Every Witch Way

Every Witch Way
Genre	Telenovela Teen comedy Contemporary fantasy Teen drama
Created by	Mariela Romero Catharina Ledeboer
Written by	Catharina Ledeboer Gloria Shen Charlotte Owen Jeff Sayers
Directed by	Arturo Manuitt (season 1) Leonardo Galavis (season 1) Clayton Boen (season 2-4)
Starring	Paola Andino Nick Merico Paris Smith Daniela Nieves Tyler Alvarez Autumn Wendel Denisea Wilson Kendall Sanders Mavrick Moreno Rahart Adams Elizabeth Elias Zoey Burger
Opening theme	"Every Witch Way" performed by Paola Andino
Composers	Rainer Lorenzo Ingrid Rodgers
Country of origin	United States Canada
Original language	English
No. of seasons	4
No. of episodes	82 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	José Vicente Scheuren Alicia Ávila Tatiana Rodríguez
Producer	Mauricio Toro
Camera setup	Videotape (filmized) Multi-camera
Running time	22–23 minutes
Production company	Cinemat
Original release
Network	Nickelodeon
Release	January 1, 2014 (2014-01-01) – July 30, 2015 (2015-07-30)
Related
Grachi WITS Academy

Every Witch Way is an American teen drama that aired on Nickelodeon from January 1, 2014, to July 30, 2015. The show is an adaptation of Nickelodeon Latin America's Grachi . ^[1] It follows 14-year-old Emma Alonso, who moves to Miami, Florida, with her father and discovers she is the most powerful witch of her generation. ^[2]

Episodes

Main article: List of Every Witch Way episodes

Season		Episodes	Originally aired (U.S. dates)
			First aired	Last aired
	1	20	January 1, 2014 (2014-01-01)	January 30, 2014 (2014-01-30)
	2	23	July 7, 2014 (2014-07-07)	August 8, 2014 (2014-08-08)
	Special		November 26, 2014
	3	19	January 5, 2015 (2015-01-05)	January 30, 2015 (2015-01-30)
	4	18	July 6, 2015 (2015-07-06) [3]	July 30, 2015 (2015-07-30)

