The Originals
Family is power. The Original Vampire family swore it to each other a thousand years ago. They pledged to remain together, always and forever. Now, centuries have passed and the bonds of family are broken. Time, tragedy and hunger for power have torn the Original Family apart.
UK TV Premiere Date
Latest/Next UK Season: 5 (Final)
Latest/Next UK TV Air Date: 01 September 2018
UK Channel: Netflix
Previous UK Premiere Dates
Season 1 – Syfy – 22 October 2013 at 10pm
Season 2 – Syfy – 14th October 2014 at 10pm
Season 3 – iTunes/Amazon Instant – 25 January 2016
Season 3 – Netflix – 11th August 2016
Season 4 – Netflix – 1st August 2017
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Latest/Next US TV Air Date:
US Channel: No US Broadcaster
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Final Season: 5 (Final)
Status: CANCELLED/ENDING
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No longer airing on linear broadcast tv in the UK, but is has turned up on Netflix around August the past 2 seasons.
Where is originals Season 5 it was meant to be on Netflix by 9/8/18???? ?
9th August was the date it went onto US Netflix. That was never confirmed as the UK date, people just saw the date mentioned and assumed it would be the same date for the UK. As is mentioned in the article above, the UK was not part of the deal the CW made with Netflix to upload the full seasons of their shows 8 days after they’ve finished, so we were never going to get it as early as the 9th. We’ve never had a UK date confirmed, so in truth, people are just guessing. In previous years, it’s been August, so using guesswork, people are assuming August again this year. But in truth, a date has never been announced, so no one actually knows. All we can do is keep checking Netflix, and wait until it turns up. Hopefully it’s this month, but we don’t know either way.
When does season 5 start on netflix?
I am still waiting to see The Originals Season 4 – UK. Any ideas when it will eventually air or am i missing something…
it’s only on Netflix in the UK now, it was dropped from tv. you can buy it on dvd now I believe!
It’s only on Netflix now
Just checked Netflix and season four has been added.
Don’t know if you want to know this but The Originals is ending after season 5
https://gomovies.to/
So, why are we (here in the UK) always waiting an unreasonable amount of time for shows like this? It would seem that this audience isn’t taken into consideration at all. Very disappointing, don’t release shows if there is no intention of keeping the episodes shown in other countries on our screens.
Are you joking .watched this from the beginning.not happy
Please bring back the originals in the UK. It’s not fair to leave UK fans wondering how it ends. Can’t download any sites I’ve tried. It was bad enough having to wait next episode of vampire dairies. I’m devastated.
https://memovies.ru/ every Friday
We have vampire diaries on itv2 we should have the originals on itv2 to its not fair
The originals returning in march as i love it and cant wait to c how they come back.I like CW shows like the Flash ,the originals & the Vampire diaries and other shows like being human and game of thrones But this time My favorite is The originals i want to see a grownup hope , Marcelous, full turn hely and i dont know why they don’t make klause full turn and i miss michael.
sophie i really hope your right about the originals returning in march as i love it and cant wait to c how they come back
The Originals returns with a 4th season on 17th March. This will be shorter than it normally is with only 13 episodes.
What channel is it on
You can watch season 4 on watch series online if that helps I’ve just watched episode 11 of season 4 have 2 episodes left to watch ? Gotta say it’s been brilliant ?
Hey I don’t know if anyone already knows but I just found out that The Originals will be returning on 17th March 2017 for season 4.
Not being shown on Syfy?! Oh well, I’m not prepared to pay for yet another subscription for what is essentially still a TV show. Guess I’ll either be making use of my unlimited data package (a la put locker or the like), or will be buying the DVD set second hand from Cex.
