Marvel's young adult television series

Marvel's young adult television series
Cast members of Runaways and Cloak & Dagger promoting their crossover episode
Genre	Superhero
Based on	Characters published by Marvel Comics
Starring	See below
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	5 (across 2 series)
No. of episodes	53
Production
Executive producer	Jeph Loeb
Running time	42–54 minutes
Production companies	ABC Signature Studios Marvel Television
Original release
Network	Hulu Freeform
Release	November 21, 2017 (2017-11-21) – December 13, 2019 (2019-12-13)
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Marvel's young adult television series are two interconnected American television series in the young adult genre, based on characters that appear in publications by Marvel Comics. Produced by Marvel Television and ABC Signature Studios, they are set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) and acknowledge the continuity of the franchise's films and other television series.

Cable channel Freeform ordered Cloak & Dagger, a youth-oriented superhero series starring Olivia Holt and Aubrey Joseph, from Marvel Television in April 2016 following years of development. Later in 2016, the similarly younger-skewing Runaways was ordered from Marvel Television by the streaming service Hulu. Both Freeform and Hulu are Disney owned, and share the two series through a marketing partnership. Despite initially stating that the two series would be kept separate, Marvel Television announced a crossover between the two in August 2019 with Holt and Joseph appearing in the third season of Runaways. The studio first categorized the two series as an interconnected "YA" franchise at that time, with plans to continue having them crossover.

Runaways debuted in November 2017, with Cloak & Dagger following in June 2018. Both received positive reviews. Freeform ordered another young adult series from Marvel, New Warriors, but the project did not move forward. Cloak & Dagger and Runaways were both cancelled by their respective networks before the end of November 2019, and development on any further young adult series was halted a month later when Marvel Television was folded into Marvel Studios.