Lincoln Heights | |
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Created by | Seth Freeman |
Starring |
Russell Hornsby Erica Hubbard Nicki Micheaux Rhyon Nicole Brown Mishon Ratliff Michael Reilly Burke Robert Adamson Chadwick Boseman Alice Greczyn |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of seasons | 4 |
No. of episodes | 43 (list of episodes) |
Production | |
Executive producer(s) | Kathleen McGhee-Anderson Kevin Hooks |
Producer(s) | Dayna Lynne North Kevin Inch Anthony Sparks John F. Perry |
Running time | approx. 42-45 minutes |
Production company(s) | Penn/Bright Entertainment Balance Productions ABC Family Original Productions |
Distributor | Disney–ABC Domestic Television |
Release | |
Original network | ABC Family |
Original release | January 8, 2007 – November 9, 2009 |
Lincoln Heights is an American family drama television series about Eddie Sutton, a Mission Vista police officer who moves his family back to his old neighborhood, Lincoln Heights, to start a new life and to help out his old neighborhood. It is a dangerous place to raise a family, and through the many trials the family goes through, they soon learn that settling in is not as easy as it seems. While Officer Sutton struggles to cope with everyday life as a street cop in Los Angeles, his kids try to fit in at their new schools and with their new neighbors.
The show premiered January 8, 2007 on the ABC Family network with 13 episodes ordered for the first season. It was approved for a second season, which premiered September 4, 2007.Vanessa Hudgens' song "Say OK" had been used in a commercial to promote the second season. To promote the third season, they showed clips of Cassie and Charles's relationship to the song "Crush" by the American Idol's seventh season runner-up, David Archuleta. To promote season 4, they are using the song "Avalanche" by Marie Digby. The show's theme song was written and performed by bassist Stanley Clarke and singer-songwriter Blaire Reinhard.
On January 29, 2010, ABC Family announced the cancellation of the series after four seasons.
LAPD police officer Eddie Sutton moves back to his old neighborhood with his wife, his two daughters and son, but the adjustments and danger they encounter there soon lead him to wonder whether he made the right decision. Eddie becomes concerned for his eldest daughter, Cassie, when she develops strong feelings for Charles, a new, white student. The fact Sutton's worries for their children increase when their second daughter, Lizzie, gets kidnapped. The Suttons soon decide to reexamine their decision and an unexpected letter throws everything into chaos. Lizzie makes some questionable new friends in school and the Sutton's son, Tay, befriends Johnny, who appears to be in love with Lizzie.