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The Originals
2013–2018
· TV Show
· 45 min episodes
· 5 seasons
B
MEANRANK
76/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #220
- IMDb #170
- Google retired #5
- Rotten Tomatoes #214
- Metacritic #280
- RatingGraph #31
+6 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #217
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #239
- Metacritic Critics #337
- Metacritic Audience #135
- Criticker #291
- Trakt #111
Every rating
48–98
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 48, highest is Google on 98.
See the TV shows the platforms disagree about most →A family of power-hungry thousand-year-old vampires look to take back the city that they built and dominate all those who have done them wrong.
Details
- Based on
- The Vampire Diaries
- Released
- 3 October 2013
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Episode length
- 45 min
- Rated
- TV-14
- Episodes
- 92 across 5 seasons
- Awards
- 1 win, 12 nominations
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Cast
Full cast (92) →
Awards & nominations
See all 13 →1 win from 13 nominations across 4 ceremonies
| Emmy Awards 2014 | Outstanding Hairstyling For A Single-Camera Series | Colleen Labaff, Kimberley Spiteri | Nominee |
| American Society of Cinematographers Awards 2018 | Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Regular Series for Commercial Television | Kurt Jones (Episode: " Bag of Cobras ") | Nominee |
| People's Choice Awards 2018 | The Sci-Fi/Fantasy Show of 2018 | The Originals | Nominee |
| Teen Choice Awards 2018 | Choice TV Actor Fantasy/Sci-Fi | Joseph Morgan | Nominee |
| Teen Choice Awards 2018 | Choice Fantasy/Sci-Fi Series | The Originals | Nominee |
| Teen Choice Awards 2017 | Choice TV Actor Fantasy/Sci-Fi | Joseph Morgan | Nominee |
| Teen Choice Awards 2016 | Choice TV Actor Fantasy/Sci-Fi | Joseph Morgan | Nominee |
| Teen Choice Awards 2016 | Choice TV: Liplock | Joseph Morgan & Leah Pipes | Nominee |
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Emmy Awards
1 nomination
| Outstanding Hairstyling For A Single-Camera Series | Colleen Labaff, Kimberley Spiteri | Nominee |
People's Choice Awards
3 nominations, 1 won
| Favorite Actor in a New Series | Joseph Morgan | Winner |
| Favorite New TV Drama | The Originals | Nominee |
| The Sci-Fi/Fantasy Show of 2018 | The Originals | Nominee |
Teen Choice Awards
8 nominations
| Choice Fantasy/Sci-Fi Series | The Originals | Nominee |
| Choice TV Actor Fantasy/Sci-Fi | Joseph Morgan | Nominee |
| Choice TV Actor Fantasy/Sci-Fi | Joseph Morgan | Nominee |
| Choice TV Actor Fantasy/Sci-Fi | Joseph Morgan | Nominee |
| Choice TV Actor Fantasy/Sci-Fi | Joseph Morgan | Nominee |
| Choice TV Actor Fantasy/Sci-Fi | Joseph Morgan | Nominee |
| Choice TV Actress Fantasy/Sci-Fi | Claire Holt | Nominee |
| Choice TV: Liplock | Joseph Morgan & Leah Pipes | Nominee |
American Society of Cinematographers Awards
1 nomination
| Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Regular Series for Commercial Television | Kurt Jones (Episode: " Bag of Cobras ") | Nominee |