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Syfy orders Season 5 of 'Magicians'

By Karen Butler   |   Updated Jan. 22, 2019 at 10:30 PM
Jason Ralph's "The Magicians" has been renewed for a fifth season. File Photo by Howard Shen/UPI Stella Maeve arrives on the carpet the 2016 NBCUNIVERSAL Upfront on May 16, 2016 in New York City. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI

Jan. 22 (UPI) -- Syfy has renewed its supernatural series The Magicians for a fifth season.

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"Not only are #TheMagicians back TOMORROW at 9/8c, they'll ALSO be back for Season 5," the show's Twitter account said Tuesday.

The adaptation of Lev Grossman's series of young-adult fantasy books, The Magicians takes place at the fictional Brakebills University, which specializes in magic. Its cast includes Jason Ralph, Stella Maeve, Olivia Taylor Dudley and Arjun Gupta.

Season 4 is to premiere on Wednesday.