<Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> External links </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Website </Td> </Tr> <P> Once Upon a Time is an American fantasy drama television series that premiered on October 23, 2011, on ABC . The show follows various fairy - tale characters who were transported to the real world and robbed of their original memories by a powerful curse . The first six seasons were set in the fictitious seaside town of Storybrooke, Maine, with Emma Swan as the lead character, while the seventh takes place in a Seattle, Washington neighborhood called Hyperion Heights, with a new main narrative led by an adult Henry Mills . </P> <P> It borrows elements and characters from the Disney franchise and popular Western literature, folklore, and fairy tales . Once Upon a Time was created by Lost and Tron: Legacy writers Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz . For the first six seasons, the series aired on Sundays at 8: 00 pm ET / 7: 00 pm CT . On May 11, 2017, ABC renewed the series for a 22 - episode seventh season, moving to Friday 8: 00 pm ET / 7: 00 pm CT, which premiered on October 6, 2017 . </P>

Seasons of once upon a time on netflix