History Trivia / ScreamTheTVSeries

** Season 2 showrunners Michael Gans and Richard Register were brought on to revise the killer's identity. According to [[https://youtu.be/Z8Yw8_5gXYQ?t=42 an interview]], both showrunners watched Season 1 to see who was a plausible suspect and came to the conclusion that [[spoiler:Noah]] [[note]]While the showrunners go out of their way [[ShrugOfGod to keep their original choice a secret]], they confirm that said choice is a character from Season 1 and not someone introduced in Season 2. In the episode "In the Trenches", Piper's accomplice calls Emma and verifies that he has Will tied up next to him, which eliminates Brooke and Jake as suspects because they, alongside Piper, [[TheAlibi are with Emma at this time]]. Furthermore, as noted above, the Season 1 showrunners initially set up Noah as Piper's accomplice before selecting Audrey instead.[[/note]] and [[spoiler:Kieran]] were the only viable options. Even then, the higher-ups were hesitant about the showrunners' final decision to make [[spoiler:Kieran]] the killer and tried to change the killer once more, this time unsuccessfully.

** Season 2 showrunners Michael Gans and Richard Register were brought on to revise the killer's identity. According to [[https://youtu.be/Z8Yw8_5gXYQ?t=42 an interview]], both showrunners watched Season 1 to see who was a plausible suspect and came to the conclusion that [[spoiler:Noah]] [[note]]While the showrunners go out of their way to not name their original choice, they imply that the executives rejected said choice because the character in question was popular. Furthermore, as noted above, the Season 1 showrunners initially set up Noah as Piper's accomplice before selecting Audrey instead.[[/note]] and [[spoiler:Kieran]] were the only viable options. Even then, the higher-ups were hesitant about the showrunners' final decision to make [[spoiler:Kieran]] the killer and tried to change the killer once more, this time unsuccessfully.

** Season 1 co-showrunner Jill Blotevogel stated in an [[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/scream-season-finale-postmortem-showrunner-819194/ interview]] that [[spoiler:Audrey]] was supposed to be the second Ghostface and confirmed she was the one who kidnapped Will. However, after Blotevogel stepped down, the Season 2 showrunners [[{{Retcon}} ignored this]] in favor of making [[spoiler:Kieran]] the partner instead.

* IKnewIt:
** From the start, several fans were betting that [[spoiler: Brandon James and Maggie had a lovechild who may or may not be involved in the killings]]. Episode 8 confirmed this.
** Many fans guessed that [[spoiler:Piper Shaw]] was the season 1 killer almost from the moment the character was introduced.
** A lot of people figured that [[spoiler: Audrey]] was the second killer long before the Season 1 finale. [[spoiler:[[SubvertedTrope However]], the Season 2 showrunners retconned this reveal and changed the second killer's identity after the Season 1 showrunners, who themselves [[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/scream-season-finale-postmortem-showrunner-819194/ verified]] that Audrey was meant to be the accomplice, vacated their positions.]]
** On the other hand, pretty much ''everyone'' guessed that [[spoiler:Kieran]] was the ''actual'' second killer within a few episodes of the second season.

** A lot of people figured that [[spoiler: Audrey]] was the second killer long before the reveal. [[spoiler:[[SubvertedTrope However]], this was just a RedHerring.]]
** On the other hand, pretty much ''everyone'' guessed that [[spoiler: Kieran]] was the ''actual'' second killer within a few episodes of the second season.

* CelebrityParadox: Very minor one, but Bryce Romero who plays a student at Lakewood, also appeared as a Glader named Jack in the first two {{Film/MazeRunner2014}} films.

*** Season three would have had Emma leave Lakewood for college to get away from the legacy of the murders there, only to find herself dragged back when a new killing spree starts. Noah, meanwhile, would have visions of [[spoiler:his slain girlfriend Zoe]], talking with her about the murders and "the very nature of evil" in a manner indicating SanitySlippage on his part. Brooke, also shaken by the murders, begins an affair with Audrey, creating a LoveTriangle with her boyfriend Stavo. [[spoiler:Kieran, the killer in season two,]] was supposed to live instead of getting killed off in the HalloweenSpecial, and he would have been influencing the new killer and revealing how [[spoiler:he and Piper]] committed their murders in a situation that Gans and Register compared to ''Film/TheSilenceOfTheLambs'' before eventually escaping from prison. Brandon James would still be alive and turn out to have been wrongly accused of the murders attributed to him (Gans and Register envisioned him as "a converse [[Franchise/{{Halloween}} Michael Myers]]" in the sense of him being "a boogeyman who ''isn't'' a bad guy"), and would form a bond with Emma over their being linked to murder. As the season progressed, KillEmAll would have been in full effect as Ghostface knocked off multiple returning characters until only Emma was left as the FinalGirl defeating [[spoiler:Kieran]] for good...

