Disney has renewed “Coven Academy” for a second season. The announcement came on Monday, October 26th, a little over three weeks after the show premiered on Freeform. Deadline places the order at Disney+ and Hulu, and TVLine’s headline also says Disney+. Variety, The Hollywood Reporter and TheWrap say only that it is renewed at Disney. Freeform’s own account posted the news the same day: “Ready for more magic? Coven Academy Season 2 is coming.” Disney has not announced a premiere date, an episode count or a production start. Creator Tim Federle is on board to continue as an executive producer, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The outlet adds that the second season will be a continuation of the first.
The renewal follows strong numbers. According to Disney, the first season logged 20.3 million global hours on Disney+ and Hulu in its first three weeks. The first chapter also drew more than 30 million views after it was released on TikTok, Instagram and YouTube. Per Nielsen, “Coven Academy” was the No. 1 streaming series among teens 12 to 17 over its premiere weekend, and it ranked in the top five among all viewers based on views. Nielsen data also shows that half of viewers 12 to 17 and nearly two-thirds of viewers 6 to 11 watched alongside an adult. Warning beyond this point there are spoilers for the first season of “Coven Academy”, including its finale.
According to Disney, the first season logged 20.3 million global hours on Disney+ and Hulu in its first three weeks.”
The wording matters because this show has already changed homes once. Variety reports that “Coven Academy” was initially meant to be the first young adult series on Disney Channel, before it shifted to Freeform and streaming alongside more mature content. Federle told Variety that the tone drove the move. As more executives watched, he said, “there was a decision made, which was that this doesn’t belong there; it’s the wrong signal.” He told TheWrap the show was “originally greenlit on a Disney Channel slate”, and that it will follow viewers to phones, TVs and tablets. He also told Variety he sees a “white space” at Disney for viewers who age out of the tween years: “I’d like to see Disney really have a piece of that pie.” The renewal figures point at exactly that audience. Deadline puts the Season 2 order at Disney+ and Hulu and does not name Freeform.
Format is the other open question. The season Disney sells as 21 chapters began as something smaller. Federle told TheWrap, “The reality is we shot 10 episodes and we kind of chopped them up.” Freeform aired those ten episodes in weekly blocks through October 15th. Disney+ and Hulu carried the 21 chapters, which The Hollywood Reporter says run from 10 to 22 minutes each. Federle told TheWrap he was “actually not trying to recreate the swipe, tune out experience”. He told The Hollywood Reporter his hope was that “the experience itself is very bingeable”. He has not locked that structure in for Season 2, and he floated other formats to TheWrap: “There’s a version where we go to traditional half hour [episodes] in Season 2, or even 45 minute episodes.” Disney has not said which version it wants. Federle gave all of these interviews before the renewal, so his Season 2 comments are ideas and not announcements.
The finale gives the writers their strongest thread. Briar (Malina Pauli Weissman), Sasha (Jordan Leftwich), Tegan (Ora Duplass) and Miss Graves (Tiffani Thiessen) stop the warlock William with help from Jake (Malachi Barton). Then Graves is revealed as Briar’s birth mother, even though Briar was raised by her mother, Mary. Variety and TVLine both report the twist. The premiere pairs them early. Briar’s emotions rise in Graves’ office, and objects on the desk begin to shake. Federle told TVLine to expect “a lot of questions around why she was given away and the details around her birth.” He also says Graves “has to have kept that secret for a good reason, to protect Briar”, and that it would be a theme “if we’re lucky enough to get a Season 2.” He told Variety, “I don’t want to tell another straight-up mom mystery again, but I think there is something fun to explore in what makes a mother and daughter so dangerous when they’re together. And who would be most threatened by that?”
The vampire threads carry the rest. Ollie (Louis Thresher) leaves town. Federle told Variety he goes because he “doesn’t want to hurt Briar”, yet he remains drawn to her. Federle also told TVLine he expects some version of Ollie coming out as a vampire to his family back in Bristol. Sasha learns that her brother is alive and living as a vampire. In Variety’s interview Federle describes the hard question she will wrestle with: “Is there something I could do to turn him back? And if I could, would he even want that?” He told TheWrap that she also turned down an offer to go overseas, and that there is “something international that’s interesting.” Tegan, whose feelings for McKenna (Swayam Bhatia) are developing, learns that McKenna has been bitten. Federle promised TVLine he would be “really mindful of the tropes around queer tragedy” in that story.
Jake’s arc is the other open thread. Variety reports that William turns out to be Jake’s father, which makes the finale’s win personal. Federle told TVLine that William’s story is almost certainly finished: “I don’t think William will be the Big Bad of Season 2. There’s something new and fun and witchy that’s coming.” Federle told TheWrap that Mr. Cole (Devon Sawa) is back from the “wacky journey he was sent on”, and he told Variety he would like to explore Cole as a genuine mentor to Jake. The finale also holds back a kiss between Jake and Briar. Federle told TVLine that his team shot two versions, and that a genuine first kiss is coming “in the future, I would imagine”.
Several answers are still missing. Variety says Federle executive produces alongside Darren Swimmer, Todd Slavkin, Amanda Row and Bronwyn North-Reist, while The Hollywood Reporter confirms only Federle for Season 2. Federle told TVLine that this is his first genre show and that he leaned heavily on Slavkin and Swimmer, who previously ran “Smallville” and “Shadowhunters”. Disney has named no Season 2 cast. The coverage lists the six Season 1 stars, and Federle told TheWrap that adding six new characters in Season 2 “can really split the audience and confuse people.” The calendar is blank too. Season 1 was ordered to series in August 2025 and was scheduled to begin filming in Vancouver on December 5th, according to Hollywood North Buzz. It premiered on October 1st, 2026. Disney has given none of those markers for Season 2. The official logline sold Season 1 as a story caught between “ancient supernatural wars” and “forbidden love interests”. The finale closes the war with William and ends on a family secret. Season 2 starts from that choice.
What Do You Think? Will Briar forgive Miss Graves, or does the secret split the coven first? Should Season 2 keep the 21-chapter format, or move to the half-hour episodes Federle floated? And does Ollie come back as a safe place for Briar, or does the slow burn with Jake finally pay off?
See you on the next binge!
