Underplayed Gems

Fresh Off the Boat (2015)

Fresh Off the Boat poster
Directed by
Anya Adams, Claire Scanlon, Bill Purple, Amy York Rubin
Genre
sitcom, comedy television series
Country
United States
Length
6 seasons, 112 episodes
Rated
TV-PG
Rating
7.2 of 10 from 300 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A Taiwanese-American family moves from Washington D.C. to Orlando, Florida in the 1990s. The show follows their everyday life as they adjust to a new culture and neighborhood.

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What happens

Fresh Off the Boat is an American television sitcom created by Nahnatchka Khan and produced by 20th Century Fox Television for ABC. It is loosely inspired by the life of chef and food personality Eddie Huang and his 2013 autobiography of the same name. Huang was the executive producer of the series, and narrated its first season. Depicting the life of a Taiwanese-American family in Florida in the 1990s, the series stars Randall Park, Constance Wu, Hudson Yang, Forrest Wheeler, Ian Chen, and Lucille Soong as the Huang family as well as Chelsey Crisp and Ray Wise portraying the family's next-door neighbors. The first two episodes of the series were premiered on ABC in February 2015 to positive critical reception, with it becoming the first network television sitcom in the U.S. to feature a family of Asian Americans as main characters in over 20 years. Prior to its second season, the series went through a retooling, which included Huang's departure as narrator. It received accolades as well as nominations for major awards, such as Critics' Choice Television Award and NAACP Image Award nominations. After becoming the first series featuring an all-Asian American main cast to broadcast over 100 episodes, the series was concluded on February 21, 2020, after six seasons. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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