Fresh off the boat
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| Genre | Sitcom |
| Created by | Nahnatchka Khan |
| Based on | Fresh Off the Boat: A Memoir by Eddie Huang |
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| Narrated by | Eddie Huang (season 1) |
| Opening theme | "Fresh off the Boat" performed by Danny Brown |
| Composer(s) | Bo Boddie |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English Mandarin |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 53 (list of episodes) |
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| Location(s) | Orlando, Florida (Series is taped in Los Angeles, California) |
| Camera setup | Single-camera |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
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| Distributor | 20th Television |
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| Original network | ABC |
| Original release | February 4, 2015 – present |
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Fresh Off the Boat is an American sitcom series starring Hudson Yang, Randall Park, and Constance Wu that is loosely inspired by the life of chef and food personality Eddie Huang and his book Fresh Off the Boat: A Memoir. It is the first American television sitcom starring an Asian-American family to air on network primetime since Margaret Cho's All American Girl, which aired for one season in 1994. Its style has been compared to the comedy series Everybody Hates Chris. The flashback technique with voice-over narration from the present day (first season only) is similar to The Wonder Years.
The show debuted on ABC with two preview episodes on February 4, 2015. The second episode which aired after Modern Family was promoted as a bonus episode and formally premiered in its prime time slot on February 10, 2015. The first of the two preview episodes garnered 7.94 million viewers, becoming the second highest rated comedy premiere that season.
On May 7, 2015, ABC renewed Fresh off the Boat for a second season of 13 episodes. ABC ordered 9 additional episodes on October 13 and two more on November 17, leading to a total of 24 episodes for the second season. On March 3, 2016, ABC announced that the series has been renewed for a third season, which premiered on October 11, 2016.
The story follows the course of Eddie Huang's Taiwanese family as they make their way from Chinatown of Washington, D.C. to Orlando, Florida to open up a cowboy-themed steak restaurant in 1995 (with the first season being set between 1995 and 1997). His mother struggles with the culture clash of her upbringing with a Florida community that doesn't have a large Asian population, his father embraces the "American Dream", and Eddie struggles with assimilating into school.
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