- HD 1080
- Runtime: m.
- Status: Ended
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- Languages: en
- Country: United States of America
- Stars: Vera Farmiga, Freddie Highmore, Max Thieriot, Olivia Cooke, Nestor Carbonell
- keywords: parent child relationship, small town, motel, prequel, dysfunctional family, serial killer, single mother, based on movie
- Production_studio: Kerry Ehrin Productions, Cuse Productions, Universal Television, American Genre
- Slogan: Together until the end.
- Seasons: 5
- Episodes: 50
- First air date: 2013-03-18
- Last air date: 2017-04-24
- providers: Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
- The Bates Motel is featured in the top rankings of 2013
- #14 in Top Drama Series of 2013
- #8 in Top Crime Series of 2013
- #3 in Top Mystery Series of 2013
A "contemporary prequel" to the 1960 film Psycho, depicting the life of Norman Bates and his mother Norma prior to the events portrayed in Hitchcock's film, albeit in a different fictional town and in a modern setting. The series begins after the death of Norma's husband, when she purchases a motel located in a coastal Oregon town so she and Norman can start a new life.
