HEATHERS TV Series to Air on Paramount Network Over Five Days

After months in purgatory, the "Heathers" TV series will air this fall, according to Variety.

The Paramount Network will release an edited version of the show late this month. Beginning Oct. 25, the cable network will air two episodes a night until Oct. 29. The cut-down version of the show is only nine episodes, differing from the original ten. Following the finale, a new Heather's themed-episode of "Lip Sync Battle" with series stars Melanie Field and Brendan Scannell will air.

The entire series will also stream on the network's app and website beginning Oct. 22.

"I am beyond excited that American audiences will finally get to see 'Heathers,'" said series showrunner Jason Micallef. "Obviously I wish fans could see the tenth episode but the producers and I felt strongly about not changing anything in it, and so, it's been considered too controversial for U.S. audiences. Still, every day at this job is a delightful dream so it's hard to complain. Plus, what matters most is fans will now get to see the satire we all love so much."

The series adaptation has a troubled history--after bouncing around networks, it was pushed from its original March 7 launch date in the wake of the school shooting in Parkland, Florida in February. After another school shooting that killed 10 people at a high school in Santa Fe, Texas, in May, Paramount Network pulled the show indefinitely.

The show is described a pitch-black comedy anthology set in the present day, featuring a group of all-new Heathers, who have the same character names from the original film, but this time, the outcasts are the ones who have become high school royalty.

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