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'Bates Motel': Are you excited yet?

Freddie Highmore as Norman Bates and Vera Farmiga as Norma Bates in A&E's 'Bates Motel.' (Credit: Joe Lederer, A&E)

A bunch of subpar series have premiered this year, but I'm holding out hope for A&E's Bates Motel, which looks fantastic and might appeal to former Lost addicts.

Bates Motel comes to us from Lost executive producer Carlton Cuse and explores the early life of Psycho killer Norman Bates. Freddie Highmore plays Norman, with Vera Farmiga cast as his mother, Norma. (Lost's Nestor Carbonell...