31 Nights of Halloween

The current logo for Freeform's 31 Nights of Halloween.

31 Nights of Halloween - Official Trailer - Freeform

31 Nights Of Halloween (previously known as 13 Days of Halloween and 13 Nights of Halloween) is an annual programming event that has aired on the Freeform TV network and its predecessors since 1998, created due to the success of the similar "25 Days of Christmas" block that began two years earlier. As its original name suggested, the block originally ran from October 19th through Halloween night each year from 1998 to 2017, and expanded to run for the whole month starting in 2018.

Programming

The programming block since its creation has consisted of the channel's original programming, airing with their holiday programming. In 1998, they aired specials such as Casper: A Spirited Beginning, thus beginning the program under the name 13 Days of Halloween. Starting in the 2000s, the lineup shifted towards films, such as Hocus Pocus, The Haunted Mansion, The Addams Family, and "Harry Potter Weekends" (consisting of the first six Harry Potter films). In 2011, ABC Family switched the focus of the programming block to its original purpose (primarily Halloween/horror-related films), with more appropriately-themed content airing during the programming block. Films that air during the lineup are usually edited for time constraints and profane content, such as language or sexuality, to appeal towards all audiences.

Current programming (2022)

• Beetlejuice
• Corpse Bride
• The Craft
• Decorating Disney: Halloween Magic
• Frankenweenie
• Ghostbusters
• Ghostbusters 2
• Ghostbusters (2016)
• Goosebumps
• Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween
• Halloween (2018 film)
• Halloweentown
• Halloweentown II: Kalabar's Revenge
• Hocus Pocus
• Hotel Transylvania 2
• Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation
• The House with a Clock in Its Walls
• The Nightmare Before Christmas
• Scared Shrekless
• Toy Story of Terror!

Former programming

The logo for the 13 Days of Halloween from 1999.

The logo for Freeform's 13 Nights of Halloween used in 2017.

The following are Halloween related films and specials which have previously aired apart of the lineup, but have since been removed.

• The Addams Family
• Addams Family Reunion
• The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
• An American Haunting
• The Black Cauldron
• Boogeyman
• Boo to You Too! Winnie the Pooh
• Casper
• Casper: A Spirited Beginning
• Casper Meets Wendy
• Coraline
• Dark Shadows
• Death Becomes Her
• Donald Duck and the Gorilla
• Double, Double, Toil and Trouble
• Edward Scissorhands
• The Final Girls
• Fun Size
• Gremlins
• Halloween Is Grinch Night
• Halloweentown High
• The Haunted Mansion
• The Haunting of Seacliff Inn
• The Hollow
• Hotel Transylvania
• I Know What You Did Last Summer
• The Initiation of Sarah
• The Lake
• The Little Vampire
• Lonesome Ghosts
• Lost Souls
• Mad Monster Party
• Maggie
• Monster House
• Monsters vs. Aliens: Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space
• Mostly Ghostly: One Night at Doom House
• The Mummy
• The Mummy Returns
• The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
• Nature of the Beast
• The Others
• ParaNorman
• Poltergeist
• Poltergeist II: The Other Side
• Practical Magic
• R.L. Stine's Monsterville: Cabinet of Souls
• Return to Halloweentown
• Sabrina the Teenage Witch
• Scary Movie
• Scary Movie 2
• Scary Movie 3
• Scary Movie 4
• Scooby-Doo
• Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed
• Scream trilogy
• The Sixth Sense
• Sleepy Hollow
• The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow
• Spiral Staircase
• Spooky Buddies
• Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
• Teen Witch
• Teen Wolf
• Teen Wolf Too
• Tower of Terror
• Trick or Treat
• Twilight
• The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2
• Twitches
• Twitches Too
• Van Helsing
• The Village
• Wallace & Gromit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit
• Warm Bodies
• When Good Ghouls Go Bad
• The Witches
• The Witches of Eastwick
• Zombieland

Ratings

In 2008, viewers averaged 1.2 million. For 2009, the lineup averaged 1.4 million viewers, up from the previous year. Hocus Pocus drew record numbers of near 2.5 million, while Edward Scissorhands drew over 1 million viewers. Total viewers dropped in 2010, averaging just 1.2 million viewers. In 2011, the Pretty Little Liars Halloween themed episode, "The First Secret" was, at the time, the lineup's most watched program. The special episode aired with more than 2.5 million viewers. Viewers for the entire lineup broke record, averaging 1.6 million viewers in 2011, thanks to debuts such as Coraline. The October 29th airing of Hocus Pocus drew the 13 Nights of Halloween's highest viewers ever, with 2.8 million.

2012

In 2012, the second Halloween-themed episode of Pretty Little Liars, "This is A Dark Ride" guest-starring former American Idol contestant Adam Lambert drew 2.8 million viewers. ABC Family announced that the episode had become the lineup's most watched programming in their key demographics in the block's fourteen-year history. Due to the success of previous years airings of Hocus Pocus, multiple airings were scheduled throughout the 2012 lineup. The first initial broadcast of the film on October 23 was watched by 1.6 million viewers. Broadcasts of the film on the nights of October 28 and October 31 were watched by 1.9 million and 1.3 million viewers respectively. The network premiere of the film The Sorcerer's Apprentice on October 28 was watched by 2.1 million viewers. Overall viewers for the 2012 season were down from the previous year, with an average of 1.5 million viewers.

External links

• Mahalo 13 Nights Of Halloween
• 13 Nights of Halloween 2010
• ABC Family's 12th Annual "13 Nights Of Halloween"
• ABC Family's 13 Nights Of Halloween Homeschooling Blog Post
• ABC Family's 13 Nights Of Halloween at the Futon Critic