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Party of Five (2020)

Party of Five poster
Genre
drama, family
Country
United States
Length
1 season, 10 episodes
Rated
TV-14
Rating
7.8 of 10 from 20 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

After their parents are deported to Mexico, five Latino siblings in Los Angeles have to hold their family together and make tough choices about work, school, and caring for each other.

bittersweetfamily-centeredemotionally heavygroundedsincereurgentresilienttense

What happens

Party of Five is an American teen and family drama television series created for Freeform by Amy Lippman and Christopher Keyser, based on the 1994 Fox series of the same name. The series is produced by Sony Pictures Television, with Lippman, Keyser, and Rodrigo García serving as executive producers. The series stars Brandon Larracuente, Emily Tosta, Niko Guardado, and Elle Paris Legaspi as four of the five Acosta children who must navigate daily struggles after their parents are deported to Mexico. By September 2017, Lippman and Keyser were developing a reboot of their television series Party of Five. The series received a put pilot commitment at Freeform in January 2018, with a pilot ordered in January 2018. Larracuente, Tosta, Guardado, and Legaspi were cast in October 2018, and the series was officially ordered by Freeform in February 2019. Party of Five premiered on January 8, 2020, and its first season consists of 10 episodes. In April 2020, the series was canceled after one season. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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