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: In 2022, season two show runners Michael Gans and Richard Register did [[https://bloody-disgusting.com/exclusives/3707709/scream-the-tv-series-showrunners-slash-into-the-unmade-3rd-and-4th-seasons-exclusive/ an interview]] with Jason Jenkins for ''Bloody-Disgusting'' in which they discussed their plans for the third and fourth seasons. (The show was instead given a full ContinuityReboot, partly because Creator/BexTaylorKlaus decided to focus on voicing Pidge in ''WesternAnimation/VoltronLegendaryDefender'' rather than returning, and partly because of CreativeDifferences with MTV, the same reason why season one show runners Jill Blotevogel and Jaime Paglia also left.)
** Season three would have had Emma leave Lakewood for college to get away from the legacy of the murders there, only to find herself dragged back when a new killing spree starts. Noah, meanwhile, would have visions of [[spoiler:his slain girlfriend Zoe]], talking with her about the murders and "the very nature of evil" in a manner indicating SanitySlippage on his part. Brooke, also shaken by the murders, begins an affair with Audrey, creating a LoveTriangle with her boyfriend Stavo. [[spoiler:Kieran, the killer in season two,]] was supposed to live instead of getting killed off in the HalloweenSpecial, and he would have been influencing the new killer and revealing how [[spoiler:he and Piper]] committed their murders in a situation that Gans and Register compared to ''Film/TheSilenceOfTheLambs'' before eventually escaping from prison. Brandon James would still be alive and turn out to have been wrongly accused of the murders attributed to him (Gans and Register envisioned him as "a converse [[Franchise/{{Halloween}} Michael Myers]]" in the sense of him being "a boogeyman who ''isn't'' a bad guy"), and would form a bond with Emma over their being linked to murder. As the season progressed, KillEmAll would have been in full effect as Ghostface knocked off multiple returning characters until only Emma was left as the FinalGirl defeating [[spoiler:Kieran]] for good...
** ...only for the camera to pull back and reveal that everything we'd witnessed was a ShowWithinAShow as the cast, [[AsHimself all playing themselves]], congratulate each other on a job well done. At this point, Amadeus Serafini is himself killed by Ghostface, now sporting the original mask. Season four would have been about Willa Fitzgerald, John Karna, and Bex Taylor-Klaus battling a new "real-world" Ghostface, a LoonyFan of the ''Scream'' series who is out to murder everybody involved with it. That would have included cast members from the films, making for a meta crossover. This is what got their plan shot down by MTV, as they felt it would be a betrayal of the fans who'd grown attached to the characters.
** Another idea that they had would have been to [[CanonWelding canon-weld]] with the movies by having the protagonists seek out Gale Weathers for advice.

* FanNickname: "[=ScreaMTV=]" for the show as a whole.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: One would wonder what the show would've been had the third season been a continuation of the first two seasons rather than a {{retool}}. One of the main reasons why the show was retooled for its third season is because Creator/BexTaylorKlaus decided to focus on voicing Pidge in ''WesternAnimation/VoltronLegendaryDefender'' rather than returning.

** Creator/BexTaylorKlaus came out as gay in 2016 like their character Audrey.
* QueerCharacterQueerActor: Creator/BexTaylorKlaus, like their character, is openly gay.

** In the fifth episode of season 1, Audrey can be seen reading a comic adaptation of ''{{Series/Arrow}}'', which Bex Taylor-Klaus worked on.

** At one point Noah tells Audrey that his favorite serial killer is [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Rader BTK]]. Which is, of course, also the initials of Bex Taylor-Klaus.

** Bex Taylor-Klaus came out as gay in 2016 like their character Audrey.
* QueerCharacterQueerActor: Bex Taylor-Klaus, like their character, is openly gay.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: One would wonder what the show would've been had the third season been a continuation of the first two seasons rather than a {{retool}}. One of the main reasons why the show was retooled for its third season is because Bex Taylor-Klaus decided to focus on voicing Pidge in ''WesternAnimation/VoltronLegendaryDefender'' rather than returning.

