Switched at Birth (TV series)
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| Genre | Family drama |
| Created by | Lizzy Weiss |
| Starring |
Vanessa Marano Katie Leclerc Constance Marie Lea Thompson D. W. Moffett Lucas Grabeel Gilles Marini Sean Berdy |
| Theme music composer | John Swihart |
| Composer(s) | John Swihart |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English American Sign Language |
| No. of seasons | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 93 (list of episodes) |
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| Executive producer(s) |
Lizzy Weiss Paul Stupin John Ziffren Becky Hartman Edwards Linda Gase |
| Producer(s) | David Hartle Shawn Wilt Sean Reycraft |
| Cinematography | Frank Byers Russ T. Alsobrook Daryn Okada Carlos González Phil Parmet |
| Editor(s) | Peter Basinski Jill D'Agnenica Debby Germino Susan Kobata Mitchell Danton William Marrinson Nathan Easterling David Abramson |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 45 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Pirates' Cove Entertainment Suzy B. Productions (from "This Is The Color Of My Dreams") Freeform Original Productions |
| Distributor | Disney–ABC Domestic Television |
| Release | |
| Original network | Freeform |
| Original release | June 6, 2011 – present |
| External links | |
| Official website | |
Switched at Birth is an American teen/family drama television series that premiered on ABC Family on June 6, 2011, at 9:00 ET/PT. The one-hour scripted drama is set in the Kansas City metropolitan area, and revolves around two teenagers who were switched at birth and grew up in very different environments: one in an affluent suburb, and the other in working-class areas. According to ABC Family, it is "the first mainstream television series to have multiple deaf and hard-of-hearing series regulars and scenes shot entirely in American Sign Language (ASL)".
The show's debut was ABC Family's highest-rated series debut to date. The series won an honorary Peabody Award in 2013, and on July 30, ABC Family ordered a third season which premiered on January 13, 2014. On August 13, 2014, ABC Family renewed the series for a fourth season, which premiered on January 6, 2015.
On October 21, 2015, ABC Family (now rebranded as Freeform) confirmed the series had been renewed for its fifth season, which was later confirmed to be the final season. On March 19, 2016, it was announced that the fifth season was bumped from a March 2016 to a January 2017 premiere date. In October 2016, the network announced that the final season would premiere on January 31, 2017.
Bay Madeline Kennish, a teenage girl from the wealthy Kansas City suburb of Mission Hills, Kansas, discovers from a school lab assignment that her AB blood type is incompatible with her type A/O parents John and Kathryn. Genetic testing confirms Bay is not the Kennishes' biological daughter. She uses the phrase "real parents," but is informed that "biological" is the preferred term. It is revealed that the hospital mistakenly switched Bay (who was actually born Daphne Paloma Vasquez) with the Kennishes' newborn daughter, who is raised by her single mother Regina and grandmother Adriana in the low-income neighborhood of East Riverside, Missouri. Daphne is deaf, having lost her hearing as a result of contracting meningitis at age three. The Kennishes invite Daphne and Regina to their home, and after learning that Regina is struggling financially, propose that they move into their guest house with Adriana, an offer that Regina accepts.
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