MTV on Thursday announced that its hit supernatural series will return for a sixth season. The announcement was made during Teen Wolf's panel at San Diego Comic-Con, which stars Tyler Posey, Dylan O'Brien and Holland Roden were on hand to dish the dirt on the show's current fifth season. Last year, the season five renewal was also revealed on the show's Comic-Con panel. This year marks the sixth consecutive one that "Teen Wolf" headed to Con. Thursday evening, Posey and Davis were joined by cast members Cody Christian, Holland Roden, Dylan O'Brien and Shelley Hennig on the panel.
"Teen Wolf" has lost some ratings steam as it kicks off its fifth season but remains one of cable's top scripted series in adults 18-34. Its first two Monday airings this summer averaged a 0.8 rating in 18-34, a 0.6 in adults 18-49 and about 1.45 million viewers overall in Nielsen's same-night estimates.
Loosley based on the 1985 film starring Michael J. Fox, Teen Wolf debuted on MTV in 2011 and since then has been a ratings success for the network. During the panel, Davis claimed that the popularity of the show on platforms beyond initial television broadcasts dramatically increase viewership numbers beyond standard ratings, in some cases as high as 8 million viewers for some episodes. The series revolves around social outcast Scott McCall, a high school student living in the town of Beacon Hills. Scott's life drastically changes when he is bitten by a werewolf, becoming one himself. He must henceforth learn to balance his problematic new identity with his day-to-day teenage life.
The following characters are instrumental to his struggle: Stiles, his human best friend; Allison, his first love interest who comes from a family of werewolf hunters; Lydia, a banshee and Allison's best friend; and Derek, a mysterious werewolf with a dark past. Along the way, he encounters characters who shape him into a stronger werewolf and better person: Jackson, a bully from his high school; Malia, a were-coyote and Derek's cousin; Kira, a Japanese fox spirit and Scott's second love interest; and Liam, Scott's beta and the first human he bites. Throughout the series, he strives to keep his loved ones safe while maintaining normal relationships with them.