** Bex Taylor-Klaus came out as gay in 2016 like her character Audrey.
* QueerCharacterQueerActor: Bex Taylor-Klaus, like her character, is openly gay.

** A lot of people figured that [[spoiler: Audrey]] was the second killer long before the reveal. [[spoiler: Subverted, however, as this was just a RedHerring.]]
** On the other hand, pretty much ''everyone'' guessed [[spoiler: Kieran]] was the ''actual'' second killer within a few episodes of the second season.

** Voice actor Roger L. Jackson is replaced by Mike Vaughn as the iconic voice of Ghostface for the first two seasons. Jackson did, however, return for ''Series/ScreamResurrection''.

* TheShelfOfMovieLanguishment: The third season was supposed to premiere in the spring of 2018, but was [[http://comicbook.com/horror/2018/03/29/scream-season-3-details-premiere-delay/ delayed]] following the disgrace of producer Harvey Weinstein, whose name wound up removed from the credits of the third season. A number of recent mass shootings, including the one at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, may have also delayed the season. Ultimately, it wound up making a ChannelHop to Creator/VH1, as ''Scream Resurrection'', and is set to premiere in July of 2019.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: One would wonder what the show would've been had the third season been a continuation of the first two seasons than a standalone season. One of the main reasons why the show was retooled for its third season is because Bex Taylor-Klaus decided to focus on voicing Pidge in ''WesternAnimation/VoltronLegendaryDefender'' rather than returning.

** A lot of people figured that [[spoiler: Audrey]] was the second killer long before the reveal. [[spoiler: Subverted, however, as this was just a RedHerring]].
** Pretty much ''everyone'' guessed [[spoiler: Kieran]] was the ''actual'' second killer within a few episodes of the second season.

* TheOtherDarrin: Voice actor Roger L. Jackson is replaced by Mike Vaughn as the iconic voice of Ghostface for the first two seasons. An interview with one of the producers have confirmed Jackson is [[RoleReprisal returning to the role, come season 3.]]

* TheShelfOfMovieLanguishment: The third season was supposed to premiere in the spring of 2018, but was [[http://comicbook.com/horror/2018/03/29/scream-season-3-details-premiere-delay/ delayed]] following the disgrace of producer Harvey Weinstein, whose name wound up removed from the credits of the third season. Additionally, the recent mass shootings, including the one at the Stoneman Douglas High School, may have also delayed the season.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: One would wonder what the show would've been had the third season been a continuation of the first two seasons than a standalone season. One of the main reasons why the show was retooled for its third season is because Bex Taylor-Klaus decided to focus on voicing Pidge in ''WesternAnimation/VoltronLegendaryDefender'' than returning.

* YouLookFamiliar: In the Brazilian Portuguese dub, Maggie Duval is voiced by Mônica Rossi, who had already dubbed over Gale Weathers in [[Franchise/{{Scream}} all the film sequels]].

* TheOtherDarrin: The foreign dubs of Season 2 replaced most of the actors, with the worst offenders being French (France to Belgium) and Latin Spanish (Chile to Colombia). European Spanish changed cities from Barcelona to Madrid, keeping only Emma's voice actor. The Italian dub stayed in Rome, but changed studios with new voices for everyone except Emma's mother. The Portuguese dub was mostly safe, staying in Rio de Janeiro but changing studios (Audrey and Ghostface were the most notable recasts).

* TheShelfOfMovieLanguishment: The third season was supposed to premiere in the spring of 2018, but was [[http://comicbook.com/horror/2018/03/29/scream-season-3-details-premiere-delay/ delayed]] following the disgrace of producer Harvey Weinstein, whose name wound up removed from the credits of the third season. Additionally, the recent mass shootings, including the Stoneman Douglas High School, may have also delayed the season.

* TheShelfOfMovieLanguishment: The third season was supposed to premiere in the spring of 2018, but was [[http://comicbook.com/horror/2018/03/29/scream-season-3-details-premiere-delay/ delayed]] following the disgrace of producer Harvey Weinstein, whose name wound up removed from the credits of the third season.

** Bex Taylor-Klaus came out as lesbian in 2016 like her character Audrey.
* QueerCharacterQueerActor: Bex Taylor-Klaus, like her character, is openly lesbian.