The 'A Discovery of Witches' Season 3 Trailer Reveals U.S. Release Date

The sleeper hit A Discovery of Witches is heading back to AMC Networks for a third and final season. The U.K. series originally debuted as a BBC America/AMC joint broadcast back in 2019, where it did modest numbers on its initial linear debut. But the series found a niche in the streaming world, with Season 1 quietly building an audience over on AMC+ over the pandemic, leading to a successful run when Season 2 arrived in January 2021 as a joint stream for the flagship SVOD and sister streaming service Sundance Now. Season 2 also did decent numbers when it moved to linear six months later in June.

Based on the All Souls trilogy by Deborah Harkness (the show pulls its name from the opening novel), production studio Bad Wolf always planned the show to be a three installment story that stuck relatively faithfully to the overall narrative arc. Season 1 was set in present-day 2019; Season 2 ventured back in time for a round of episodes set in the 16th century. Season 2's finale saw leading characters Diana Bishop (Teresa Palmer) and Matthew Clairmont (Matthew Goode) head back to the present for the series finale showdown, where Season 3 will rejoin the narrative.

Check out the first look trailer, which reveals that the final season will run on AMC+ and Sundance Now and be added to AMC's horror streaming service, Shudder.