Season One

"*#NotYourHeathers*"
―Season One's Tagline
Season One of *Heathers* was officially ordered to series on January 13, 2017. It was initially commissioned on TV Land, but was later moved to its sister channel the Paramount Network in March 2017. In June 2018 the Paramount Network decided to drop Heathers from their channel, following real life high school shootings in America that had caused the premiere to be delayed twice. After selling the show internationally, the Paramount Network eventually released the show as a 5 night binge event starting October 25, 2018.

The season consisted of ten hour long episodes, beginning with the pilot. Filming for the season took place from spring through to the fall of 2017 in California, following production of the pilot episode in Los Angeles in November 2016. Shannen Doherty, who portrayed Heather Duke in the original 1988 film, guest starred in three episodes playing the pivotal role of Mrs. Dean.

## Synopsis

Set in the present day, “good girl” Veronica Sawyer deals with a very different but equally vicious group of ‘Heathers.’ Heather Chandler is the unconventional leader of this popular high school clique and rules Westerburg High School through fear, intimidation and amazing fashion sense. Heather Duke is Heather C’s #1 sidekick and harnesses the Heather's power to destroy whoever he views as a total discount hobgoblin. Heather McNamara is considered the nicest Heather in the group who lives in the shadow of the others. She’s hiding a dark secret that she doesn’t want to be exposed. J.D. is the new boy in town with a dark side and sets out on a reckless path of destruction proving that no one, even his girlfriend Veronica is safe.

## Cast

*Main article: Category:Characters*
*Main article: Category:Cast*
### Main

* Grace Victoria Cox as Veronica Sawyer (10/10)
* James Scully as J.D. (10/10)
* Melanie Field as Heather Chandler (10/10)
* Brendan Scannell as Heath "Heather" Duke (10/10)
* Jasmine Mathews as Heather McNamara (4/10)

### Guest Cast

Guest Stars* Shannen Doherty as J.D.'s mom/Dr. Destiny (3/10)
* Casey Wilson as Lexi Anne (2/10)
* Kurt Fuller as Principle Gowan (6/10)
* Jamie Kaler as Big Bud Dean (5/10)
* Rebecca Wisocky as Mrs. Chandler (4/10)
* Nikki SooHoo as Betty Finn (6/10)
* Wallace Langham as Mr. Sawyer (6/10)
* Mandy June Turpin as Mrs. Sawyer (7/10)
* Joel Spence as Mr. Chandler (3/10)
* Drew Droege as Mr. Dennis (10/10)
* Deanna Cheng as Ms. Fleming (9/10)
* Matthew Rocheleau as Mr. Waters (4/10)
* Karen Maruyama as Mrs. Finn (3/10)
* Vic Chao as Mr. Finn (2/10)
* Lilli Birdsell as Mrs. McNamara (2/10)
* Phil Lamarr as Mr. McNamara (2/10)
* Cayden Boyd as Ram (4/10)
* Jeremy Culhane as Dylen Lutz (10/10)
* Jesse Leigh as Peter Dawson (10/10)
* Romel De Silva as Kyle (10/10)
* Adwin Brown as Seth (9/10)
* Annalisa Cochrane as Shelby Dunnstock (8/10)
* Maverick Thompson as Young J.D. (1/10)
* Christina Burdette as Jesus Julie (4/10)
* Evan Crooks as Jacob (1/10)
* Salma Khan as Amita (2/10)
* Birgundi Baker as Lizzy (3/10)
* Maisie de Krassel as Young Veronica (1/10)
* Ella Gross as Young Betty (1/10)

## Multimedia

### Images

* Promotional Posters
* Teasers
* Character Photoshoots

Before the airdate was delayed.

### Videos

* Teasers
* Trailers
* Behind The Scenes

Heathers "Slushie" TeaseHeathers "Lunchbox" TeaseHeathers "Croquet" TeaseHeathers "Vacuum" Tease

'Heathers' Official Teaser Trailer Paramount Network"Heathers" Official Red Band Trailer Premieres March 7th on Paramount Network'Heathers' Official Trailer A 5-Night Binge Event Starting Thursday, October 25th

'Who is Heather Chandler?' Official Featurette Heathers Paramount Network'Who is Heather Duke?' Official Featurette Heathers Paramount Network'Who is Heather McNamara?' Official Featurette Heathers Paramount Network'Who is Veronica Sawyer?' Official Featurette Heathers Paramount Network'Who is J.D.?' Official Featurette Heathers Paramount Network'Who is Betty Finn?' Official Featurette Heathers Paramount Network'Who Are the Faculty of Westerburg High?' Official Featurette Heathers Paramount Network'Return to Westerburg' Official Featurette Heathers Paramount Network'Dressing a Heather' Official Featurette Heathers Paramount Network'The Language of Heathers' Official Featurette Heathers Paramount Network‘Heathers Today’ Official Featurette Heathers Paramount NetworkThe Cast Of "Heathers" BUILD Series
## Trivia

* The series was picked up to pilot and filmed as a single-camera comedy, but the final cut came in at more than 40 minutes with a considerably darker tone. TV Land loved it and opted to turn it into its first hourlong.
* On February 28th, 2018 (a week before the premiere date), Paramount Network decided to delay the premiere until later in 2018 out of respect for the victims, their families and loved ones of the Florida shootings.
* James Scully explained that the actors usually received their scripts two days before the table reading for each episode, however, for the finale episode the actors all saw the script for the first time during the table read.

## References

1. ↑ Hollywood Reporter - Heathers Anthology Ordered Series At TV Land
2. ↑ Variety - TV Land’s ‘Heathers’ Reboot and ‘American Woman’ Moving to Launch Paramount Network
3. ↑ Paramount Network - Paramount Network to Delay Premiere of “Heathers” – Statement
4. ↑ Build - Grace Victoria Cox, James Scully, Melanie Field, Brendan Scannell & Jasmine Matthews talk about "Heathers"