Cast and characters

Main

• Paola Andino as Emma Alonso, a new student at Iridium High and the series' main character. She is a witch; in fact, she is the Chosen One, the most powerful witch, and her Guardian is Lily, the school nurse. Her best friend is Andi, who wants to be her Guardian one day. In Season 3, she is a waitress at the Beachside Seven and becomes more independent with her powers. In the Season 3 finale, she must decide whether to be with Jax or Daniel. She chooses Jax over Daniel, which triggers a Continuum Break on Daniel in Season 4. During the Break, Emma is the only one who remembers Daniel, and she tries to restore his memory, but triggers the Break again in the series finale to make him happy. She wants to turn back time in Season 4 to bring back her mom, but she eventually realizes that it is not a good idea. Emma is still dating Jax at the end of the series.
• Nick Merico as Daniel Miller, an athletic student at Iridium High and former member of the Sharks. He had a constant on-and-off relationship with Maddie Van Pelt, despite holding an interest in Emma. Eventually, he fully breaks up with Maddie and starts to date Emma. He is also a human, not a wizard, thus making the Witches' Council pressure Emma to break up with him in Season 2. He has a rivalry with Jax over Emma. In Season 3, he is a lifeguard at the Beachside Seven, and soon gets Mia as his partner. This leads to her sending a spider to bite him, making his 'inner wild' come out. Later, Mia removes the spider from Daniel because it makes him very sick. At the end of Season 3, Emma chooses Jax over Daniel, making a Continuum Break shift Daniel into another life in a sanctuary by the Everglades. Emma tries to restore his memory, but sends him back in the series finale to make him happy.
• Paris Smith as Maddie Van Pelt, a witch who is the school's most popular student and head of a clique called The Panthers. She hates Emma in season 1 because she stole Daniel from her, but they become friends after everything they have gone through and because she develops feelings for Diego, whom she ends up dating. She is the most fashionable girl at Iridium. She can come off as mean, but has a soft side and really cares about her family and friends.
• Daniela Nieves as Andi Cruz, Emma's best friend, a tomboy who is a member of the Sharks. Other than Emma, Emma's magical flying spell book, the Hexoren, is as well her best friend; she often babysits him and brings him along to school and even the beach. She is great with tools and is one of the few who can actually block spells (using various devices of her creation). She also starts to become friends with Jax. In Season 2, her virtual zombie boyfriend Phillip comes out of the Zombie Apocalypse game; by Season 3, he returns and stays for good. Andi is the only known human who can understand the Hexoren. At the end of the series, Andi sets off to train to become a Guardian at the WITS Academy.
• Rahart Adams (Seasons 2–4) as Jax Novoa, a new student in Season 2, who is a member of the Sharks and a rebel wizard who is impulsive with his powers, using them for his own interests in Season 2. In Season 2, he uses Emma to gain magic energy and take over the realm. She soon breaks up with him after Daniel shares a kiss with her. In Seasons 3 and 4 he finally starts to use his powers not only for himself, but for other people. In Season 3 Emma must make a tough decision over whom to be with: Jax or Daniel. She chooses Jax and they stay together for all of Season 4, happily. In Season 4, Jax's world is turned upside down when he meets his long-lost sister Jessie and she reveals that his mother is not dead. When he figures out that she is an evil witch trying to steal Emma's powers and take over the realm with him and Jessie, he remains loyal to Emma and gets Liana transported to Limbo, where bad witches go and their bad souls stay with them.
• Tyler Alvares as Diego Rueda, Gigi's twin brother and a Sharks member. He thought he was the last of the Churi Kanay (meaning "Son of Fire", who can control the elements), until Mia, a rebel Kanay, comes to Miami. His family owns The Seven, as well as the Beachside 7, and he is often working there. In Season 2, he has an interest in Maddie, but Ursula does not approve, so he tries to impress Maddie in every way that he can. In Season 3, Diego and Maddie are a couple, and they try to fix the bond between witches and Kanays. In Season 4, Ursula starts liking Diego when he saves the Van Pelt Reunion from Jake.
• Elizabeth Elias (Seasons 3–4) as Mia Black, a new girl in Season 3. She is a rebel Kanay who wants all witches to be destroyed because one of them, who happens to be the Principal, killed her parents. Unlike Diego, she has been raised as Kanay since her birth, so she wields her powers with a much greater ease and skill than Diego. Throughout her scheme, she actually starts to fall for Daniel. Mia has a spider Kanay mark on her arm, which causes a person's 'inner wild' to come out. Mia also had the Cristal de Caballero, a magic crystal that belonged to her father. Like Jax in Season 2, Mia changed after bonding with Emma in the Zombie Apocalypse video game they got trapped in during the Season 3 finale. In Season 4, the Continuum Break affects Mia as well, and she is Daniel's girlfriend in his other life in the Everglades.
• Denisea Wilson as Katie Rice, a member of the Panthers and one of Maddie's best friends. She wants to be the head Panther. Although she acts popular, she is actually smart and happens to have a 'geek side' where she would often refer to different fantasy and anime shows or games and LARPing. In season 3, Katie leaves the Panthers and becomes friends with Mia, although it is revealed that she only did so to get information out of her.
• Autumn Wendel as Sophie Johnson, a member of the Panthers and another one of Maddie's best friends. She is dimwitted and very gullible. Other than Emma (and now Andi), she is one of the only characters to tolerate Jax.
• Zoey Burger as Gigi Rueda, Diego's twin sister, school news reporter known as "Miss Information". In Season 2, because of a spell, Gigi becomes Desdemona's minion, but later on she is freed by Jax and E (Evil Emma). In season 3, she is a waitress at the Beachside Seven, but she blogs more than she works. She is kept out of the loop of the magic going on in Miami; even after finding out about it, her memory is quickly wiped out by Maddie, several times. She had a small crush on Jax when he first came to the school. Since Daniel (Mia in disguise) treated her nicely, she had a big crush on him as well.
• Kendall Ryan Sanders (Season 1) as Tony Myers, a mathlete, amateur magician, and member of the Sharks; he had a crush on Emma. He did not return for the second season because he is attending a "magic academy".
• Mavrick Moreno (Season 1) as Mac Davis, a member of the Sharks and Diego's best friend, who does not shower. He did not return for the second season because he moved to Texas.

