Teen Wolf (2011 - 2017 TV series) Teen Wolf Genre Teen drama Horror Comedy-drama Supernatural Action Romance Based on Teen Wolf by Jeph Loeb and Matthew Weisman Developed by Jeff Davis Starring Tyler Posey Crystal Reed Dylan O'Brien Tyler Hoechlin Holland Roden Colton Haynes Shelley Hennig Arden Cho Dylan Sprayberry Linden Ashby Melissa Ponzio J.R. Bourne Composer(s) Dino Meneghin Country of origin United States Original language(s) English No. of seasons 6 No. of episodes 100 ( list of episodes ) Teen Wolf is an American television series developed by Jeff Davis for MTV . It is loosely based on the 1985 film of the same name , and stars Tyler Posey as a teenager named Scott McCall, who is bitten by a werewolf and must cope with how it affects his life and the lives of those closest to him, and Dylan O'Brien as "Stiles" Stilinsk...