is a letter that then changes what we know!
 
The Secret Circle is definitely must watch TV for people who enjoy their shows fast, mysterious and with plenty of bang for your buck. The Secret Circle is a fictional novel series created by L. J. Smith who also wrote The Vampire Diaries.

The Secret Circle Premieres October 31st at 7.30pm on FOX 8.

Fox 8 will start airing The Secret Circle from October 31st.  The series has been a success in the US and has been picked up for a full season.  The show is based upon the book series by L.J. Smith (author of “The Vampire Diaries” book series).

Show synopsis:

Cassie Blake was a happy, normal teenage girl – until her mother Amelia dies in what appears to be a tragic accidental fire. Orphaned and deeply saddened, Cassie moves in with her warm and loving grandmother Jane in the beautiful small town of Chance Harbor, Washington – the town her mother left so many years before – where the residents seem to know more about Cassie than she does about herself.

As Cassie gets to know her high school classmates, including sweet-natured Diana and her handsome boyfriend Adam, brooding loner Nick, mean-girl Faye and her sidekick Melissa, strange and frightening things begin to happen. When her new friends explain that they are all descended from powerful witches, and they’ve been waiting for Cassie to join them and complete a new generation of the Secret Circle, Cassie refuses to believe them – until Adam shows her how to unlock her incredible magical powers.

But it’s not until Cassie discovers a message from her mother in an old leather-bound book of spells hidden in her mother’s childhood bedroom, that she understands her true and dangerous destiny. What Cassie and the others don’t yet know is that darker powers are at play, powers that might be linked to the adults in the town, including Diana’s father and Faye’s mother – and that Cassie’s mother’s death might not have been an accident.

The series stars Britt Robertson as Cassie Blake, Thomas Dekker as Adam Conant, Gale Harold as Charles Meade, Phoebe Tonkin as Faye Chamberlain, Jessica Parker Kennedy as Melissa, Shelly Hennig as Diana Meade, Louis Hunter as Nick, Ashley Crow as Jane Blake and Natasha Henstridge as Dawn Chamberlain.

The Secret Circle will air on Mondays on Fox 8 at 7.30pm.

Several shows are joining New Girl, Whitney, Up all Night and the US hit 2 Broke Girls, in being picked up for a full season.

The Ringer, Hart of Dixie and The Secret Circle have all been given the green light. Currently only The Ringer is shown here on Ten, Sundays at 9.30pm. Boardwalk Empire and Haven have been picked up for third seasons.

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The Secret Circle
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New Girl, Will air on Ten
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