Disney Renews Coven Academy for a Second Season

Disney has renewed the supernatural young adult series Coven Academy for a second season, extending the story of teenage witches and their peers at an elite magic boarding school. Tim Federle, who created the series, is set to continue as an executive producer. No release date or season-two production schedule was reported. The first season follows three teenage witches and warlock classmates as they face supernatural conflicts, secrets and relationships while protecting their city. Its cast includes Malina Pauli Weissman, Malachi Barton, Jordan Leftwich, Ora Duplass, Louis Thresher, Tiffani Thiessen and Devon Sawa. Disney reported that season one generated 20.3 million global hours watched on Disney and Hulu during its first three weeks of availability. The figure is Disney’s reported viewing total, rather than an independently verified measurement in the renewal coverage. One report also cited 11 million streaming hours in the first week, a shorter period within that three-week window. The first chapter was released on TikTok, Instagram and YouTube and drew more than 30 million views, according to the reports. That figure refers to views of the chapter across those...