Recurring

• Melissa Carcache as Lily Archer: The school's nurse and Emma's Guardian witch, she is powerless and depends on a magic kit. She becomes a member of the Witches' Council in Season 2. In Season 3, when Jax graduated from Rebels Boot Camp, it seemed that his father was no longer qualified to be his Guardian, so Lily was assigned to him.
• Louis Tomeo as Robert Miller: Daniel's brother, the oldest and leader of the Terrible 3 (T3) and their best inventor.
• Jackie Frazey as Melanie Miller: Daniel's sister who is the middle child and only girl of the Terrible 3 as well as the smartest. She was only seen in one episode of Season 4.
• Jason Ian Drucker as Tommy Miller: Daniel's brother who is the youngest of the Terrible 3 and most hyperactive.
• Katie Barbieri as Ursula Van Pelt: Maddie's mother who holds feelings for Francisco. In season 2, Maddie's powers lands on her, and she uses them to make Francisco fall in love with her, though they finally kiss in the series finale. Ursula does not like Diego because he is a Kanay, and does not accept him and Maddie dating; however, she finally accepts Diego when he saves the Van Pelt family reunion from Jake. Ursula also wants to prove herself as a hero to the council. Ursula is head of the Van Pelt Coven. In season 3, she adopts Philip.
• Rene Lavan as Francisco Alonso: Emma's father; he becomes Iridium High's principal in season 2 after former Principal Torres's defeat in the first season. He dislikes Daniel and likes Jax. He does not know that Emma is a witch, though his wife was one. He has a hard time talking about his wife with Emma. He and Ursula kiss in the Season 4 finale: although shown to not have feelings for her, he makes it clear that he does when he returns the kiss.
• Mia Matthews as Desdemona: A member of the Witches' Council and Emma's new Guardian in Season 2 while Lily is in training. In the season, the Fool Moon turns her evil, having her bent on destroying the magic world, but she is restored to normal by the last light. She does not approve of Emma dating Daniel at first. She is the smartest of the Council.
• Todd Allen Durkin as Agamemnon: Leader of the Witches' Council, he is the only wizard in the Council, and the supervisor of Rebels Boot Camp in Season 3. He greatly dislikes Jax. In Season 4, he and the rest of the Council become powerless because Emma steals their powers, but they get them back in the finale. He becomes the headmaster of the WITs Academy in the same-named spin-off.
• Whitney Goin as Christine Miller: Daniel's mother.
• Rafael de la Fuente as Coach Julio: Adopted son of the Principal and the coach of the Sharks, who is revealed to be a frog turned into a human.
• Jimmie Bernal as Rick Miller: Daniel's father. He left after Season 1.
• Lisa Corrado as Ramona: Third member of the Witches' Council, she is held in Limbo by Desdemona until the end of Season 2, when she is freed by Maddie and Diego. She did not return in Season 3.
• Richard Lawrence-O'Brian as Jake Novoa: Jax's father, a charming yet dangerous wizard who is obsessed with power. He seems evil, but he is just looking out for his kids. He is first introduced in Season 2 when Jax is video-chatting with him. In Season 4, Jake comes to Miami.
• Julia Antonelli as Jessie Novoa: Jax's long-lost younger sister who is introduced in Season 4. She did not have powers at the beginning, but she finally gets them in the series finale, thus leading her to attend the WITS Academy to learn how to use them.
• Betty Monroe as Liana Woods-Novoa: Jax and Jessie's mother, who was supposedly dead. She says that Jake is bad, but she has her own secret. Jake soon reveals that Liana is a witch. Liana was first introduced in Season 2 when Jax was talking about her.
• Liam Obergfoll as Philip Van Pelt: Andi's zombie boyfriend from a video game she hacked. He appeared in Season 2, but was sent back because he was dangerous. He can understand what the Hexoren is saying, although not many people do. By Season 3, he returns and Ursula adopts him, making him a Van Pelt. He is also turned into a human boy by Emma. He was only shown once in Season 4, as Obergfoll was playing Tyson Fucinelli on Talia in the Kitchen .
• Ethan Estrada as Oscar: Diego and Gigi's cousin. A new character on Season 3. Member of the H2O, a new group similar to the Terrible 3, he and his brother Hector had the T3 framed many times for doing their (the H2O's) pranks, but they were pranked in the Season 3 finale.
• Nicolas James as Hector: Diego and Gigi's cousin. Oscar's younger brother and member of the H2O, a new group similar to the Terrible 3, he and his brother Oscar had the T3 framed many times for doing their (the H2O's) pranks, but they were pranked in the Season 3 finale.
• Demetrius Daniels as Sebastian: Gigi's cameraman. In the season 2 finale, Jax turns him into a mouse when he went to the school to get a book from his locker. In season 3, Daniel gives Mia his locker and whether he ever got it back is unknown. Gigi once started a rumor about him dating Heather B, and later revealed in Season 4 that he has a girlfriend. Sebastian is shown to be very kind, as when Emma took his earbuds and phone in a panic, he let her with no questions asked.
• Violet Green as Evil Emma "E": Emma's evil and rebellious clone. She was Jax's girlfriend and tricked him so he could help her destroy the magic realm and become the only witch alive, but Jax betrayed her and the real Emma shoved her and got her stuck in the portal to Limbo. When the Principal was brought back by Emma in the series finale, E followed along, returning as well. As a Chosen One clone, she has as much power as her creator. She was tougher than Emma's other clones, and Emma had to fuse with her in Season 4 to prevent her from ever returning.
• Michele Verdi as Principal Torres: The principal of Iridium High in Season 1 and main antagonist who wanted the Chosen One's powers, but was dispatched in that season's finale. She is seen in a flashback in Season 3 when she destroyed the Cristal de Cabarello and killed Mia's parents. A former Chosen One, she is the only character known to have killed other characters. She returns in Season 4 so that Emma can remove her powers.
• The Hexoren: A sentient book of spells, nicknamed "Hex". He can fly, open up to a specific page on command, and somewhat communicate. Hex first belonged to Emma's mother; now that she is deceased, Emma has the book. Although he belongs to Emma, he is best friends with Andi, and in the series finale, Emma gives Andi the book to take with her to the WITS Academy, where the friendship between Andi and Hex continues.

