Legacies

**Notice:** This **article** uses content directly taken from the Legacies **article** at the Vampire Diaries Wiki, and is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike License.**Legacies** *is* The Originals **spin-off series produced by The CW. The series was greenlit on May 11, 2018.**

On May 17, 2018, The CW announced it would premiere on Thursday at 9pm on the Fall schedule of 2018-2019 television season. It premiered on October 25, 2018. The CW announced that *Legacies* was renewed for a second season on January 31, 2019. Julie Plec serves as an executive producer, along with Brett Matthews, Leslie Morgenstein, and Gina Girolamo.

## Summaries

### Press Summary

Continuing the tradition of *The Vampire Diaries* and *The Originals*, the story of the next generation of supernatural beings at The Salvatore School for the Young and Gifted. Klaus Mikaelson's son and daughters Jack, Hope, and Adella Mikaelson; Stefan Salvatore's triplets Jax, Nina, and Lily Salvatore; Theo Salvatore's kids Grayson, Sarah, and Stefanie Salvatore; Athena Mikaelson's daughter; Artemis Mikaelson; Alaric Saltzman's twins, Lizzie and Josie Saltzman; Tyler Lockwood's daughter, Luna Lockwood; Bonnie Bennett's daughter, Lia Bennett; and other young adults come of age in the most unconventional way possible, nurtured to be their best selves... in spite of their worst impulses. Will these young witches, vampires, and werewolves become the heroes they want to be — or the villains they were born to be?

## Main Cast and Characters

* Nina Dobrev as Alex Gilbert
* Alexander Calvert as Jack Mikaelson
* Danielle Rose Russell as Hope Mikaelson
* Noah Centineo as Jax Salvatore
* Ariana Grande as Nina Salvatore
* Selena Gomez as Lily Salvatore
* Sarah Jeffery as Artemis Mikaelson
* Zendaya as Lia Bennett
* Jensen Ackles as Alaric Saltzman
* Kaylee Bryant as Josie Saltzman
* Jenny Boyd as Lizzie Saltzman
* Sofia Carson as Luna Lockwood
* Cierra Ramirez as Adella Mikaelson
* Alexa Demie as Adelina Garcia
* Dylan Sprayberry as Grayson Salvatore
* Maia Mitchell as Sarah Salvatore
* Brenna D'Amico as Stefanie Salvatore
* Nick Hargrove as Parker Caine
* Ethan Cutkosky as Xavier Parker
* Aria Shahghasemi as Landon Kirby
* Quincy Fouse as MG
* Peyton Alex Smith as Rafael Waithe
* Chris Lee as Kaleb
* Veronica Merrell as Vivian Mikaelson
* Vanessa Merrell as Vanessa Mikaelson
* Loren Gray as Violet Moonlight
* Charlie Gillespie as Luke Martin
* Jacob Elordi as Noah Steel

## Production

Productions codes:

* Season 1 - (T46.10051-T46.10058; T46.10063,T46.10062,T46.10059-T46.10061; T46.10064-T46.10066)
* Season 2 - (T46.10201-T46.10216)
* Season 3 - (T46.10301-)

### Seasons

* Season One - 16 Episodes
* Season Two - 16 Episodes
* Season Three - 16 Episodes
* Season Four - 20 Episodes

## Trivia

* Every season since its debut, it has been paired with a different show on The CW. In the first season it was paired with *Supernatural*. The first thirteen episodes of the second season were paired with Supernatural as well, but the final three episodes starting February 13, 2020 were paired with *Katy Keene*. In the third season it will be paired with a new show *Walker*.
	+ Both the first seasons of *The Vampire Diaries* and *The Originals* were also paired with *Supernatural*.

## See Also

### Shows

* The Vampire Diaries
* The Originals

### Books

* Next Generation
* Hopeless World
* We're Not Worthy
* Powerful