On This Day - Are You Afraid of the Dark? Was Submitted for Approval

 Submitted for approval of the midnight society, on this date 28 years ago, Are Youu Afraid of the Dark?, the iconic Nickelodeon horror anthology series for kids was launched onto our screens.

In each episode a team of kids would gather around the campfire at 12am midnight (which is why their squad name is literally called the Midnight Society) to tell some kid-friendly ghost stories that was sure to bring a laugh to the youngsters and have shivers down the adult viewers' spines.

The series originally ran from 1990-2000. In October 2019, the show was thankfully brought back to the viewing public for your ghoulush pleasure (pun intended)

In a style similar to the inappropiate "IT Chapter" movies, each episode of the current Are You Afraid of the Dark 2019 reboot would follow the same formula of a group of people gathering around the campfire to tell ghost stories at midnight, but this time, the episodes have a twist though. Whenever Rachel or another one of the Midnight Society embers finished telling their stories, the next episode reveals that the events from the said story had unexpectedly been brought to life complete with horror and jumpscares. So Rachel and her other Midnight Society members decide to check out these IRL versions of their own creation and try to execute the villain character who has been kidnapping Rachel's friends.

Despite not being scary enough, the 2019 reboot's first broadcast was sure to have a fun time. The reboot's first three-part 180-minute episode "The Tale of the Carnival of Doom" was so successful that the reboot was greenlight for a 2nd season in 2020.

It is currently unknown what story will unfold in the reboot's new episodes, how many the season will have and/or a runtime for the episodes.

Are You Afraid of the Dark? is produced by DHX Media and WildBrain for Nickelodeon.