I am an avid fan and have been waiting patiently for the new series only to read that it’s not going to be on TV i begin to ask myself WHY DO I PAY FOR SKY AND A TV LICENCE. Not evey one can afford to pay to watch things online when they have sky ect. COME ON POWERS THAT BE THINK OF THE FANS.
i agree with u i cant afford sky and pay to watch it on line as well y cant they just put it back on sky
Not knowing season 3 WASN’T coming out in the UK was absolutely ridiculous why should the Americans get to watch and enjoy it when the peeps of the U.K. watch it as well and missed all the fun and excitement of klaus and co.. The only way I thought I could watch it was my Xbox one which I have to pay for “again” ridiculous, soooo madd. SORT IT OUT PLEASE
oh my goddddddddddd
Hi, please sign a petition on ipetitions demanding an entire season 4 of the originals. “Originals Full 4th Season”
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/originals-full-season. Please spread the word. Thanks.
Hi everyone is the originals season 3 comeing on Netflix. And comeing out on dvd in the UK. Thanks
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It would be nice if Netflix picked up The Originals and The Vampire Diaries as they already have them on there they could do what they do with Reign, Pretty Little Liars and Shadowhunters.
The region 2 DVD box set is up for pre-order on Amazon. It’s out on 17/10. Just hope Netflix have season 3 up sooner 🙁
I’ve been waiting for The Originals Season 3 so much !!!
Well, I have Sky, Amazon Prime and Netfilx…. but it is not enough… I MUST get iTunes to Blink Box to be able to watch it!
SERIOUSLY???? IThis is your RECOMANDATION????
You must be kidding me!!!!
That it’s absolutely RUBBISH!
I am extremely DISAPPOINTED!
Multiple platform subscriptions is the way it is going and the Originals won’t be the last – we will see more and more programmes landing on one or other of these services on an exclusive basis.
Will it be coming out on DVD here in the UK? I can wait, but I will be angry if it isn’t released on DVD.
Anyone know?
Will we ever find out why syfy isn’t showing season 3. ie why they couldn’t seal deal to show it. I’m watching it on iTunes and imo it’s the best season so far. Such a shame for fans. I don’t like any of the new shows they bought and don’t watch the channel any more.
seriously speaking i am literally annoyed now i telling you the truth
and i have p4l last period nowwwwwww
That’s dominion and now the originals syfy have cancelled! The 2 best shows (for me) they aired!! Seriously NOT impressed ?
Not comparable at all. Dominion was cancelled. The originals has not been cancelled.
I did say syfy lol sky are robbing me of all my spare change as it is so can’t really afford to buy it seperate on another channel/network :0( I’m absolutely gutted! And I’m also sorry it’s a late reply ha ha
Absolutely gutted that #The Originals series 3 hasn’t been shown yet, come on #SYFY get it sorted. Bad enough #Haven, #Continuum & #LostGirl have all finished completelt and this new show #Killjoys already looks rubbish.
I so want the originals series three to come into syfi, fed up with waiting. It’s my favorite tv programme.
It’s not going to be shown on syfy. Whoever works for Syfy said that they won’t be showing The Originals on the channel so if you want to watch the show, you will have to watch it online. Either that or wait for the box set to come out later in the year
Does that mean UK fans will get it on DVD box set R2 ? Or do we have to wait for a another uk channel to take the rights for season 3 of the originals before we get it on DVD?
Sent a message to syfy asking if they are going to show this they said no
Did they say why they weren’t going to be showing the programme?
Yes I did but when I read that it had been updated, I got excited but then when I read that it had only been updated to say that we can watch the episodes online I wasn’t happy. I was really hoping that the update would be telling me that a date had been confirmed. I’m really hoping that the show returns to Syfy soon… Maybe in the next few weeks hopefully or next month…. Which is when TVD returns
I’d have expected some news by now so can only imagine that negotiations are proving slow. They are always held in private of course, but as ever it’s entirely possible that the price is a sticking point.
Rest assured, as soon as we hear anything, we’ll update the entry again
Well hopefully we will hear something soon.
If syfy aren’t going to show it’s a pity SKY wouldn’t buy it instead.
Are you kiddingly me? iTunes…. That’s another show I will have to watch online. Isn’t The Originals not coming to tv at all?
