The Fosters 

Teenager Callie Jacob is placed in a foster home with a lesbian couple and their blend of biological, adoptive, and foster children.

Creators:

Bradley Bredeweg, Peter Paige

Stars:

Teri Polo, Sherri Saum, Hayden Byerly

7 wins & 32 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Teri Polo	...	Stef Adams Foster / ... 104 episodes, 2013-2018
Sherri Saum	...	Lena Adams Foster / ... 104 episodes, 2013-2018
Hayden Byerly	...	Jude Adams Foster / ... 104 episodes, 2013-2018
David Lambert	...	Brandon Foster 104 episodes, 2013-2018
Maia Mitchell	...	Callie Adams Foster / ... 104 episodes, 2013-2018
Cierra Ramirez	...	Mariana Adams Foster / ... 104 episodes, 2013-2018
Danny Nucci	...	Mike Foster 88 episodes, 2013-2018
Amanda Leighton	...	Emma Kurtzman 54 episodes, 2014-2018
Noah Centineo	...	Jesus Adams Foster 53 episodes, 2015-2018
Jake T. Austin	...	Jesus Adams Foster 42 episodes, 2013-2015

Storyline

Stef Foster and Lena Adams, a lesbian couple, have a family of adopted, biological, and foster children. Mariana and Jesus are adopted 15-year-old twins and Brandon is Stef's 16-year-old biological son from a previous marriage. Everything is going fine in the house until Callie and Jude arrive. 16-year-old Callie and her 12-year-old brother Jude have been in many different foster homes, but when they are placed with the Fosters, things begin to happen. In this series, the Fosters will deal with many different issues: hook-ups, break-ups, romances, and important life lessons.

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Plot Keywords:

foster home | same sex parents | adoption | foster parent | lesbian couple | 

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Taglines:

How do you define family?

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Genres:

Drama | Romance

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Certificate:

TV-14

Did You Know?

Trivia

When Sherri Saum was pregnant with her twins, she thought about naming them Jesus and Mariana. She later then found out they were both boys.

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Goofs

The series takes place in San Diego, California. In some episodes throughout the series, there are scenes when police vehicles have their lights on without a steady red light present. All police vehicles in California are required to have a steady red light on when the police lights on the front of police vehicles are on.

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Connections

Featured in MsMojo: Top 10 Best LGBTQ+ TV Couples (2019)

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Soundtracks

Where You Belong (Title Song)
Performed by Kari Kimmel

User Reviews

Round of applause for The Fosters

I live in a small city in Wisconsin where being gay is rarely spoken about. I am a high school English teacher at a local high school and the adviser for the Gay Straight Alliance. "The Fosters" gives me hope and I believe it also gives my students hope. I love the way it normalizes a marriage between two women as I hope to be married someday to a woman as well. This show is tastefully written and beautifully acted. The relationship between Teri Polo and Sherri Saum's characters feels authentic and is well represented. I am appalled by the reviews of others on the IMDb site who feel that The Fosters is ''trashy" or "disgusting" or should not be classified as a "family show." This is the truest family show I have ever seen because it speaks to who I am. Shame on those who cannot see past their own biases concerning what it means to be a family. Congratulations to everyone involved in the production of this show. You should be proud of yourselves.

Details

Official Sites:

Freeform [United States]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

3 June 2013 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Fosters

Filming Locations:

Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Blazing Elm Entertainment, Nitelite Entertainment, Nuyorican Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1