Production

The first season aired throughout January 2014. On March 13, 2014, Nickelodeon announced a second season, which aired from July 7 to August 8, 2014. ^{[4] [5]} The show was renewed for a third season on July 31, 2014, which premiered on January 5, 2015. ^{[6] [7]} On February 25, 2015, Nickelodeon announced a fourth season and a spin-off titled WITS Academy . ^[8] The fourth season, which was the final season, ended on July 30, 2015. ^[9] WITS Academy premiered on October 5, 2015, and aired for one season. ^[10]

Broadcast

Every Witch Way premiered on July 7, 2014 on YTV in Canada, ^[11] and on July 14, 2014 on Nickelodeon in the United Kingdom and Ireland. ^[12] In Australia the series debuted on August 4, 2014 on Nickelodeon. ^[13] The second season premiered on February 9, 2015. ^[14] The first season premiered on Irish channel RTÉ 2 in April 2015.^{[ citation needed ]}

Reception

Critical

Emily Ashby of Common Sense Media gave Every Witch Way 2 stars, stating that the show "devotes too much time and energy to Maddie's superficiality and spite," making it an unsuitable choice for an impressionable age group. She criticized that "none of Maddie's actions ever land her in hot water she can't work a spell to escape," so viewers never see her learn a lesson. Ashby also noted that the show "suffers from subpar acting and a low-budget look and feel," and that the lack of a laugh track makes it "unusually flat for a tween sitcom." She added that the absence of engaging elements leaves "nothing to distract [viewers] from the excessive superficiality and pettiness" of many of the central characters. ^[15]

Ratings

The premiere episode of Every Witch Way drew an estimated 2.10 million viewers. ^[16] The second episode saw an increase to 2.86 million viewers. ^[17] The season one finale on January 30, 2014, drew 2.60 million viewers, with the season averaging 2.166 million viewers and achieving top ratings in the 4–11 demographic. ^{[18] [19]}

Season two averaged 1.696 million viewers, with its eighth episode drawing 1.71 million viewers ^[20] and the finale on August 8, 2014, attracting 1.70 million viewers. ^[21] The Spellbound special, which aired on November 26, 2014, had 1.58 million viewers and achieved top ratings for the 18–49 demographic. ^{[22] [23]}

The season three premiere had 1.66 million viewers, with slight fluctuations throughout the season. ^[24] The season three finale drew 1.71 million viewers. ^[25]

Season four premiered with 1.50 million viewers. ^[26] A crossover episode with Talia in the Kitchen drew 1.16 million viewers, ^[27] while the 14th episode had 0.96 million viewers. ^[28] The series finale on July 30, 2015, attracted 1.64 million viewers. ^[29]

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Refs
2014	Imagen Awards	Best Children's Programming	Every Witch Way	Nominated	[30] [31]
		Best Young Actress/Television	Paola Andino	Nominated	[30] [31]
	Kids' Choice Awards Argentina	Best International Program	Every Witch Way	Won	[32]
2015	Young Artist Awards	Best Performance in a TV Series – Leading Young Actress	Paola Andino	Won	[33]
	Kids' Choice Awards	Favorite TV Show	Every Witch Way	Nominated	[34]
	Reggie Awards	Entertainment Campaign	Every Witch Way	Nominated	[35]

DVD releases

Season	Release dates
	Region 1	Region 2	Region 4
1	June 13, 2014 [36]	TBA	TBA
2	January 7, 2015 [37]	TBA	TBA

International broadcast

Country	Network(s)	Series premiere	Series finale
Sri Lanka	TV Derana	August 5, 2019	December 30, 2019
Vietnam	SCTV3	September 1, 2016	1 November 2017
	SeeTV

References

• Television portal
• Comedy portal

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External links

• Official website
• Every Witch Way at IMDb