Did you read the bit above about Syfy? We are expecting it to come back to Syfy but as it does seem to be taking a bit longer (these deals don’t “just happen”) iTunes is an ioption for anyone who doesn’t want to wait for Syfy.
Of course, yes if there’s anyone who is both impatient and willing to steal, there are places where it can be knocked off. But these folks won’t find any respect here.
For those who are willing to pay The Originals S3 eps 1-9 (all eps up to the hiatus) are on iTunes, the rest will follow.
Also I think if it’s been cancelled, I think we should be told so we’re not still asking or wondering if there is another season
It hasn’t been cancelled. There is a third season. And almost certainly a fourth
So there definitely is a third season for us in the UK? Also a fourth? I’ve been hearing that it’s getting cancelled. How do you know that a third season will definitely happen? I’ve been checking nearly everyday and i’ve not read anywhere that there will be a third season
There’s definitely a third season, its currently airing in the US. They’ve aired around the first 10 or so eps, and its back in 2 weeks in America after going off for its Christmas break. The reason why it’s extremely likely it’ll also get a 4th season is because of ratings rules in America. The tv networks in the states are very keen to sell their shows into syndication, I.e. sell their shows to other, smaller channels, so they can repeat them and air old episodes. This makes the networks a lot of money. The typical rule for syndication is that a show needs a minimum of 4 full seasons, or 88 episodes, to get sold and get a decent deal, simply because networks don’t want to bother buying a show that’s incomplete and short – no point showing repeats of a show that’s only 20 episodes, you’d get through them in a week then they’d just have to repeat them all over again. Therefore, the general rule in the states is if is a show has been renewed for season 3, which the originals was, then it almost certainly will be renewed for season 4, to get it up to that magic 88 episodes for syndication. The Originals will have 66 episodes by the end of this season, so one more 22 ep season is all it needs. It would more than likely be cancelled at that point, as the current ratings for it aren’t that great, but it’s almost certain to at least get some kind of season 4, even if it’s not the full 22 eps, just to give it a complete story and make it viable for syndication, although obviously the more episodes it gets the better. None of this means that seasons 3 or 4… Read more »
Thank you. Wel I’m still hoping that the UK get season 3. Even if the show doesn’t get aired on tv. At least there is a chance that the box set will come out
Does anyone else think that season 3 won’t be shown in the UK? I’m really hoping the show does return for a 3rd season in the next few months or we at least get some kind of news about season 3 and if it’s actually going to happen.
Any news on the release date?
Netflix it is then eh
Just seen on SyFy UK facebook page there are no plans to air this season 🙁 Netflix it will be then
Eps 1-9 available now with a series 3 pass on itunes. Rest will follow soon after US showing . In SD It only costs a bit more than newly released DVD in Oct 2016. Depends whether you think it’s worth it to see eps now.
Any news where the originals coming on ?.
On the bright side it’ll be on Netflix before Syfy so at least UK will get it
Any idea when it will be on Netflix?
Syfy UK has just confirmed they are not planning to show S3 of The Originals. Let’s hope another channel picks it up.
Still no word and it’s the last show I’m waiting on
I know someone at SyFy and at Warner Brothers needs a swift kick up the backside.
Emailing Syfy for The Originals and Channel 4 for Agents of Shield they just send an automated response so there is no point in trying to contact anyone as I have in my inbox three of each emails automated.
Agents of Shield is moving to E4.
At this rate Season 3 will be out on dvd before syfy shows it LOL. It’s up to ep 9 in other countries – surely syfy can confirm whether or not the show will be returning.
They can’t confirm anything until a deal is either made or not made. As for other countries, well the US, where it is made, is up to episode 9, Canada too probably. But most other countries, including this one, aren’t.
While it does occasionally happen that a DVD release is before broadcast, it remains quite rare.
So I guess this means that currently there is no deal for Syfy to show The Originals S3 in UK. Pity – by all accounts it’s really good. Guess I’ll have to watch online.
