Penny Dreadful
originally aired on Showtime
Penny Dreadful is a horror drama television series. It premiered at the South by Southwest film festival on March 9 and began airing on April 28, 2014. The title refers to the penny dreadfuls, a type of 19th-century British fiction publication with lurid and sensational subject matter. The series premiered on Showtime in the United States on May 11, 2014, and on Sky Atlantic in the UK on May 20, 2014. A spin-off series, City of Angels, aired from April 26 to June 28, 2020.