The Fosters (American TV series)

The Fosters
Genre	Family drama Teen drama
Created by	Bradley Bredeweg Peter Paige
Showrunners	Bradley Bredeweg Peter Paige
Starring	Teri Polo Sherri Saum Jake T. Austin Hayden Byerly David Lambert Maia Mitchell Danny Nucci Cierra Ramirez Noah Centineo
Theme music composer	Kari Kimmel
Opening theme	"Where You Belong" by Kari Kimmel
Ending theme	"Where You Belong" (instrumental)
Composer	Alec Puro
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	5
No. of episodes	104 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Peter Paige Bradley Bredeweg Greg Gugliotta Jennifer Lopez Simon Fields Benny Medina John Ziffren Joanna Johnson Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas
Producers	Christine A. Sacani Paul Sciarrotta David Hartle Mark Benton Johnson Megan Lynn Wade Solomon
Cinematography	Lowell Peterson Kees Van Oostrum Checco Varese
Editors	Kristin Windell Sharon Silverman Debra Weinstein Michael Jablow Meghan Robertson
Running time	42 minutes
Production companies	ProdCo Original Blazing Elm Entertainment Nuyorican Productions
Original release
Network	Freeform
Release	June 3, 2013 (2013-06-03) – June 6, 2018 (2018-06-06)
Related
Good Trouble
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The Fosters is an American family drama television series created by Peter Paige and Bradley Bredeweg. It premiered in the United States on June 3, 2013, on the ABC Family (later Freeform) television network and concluded on June 6, 2018. It followed the lives of the Adams-Foster family led by a lesbian couple, Stef Foster, a police officer, and Lena Adams, a school vice principal, who raise one biological son and four adopted teenagers in San Diego, California.

The first season received generally favorable reviews and particular acclaim for its portrayal of LGBT themes. It also earned two GLAAD Media Awards and one Teen Choice Award.

On January 3, 2018, Freeform announced that The Fosters would end after five seasons. It concluded with a three-episode finale, which also acted as an introduction to Good Trouble, the spin-off series starring Maia Mitchell and Cierra Ramirez.^[1]