No, you’ll be able to watch it on legal TV when the deal is finalised. Have patience.
RE: The Originals season 3
Syfy Team (NBCUniversal)
Reply|
To:
Christopher Morris ; Fri 20/11/2015 11:25
Hi Chris,
Thanks for getting in touch.
I’m afraid we can’t confirm anything at the moment, but keep an eye on our website http://www.syfy.co.uk for the latest updates.
Best,
Viewer Enquiries
Just hurry up that’s all I got to say lol
I spoke to Syfy and they said they ca’t confirm anything just to keep a look out at their website
Come on Syfy are you taking the piss? What’s happening…?
Does anyone know why it’s been pushed back to Early 2016 when normally it comes back October time?
Yes. You’ll see below I’ve already directed Elizabeth to the main air dates page where this is explained
Wheres the main Page sorry
??
“Uk Air dates” button at the top of this page
Why have scfy dropped it?
They haven’t. Please read the comment on the main page about this topic
when does it come out in the uk!? i read the comments and there is still no answer. i wanna watch it on netfilx but i cant so yeah!
The answer is above, namely that there isn’t a date for it yet
If anyone is planning to watch season 3 online there is a subscription for just about every site even Amazon prime is charging a Season pass or you can pay for each episode unless there is something I’m missing it’s gonna cost even YouTube is asking for card details
That’s really hard to follow Hayley, but if I understand it correctly it is worth pointing out that we always pay for television content. Whether it is via the licence for free to air channels, or subscription packages for pay-TV, or individual subscriptions for online services. If you are finding content that is genuinely “free” then it isn’t legal.
When is season 3 of the originals going to be realsed in the uk. Or even Netflix in the us as I’ve got access to us Netflix I think it should swop channels with vampire diaries.
Every chance I have I’m watching The Originals, watching all online & I have 2 episodes left on Season 2. I will be so disappointed if this series didn’t continue. All the cast especially the males are fantastic.
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The first Season of The Originals is on Netflix.
ITV probably decided not to order The Originals because the backdoor pilot wasn’t rated or received very well.
To be honest, the way the ratings are going in the US, I would be very surprised if ITV ever decides to show The Originals. The show is not doing as well as everybody expected it to and is losing viewers. They started with 2 million viewers and lost half of them within one episode. That is the kind of thing the networks focus on.
Buying The Originals would be a bad investment for ITV so I can see where they are coming from. It does suck when one of your favourite shows is on a paid channel though :-/
Hi – does anyone know whether the first 8 episodes of The Originals Season 2 will be re-run on Sky as season 2 part 2 starts in February. I know I can buy them on Amazon Instant but already pay a hefty subscription on Sky? Thank you
I’m quite sure it will be repeated at some point but there’s nothing showing on the horizon at the moment. As for the cost issue I’m afraid multiple subscriptions for multiple platforms is very much the way it’s going.
Hi – thank you for your reply – fingers crossed it will pop up at sometime.
Hi Jo, on the syfy website it shows that they will be showing some episodes starting from around midnight on the 20th of Feb, I get the feeling they may be marathoning the first half of the season before the second half starts up.
Hey Andrew,
I was wondering if you knew when, if ever, Syfy series would be available on Amazon Instant/Prime? Haven is on Prime and Eureka’s on Instant. I imagine TO won’t be made available until SyfyUK have completed screening?
Haven is, and Eureka was, a Syfy programme airing on SyfyUK. Although The Originals also airs on SyfyUK, it is commissioned by the CW and as such will have different distribution agreements.
According to Digital Spy Syfy have confirmed that The Originals will return on it on the 22nd of October.
Is season 2 of the orignals making a come back this year in the uk. It cant finish just like that’ i seen all 22 episodes and hoping theres a second series
I don’t know if Syfy has bought the second season for the UK, but there will be a second season.
