Bates Motel, is a Crime, Drama, & Mystery TV series, which premiered on March 18, 2013, available to stream on A&E. It consists of 5 seasons, with 50 episodes.
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.