"Supernatural premiered in 2005 with a premise that seemed very familiar to viewers. Created by Eric Kripke, who would go on to create Amazon Prime Video's The Boys and its following spinoffs, the series focused on the Winchester brothers: Dean (Jensen Ackles) and Sam (Jared Padalecki). In their trusty 1967 Impala, they roam small-town America hunting down demons, ghosts, and other creatures from American folklore."
"In the beginning, the series followed a strict monster-of-the-week semi-episodic series like previous series The X-Files and Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Each episode, the boys would encounter a new threat to conquer, but every season also had an overarching story that would be established in the premiere and resolved in a finale. In Season 1, that was the search for their father, John (Jeffrey Dean Morgan)."
"There are few things worse than your favorite show getting canceled, and in the age of streaming, the lifespan of TV shows seems to be shorter and shorter. If a series isn't immediately a hit, then a renewal is hard to come by. Even shows that are immediate hits, like Netflix's Stranger Things, five seasons can take almost a decade to premiere."
Supernatural premiered in 2005 and followed brothers Dean and Sam Winchester as they traveled in a 1967 Impala hunting demons, ghosts, and creatures from American folklore. The series was created by Eric Kripke, who later created The Boys. The show began as a monster-of-the-week semi-episodic format similar to The X-Files and Buffy the Vampire Slayer, while each season contained an overarching arc established in the premiere and resolved in the finale; Season 1 centered on searching for their father John. Kripke initially planned five seasons, but success extended the run to 15 seasons over 14 years, introducing mythic figures including God, the Devil, and the angel Castiel.
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