WTF, The Vampire Diaries on ITV2 WELL tHE oRIGNALS SHOULD BE TOO TOO BUT NO A PAID CHANNEL GETS IT AS USUAL!
Someone’s only got free view…. cheap skate.
Originals starts 27th Feb
…never mind, just saw the comment below!
is this correct as i dont want to miss any
The originals will be shown on Thursday the 27th at 22:00 season one part 2 on syfy channel.
Please always quote your source Holly, so we can check. However, in this case, that isn’t right. The episode then is episode 9, first shown in December. As stated above new episodes begin on 4th March
Plz could some 1 tell when the originals season 1 part 2 comes back on in the uk…….. 🙂
Part 2 of The Originals appears to be restarting on 25th Feb, based on the Digiguide schedule.
Thank you Molly. I’ve updated that
Molly you little star!!!!!! Thanks huni xxx
any idea when it will be back on now, seen it was for january but has now changed to early 2014
Early 2014. I guessed January but as it’s now the 22nd and it’s not showing in the schedules, I had to move it
When is the originals back…were nearly at end of January.
When will the second half of The Originals season one be shown in the UK?
PS -loving this website, never miss my fave series thanks to you guys!!
Have been trying to find this out myself! I’ve just downloaded it onto my sky box to see if it states when it will return
When does the next part of the series start as in episode 14 onwards? Loving the series so far 🙂
I would like to know if the originals will every be shown on itv2 as I don’t have sky tv and really sad that Iam missing it.
If they buy the second-run rights then perhaps, but it doesn’t seem likely at this stage. Your best bet will be the DVD box set, but bear in mind that you don’t actually need Sky to get Syfy. It is available on other platforms too.
What other platforms? I don’t want to get sky just to watch the originals. I don’t watch any tv except for VD & the originals so would be a total waste of money and can’t wait for the box set release
You only watch two vampire programmes? What did you do before?
Just watch it online ? all you have to do is google it
have you seen it it is really good omg it is so good
Gutted the originals isn’t being aired on ITV2 🙁
Do you think they will be any crossovers between the originals and vampire diaries??? I remember first crossover I saw on Buffy and angel – although they were on same channel – it’s odd that this spin off is going to be aired on a different channel!!! Gotta be honest tho SYFY is my fave!!!!!
Bear in mind they are both American programmes, and air on the same channel there. It’s not terribly odd for different buyers to have the international rights. As for crossovers, I’m afraid I cannot answer that one
Well I can’t wait for it to start, I love klaus and Elijah. Its on syfy in the uk . The vampire diaries will still be on ITV 2 as normal apparently
On the syfy channel it says this October
hi is there a advert to the originals on the syfy channel?
There is a teaser on the syfy channel at the moment saying its coming soon
So chuffed this has been picked up by Syfy – I think it will be fab – especialy with Joseph Morgan as Klaus. Will be keeping my eyes peeled for its air date.
We’ll let you know as soon as possible !
The show, a spinoff of The Vampire Diaries, will come to Britain some time this fall via the network based on a deal with Warner Bros. International Television Distribution. It is Syfy U.K.’s biggest series acquisition since V a few years ago.
Just advertised on the channel as coming soon :))
Is that true that sky are showing it? Do you know what channel?
Haven’t heard of any UK sale yet, Sky or otherwise. Whoever buys it will not be showing it before the US broadcast
How long do you think we’ll have to wait before any news? I spent all summer waiting for it, and now I don’t even know when (or even if!) it will come to the UK! Someone said we’ll have to wait a whole year – do you think that could be true? I hope not! 🙁
It hasn’t even started in America yet. They are waiting as well. So far there is no confirmation it is going to a Sky channel, although they do of course have the deepest pockets. We have seen three or four UK purchases of new 2013 US programmes already and it’s reasonable to expect a few more between now and winter.
It is always possible that you’d have to wait a year but if it is bought for the UK market, that’s quite unlikely (although the very next day after the US is quite an unreasonable demand as well!).
