Chicken Girls
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| Chicken Girls | |
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| Genre | Web series Teen drama |
| Written by | Janey Feingold (seasons 1-2) (it is unknown if she wrote seasons 3-5) Samantha Silver (season 6) |
| Directed by | Ethan Dawes (season 1)
Chris Campbell (seasons 2 & 4-5) (it is unknown if he directed season 6) Veronica Rodriguez (co-director, second half of season 2) Nayip Ramos (season 3) |
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| Theme music composer | Annie LeBlanc, Hayden Summerall and Brooke Butler |
| Opening theme | "Birds of a Feather" by Annie LeBlanc, Brooke Butler, and Hayden Summerall |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 6 |
| No. of episodes | 67 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Rob Fishman (seasons 1-4)
Darren Lachtman (seasons 1-4) Kristen Lachtman (seasons 1-4) Billy LeBlanc (seasons 1-4) Nick Millman (seasons 1-4) Jimmy Summerall (seasons 1-2) |
| Producer | Asher Levin (seasons 1-2)
Ian Feiner (seasons 1-2) Rob Roth (seasons 1-2) Chas Lacade (seasons 1-3) Allison Minton (season 4) |
| Camera setup | Single-camera |
| Running time | 5–21 minutes |
| Production company | Brat |
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| Network | Brat |
| Release | September 5, 2017 – present |
Chicken Girls is an American web series, starring Annie LeBlanc, Hayden Summerall, Hayley LeBlanc, Brooke Butler, Riley Lewis, Indiana Massara, Mads Lewis, Aliyah Moulden, and Rush Holland. The series is produced by Brat, premiered on September 5, 2017. Brat confirmed that the series is renewed for season 7.
Plot
Chicken Girls tells the story of middle school student Rhyme McAdams and her friends – known as "The Chicken Girls" – who have been dancing together forever. The show follows the girls navigating dance, friendship, crushes, and learning how to grow up. But as they begin their freshman year at Attaway High School (Season 3), everything's changing.
Cast
Main
- Annie LeBlanc as Rhyme McAdams, the main character of the show.
- Hayley LeBlanc as Harmony McAdams, Rhyme's 11-year-old sister. Unlike Rhyme, Harmony is quite feisty and is not afraid to speak her mind. She has a sisterly relationship with Astrid.
- Brooke Butler as Ellie Mack, Rhyme and Quinn's best friend.
- Mads Lewis as Birdie Kaye, T.K.’s older sister, close friend of the Chicken Girls, Rooney’s best friend, and former captain of Attaway Dance Team.
- Indiana Massara as Rooney Forrester, Quinn's stepsister, Stephanie's girlfriend and Birdie's best friend. Rooney is very into photography and is a journalist for the Attaway Appeal. She is good friends with the Chicken Girls too.
- Riley Lewis as Quinn Forrester, Rhyme and Ellie's best friend. Among the Chicken Girls, Quinn is the one who tries to stay out of the drama.
- Aliyah Moulden as Luna, the former captain of the Power Surge dance team and one of Birdie and Rooney's friends (former rival).
- Rush Holland as Flash, Ace's partner-in-crime and Kayla's boyfriend from the movie-season 4. He is a hard-core video gamer as well as a tech nerd. He was good friends with T.K. and Ace. He is a director, and he manages the football team. In season 2, it’s revealed by his dad that Flash’s real name is Fredrick.
- Dylan Conrique as Kayla Sharpe (seasons 1–4), who was a Chicken Girl from season 1 episode 3 when Quinn put a Chicken Girls bracelet in her locker up until the end of season 4. She moved away.
- Caden Conrique as Tim Sharpe (seasons 1–4), Kayla's cousin and Rhyme's first boyfriend who also had brief relationships with Beatrice and Birdie.
- Hayden Summerall as Tommy “T.K.” Kaye (main, seasons 1–2 & 6-; recurring, season 3; guest star, season 5), Rhyme's childhood friend and boyfriend in between the movie and season 3.
- Carson Lueders as Ace (main, seasons 1–3; guest star, season 4), T.K.’s girl-crazy friend. He is a popular kid at school who eventually moved to L.A. after inventing an app called ‘Sup.
- Marlhy Murphy as Stephanie Stewart (season 2–), Rooney's girlfriend. Similar to Rooney, Stephanie is also a photographer for the Attaway Appeal.
- Matt Sato as Robbie Robbins (season 2–), Ellie's on & off boyfriend and son of music producer Robin Robbins.
- Paul Toweh as Ty Walker (season 3–), Luna's boyfriend since season 3. In spite of the fact that he was injured, Ty loves to play football.
- Donovin Miller as Wes (season 5–), Rhyme's boyfriend from seasons 5-6. They eventually split up. He works as a barista for Junior's along with Astrid.
- Pilot Paisley-Rose as Astrid Davison (season 5–), Rhyme and Harmony's cousin and good friend of Ellie and Quinn.
- Avani Gregg as Gemma (season 6–), the edgy and bossy captain of Attaway High’s cheer squad.
- Christopher Romero as Carlos (season 6–), a kid on Ellie's debate team.
