Once Upon a Time is an American
fairy tale television series that premiered on October 23, 2011, on
ABC.
The show takes place in the fictional seaside town of Storybrooke, Maine, whose residents are characters from various fairy tales transported to the "real world" town and robbed of their original memories by a powerful curse.
It borrows elements and characters from the
Disney franchise and popular Western literature, folklore, and fairy tales.
Once Upon a Time was created by
Lost and
Tron: Legacy writers
Edward Kitsis and
Adam Horowitz.
For the first six seasons, the series aired on Sundays at 8:00 pm ET/7:00 pm CT.
On May 11, 2017, ABC renewed the series for a 22-episode seventh season, moving to Friday 8:00 pm ET/7:00 pm CT.
A spin-off series,
Once Upon a Time in Wonderland, consisting of 13 episodes, premiered on October 10, 2013, and concluded on April 3, 2014.
In May 2017, the series was renewed for a seventh season consisting of 22 episodes, which marks the beginning of a
soft reboot.
Years later, Lucy (
Alison Fernandez) arrives in Seattle, Washington with her
Once Upon a Time book to find her father, Henry Mills (
Andrew J. West), who is needed by his family.