My feeling is that this one will indeed come here. Have patience,
Thanks for the reply! It says on the ‘Sky Never Miss Service’ that the Originals is ‘coming soon 2013/14’ so that’s a good sign! Hopefully we’ll hear more soon! 🙂
Sky.com never miss service says coming 2013/2014, sounds like they know something 😉
Oooh it does, sounds promising 🙂
I really hope Sky show it soon! I don’t want to get my hopes up though, in case Sky ends up not showing it? What do you think the chances will be, and when do you think we can expect it? Thanks!
Hi Anushka,
Although nothing has been confirmed, It looks (in my opinion) that its pretty certain one of the Sky Channels has bought the show. On the ‘Never Miss’ section of sky’s website it says ‘coming soon 2013/2014’ as has already been mentioned. When you compare that to what they have wrote next to Teen Wolf for instance, that says ‘No news on a UK broadcaster’ or something along those lines. If the Originals hadn’t been bought I would have thought it would have said something along the same lines as they wrote next to teen Wolf.
I “liked” the official Originals page on Facebook, where you get updates, pics and the odd video clip, which I can view ok, and I live in the U?K. Will be a shame if they don’t show it over here – as we have had a bit of a taster of what it might be like via the Vampire Diaries. Here’s hoping !
Is it possible to view the originals in the uk via cw website please. If so how do I do it.
Is there any way of finding out if someone else is going to be showing it in the uk.
It is generally not possible to watch content online in other countries, for obvious reasons. It will not be available to watch legally online in the UK before it is broadcast.
However, that is moot as it hasn’t even started in the US yet and won’t until October. That means it isn’t available on the CW website at all, even in America.
Many of the new US autumn programmes are involved in negotiations with prospective international buyers (including the UK), and we should start hearing some news in a month or so.
You say the show has only just been ordered.
So does this mean itv could still pick it up at a later date?
It was ordered a while ago now, but the word is that itv isn’t buying it. I haven’t seen that confirmed, or the reasons, but if it is the case, it is possible that somebody else was willing to bid higher. It’s unlikely in that case, but not impossible, that it would come to itv later.
I asked ITV2 via Twitter and they responded with ‘Hi There, we don’t have any plans to show the originals. I hope you enjoy the other shows on ITV2’. They didn’t give a reason, if you’re on Twitter though and search through their tweets they pretty much say the same thing to everyone who asks about the Originals.
I also tweeted the CW to see if another UK broadcaster had bid for the show but didn’t hear anything back (Doubt they’d be able to tell me anyway but thought it was worth a try)
Yes that sounds about right. I wouldn’t expect them to confirm details of negotiations publicly.
As for asking the CW, that’s just the US broadcaster- you’d have to ask the distributor to whom they have sold UK rights, if they’ve been sold, but again, highly unlikely they would divulge that information.
Knew it was a long shot asking the CW but I don’t know who the distributor is so thought I’d give it a go on the off chance that I’d get a reply.
I actually wondered whether sky living might end up broadcasting it (like they did with secret circle, same writers etc) but who knows. Not sure whether that would be a good or a bad thing actually.
I think somebody will buy it but it is a little early for the new autumn programmes- give it a month or so and we should start getting news coming through.
Re the originals
Itv have told me they have no plans to show this in the uk. Do you know if another uk channel are picking it up please. They have confirmed they will have the vampire diaries in october but dont have date yet.
Frances
Bidding and negotiations are still underway for many of the 2013 new American programmes.
ITV2 have confirmed they will not be showing the originals. Not sure where that leaves the show now as far as UK concerned. Hopefully another Broadcaster will pick it up.
It possibly means they did not win in the bidding
Do you think a UK broadcaster will pick up The Originals!
Yes. I’d imagine itv will be particularly interested, but it won’t go there automatically
So itv2 have stated they don’t have the rights to show the originals. Does this mean someone els has???
Not necessarily. The programme has only just been ordered so I’d be surprised if international distribution negotiations had concluded.