Freeform on Wednesday announced brand new information on what’s to come during its 2023 Winter Television Critics Association press conferences.
The network debuted the first official trailer for its upcoming psychological thriller The Watchful Eye along with the descriptions for its two-hour premiere event, both of which you can check out below.
The Watchful Eye follows Elena Santos, a young woman with a complicated past, maneuvering her way into working as a live-in nanny for an affluent family in Manhattan. She quickly learns that everyone in the mysterious building has deadly secrets and ulterior motives. What they don’t know, however, is that Elena has some shocking secrets of her own.
Episode 101: “Hen in the Fox House”
Airs Monday, January 30 at 9pm
Writer: Julie Durk | Director: Jeffrey Reiner
A young woman is thrust into the world of old money and deadly secrets after accepting a nanny job from a handsome widower.
Episode 102: “Hide and Seek”
Airs Monday, January 30 at 10pm
Writer: Emmylou Diaz | Director: Jeffrey Reiner
While bonding with the other nannies, Elena learns that the Wards’ previous nanny vanished without warning. Elena continues her search of The Greybourne and discovers a shocking truth.
In addition to the official trailer for The Watchful Eye, Freeform also debuted the first official cast photo for its highest-rated series ever, Cruel Summer, which returns later this year.
The anthology series features a brand new cast and mystery. Set in an idyllic waterfront town in the Pacific Northwest, the next chapter of Cruel Summer follows the rise and fall of an intense teenage friendship. Approaching the story from three different timelines surrounding Y2K, the season twists and turns as it tracks the early friendship between Megan, Isabella and Megan’s best friend Luke, the love triangle that blossomed, and the mystery that would impact all of their lives going forward. The series stars Sadie Stanley, Lexi Underwood, Griffin Gluck, KaDee Strickland, Lisa Yamada and Sean Blakemore. Paul Adelstein will recur.
