The Watchers is a television supernatural drama which will be run on ABC

American Broadcasting Company

The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...

. The show is based on a concept by Nicholas Sparks

Nicholas Sparks (author)

Nicholas Charles Sparks is an internationally-bestselling American novelist and screenwriter. He has 16 published novels, with thematic ideas that include cancer, death and love. Six have been adapted to film, including Message in a Bottle, A Walk to Remember, The Notebook, Nights in Rodanthe,...

, and will be co-written by Kristin Hahn who co-produced the film adaptation of The Time Traveler's Wife

The Time Traveler's Wife (film)

The Time Traveler's Wife is a 2009 romantic film based on Audrey Niffenegger's 2003 novel of the same name. Directed by Robert Schwentke, the film stars Eric Bana as Henry DeTamble, a Chicago librarian with a genetic disorder that causes him to time travel randomly as he tries to build a romantic...

. The show will be produced by The Twilight Saga

The Twilight Saga (film series)

The Twilight Saga is a series of supernatural romance fantasy films from Summit Entertainment based on the four Twilight series novels by the American author Stephenie Meyer. The films star Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, and Taylor Lautner. The series has grossed over $2 billion in worldwide...

 producer Temple Hill

Premise

The show centers on the archangel

Archangel

An archangel is an angel of high rank. Archangels are found in a number of religious traditions, including Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Michael and Gabriel are recognized as archangels in Judaism and by most Christians. Michael is the only archangel specifically named in the Protestant Bible...

 Raphael

Raphael (archangel)

Raphael is an archangel of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, who in the Judeo-Christian tradition performs all manners of healing....

, who has watched over mankind for centuries. Raphael cuts off his wings for a human named Sarah, who dies, leaving Raphael to wander as a fallen angel.

Production

A plot outline for the pilot was due on October 10 2011, with the pilot scheduled to be written by December 2011. Filming should begin in February, with ABC making a decision on the show in May. Sparks' contract allows him to write up to two episodes per season. No casting has been announced to date.