Recurring
- Jeremiah Perkins as Hamilton (seasons 1–4), Quinn's ex-boyfriend
- Kelsey Cook as Kimmie (seasons 1–3), a friend of Luna's and former member of the Power Surge dance team.
- Erin Reese DeJarnette as Beth (seasons 1–3), a friend of Luna's and former member of the Power Surge dance team.
- Talin Silva as Jade (seasons 1–3), a friend of Luna's and former member of the Power Surge dance team.
- Jenna Davis as Monica Allen (seasons 1–2), a friend of Luna and former member of the Power Surge dance team. Her parents are the ones who own the Attaway Arcade, and she is the granddaughter of Cathy Fitzroy and Allen Alvarez from A Girl Named Jo.
- Breanna D’Amico as Sandy (seasons 1–2), a friend of Ellie’s and another member of Miles’ band until Miles moved back to England. Later, she joined another band called The Overnights.
- Greg Marks as Henry (seasons 1, 3), Rooney's former boyfriend. Ellie was crazy over Henry early on and even briefly dated him. He is very phone-obsessed which was the main cause for both of his relationships to end.
- HRVY as Miles (season 1), Ellie's former love interest. He and Ellie were part of a band together until Miles moved back to England.
- Rebecca Zamolo as Mrs. Forrester (season 3), Quinn's mother, and Rooney's stepmother.
- Caitlin Carmichael as Laney Raymond (season 1), T.K.’s former girlfriend. T.K. likely broke up with her between seasons 1 & 2 or offscreen during the 1st 5 episodes of season 2.
- Isabella Durham as Sierra Raymond (season 1), Laney’s twin sister and a girl Ace briefly dated. They most likely broke up between seasons 1 & 2.
- Holly Gagnier as Robin Robbins (seasons 2–3), a music producer in L.A. and ex-best friend of Miss McCallister, Ms. Mack, & Mrs. Sharpe. Robin was not a good person thus causing her son, Robbie to move out. Her real identity is Roberta Roach.
- Billy LeBlanc as Mr. Forrester (seasons 2–3), Rooney's father and Quinn's stepfather.
- Steven Parker as Principal Mathers (seasons 2–3), the principal of Attaway High.
- Brooke Burke as Ellie’s mom (seasons 2–3)
- Lilia Buckingham as Autumn Miller (season 2), Luna and Birdie's ultimate rival who is none other than the captain of the Millwood Dance Team.
- Olivia Espara as Naomi (season 2), a former member of the Attaway Dance Team. She was working as a spy to get onto Power Surge until she realized she didn’t want to betray Attaway Dance Team. She quit the team due to the feeling that she wasn’t ready for the level of competition Attaway Dance Team was competing at.
- Grant Knoche as Jules (season 2), Luna’s former crush. He and Luna were childhood best friends until he moved to Millwood.
- Christian Lalama as Paul (season 2), the manager for the Millwood Dance Team who develops a crush on Rhyme.
- Ariel Martin as Dru (season 2), an employee at the Attaway Arcade and good friend of T.K. She along with Ace and Flash helped T.K. direct and produce a film.
- Aidette Cancino as Holly (season 2), Ace’s former crush. She works for the Attaway Appeal and it is revealed by Tim that she got Mathilda (a character played by MaeMae Renfrow from another Brat show based on/named after Attaway Appeal) fired from the newspaper.
- Nathan Triska as Frankie (season 2), a former member of Attaway Dance Team, dubbed “Chicken Boy” by Rhyme, Quinn, Kayla, and Birdie. He quit the team due to being wanted back by his old track team for pole vault.
- Brec Bassinger as Babs (season 2), Flash's father's assistant, and Ace's crush. She is a struggling actress.
- Ben Alezart as Bagel (season 2), the captain of the Attaway school basketball team. In a different Brat show called Brobot, it is revealed that Bagel’s real name is Bobby.
- Andy Milder as Edward (season 2), Flash’s father. He is a famous movie producer who lives in Los Angeles.
- Alex Stokes as Lukas (season 2), a member of the Attaway school basketball team
- Alan Stokes as Roscoe (season 2), a member of the Attaway school basketball team
- Sean Cavalliere as Spike Smith (seasons 3–5), Birdie's ex-boyfriend
- Lily Chee as Britney (seasons 3–5), one of the queen B's at Attaway High. She is a top student and journalist for the Attaway Appeal.
- Jay Ulloa as Drake (seasons 3–4), a theatre actor and Rhyme's ex-boyfriend. He eventually dated Rooney in season 4 before their split in between seasons 4 & 5.
- Heidi Kaufman as Suzy Kaye (seasons 3–4), TK and Birdie’s mom
- Emma Maddock as Mel (seasons 3, 5), Stephanie’s ex-girlfriend. She is very bossy and rude.
- Tatiana Turan as Holly McAdams (seasons 3, 5), Rhyme and Harmony's mother.
- Sissy Sheridan as Angie (season 3), the self-titled “queen” of drama club until Rhyme joins. Angie had a crush on Drake, which is part of why she was jealous of Rhyme. She is very self centered and hates getting replaced.
- Kaylyn Slevin as Beatrice (season 3), the leader of the queen B's at Attaway High. She is very manipulative towards many and took control of Ellie in an attempt to turn her into a B.
- Isabelle Marcus as Becky 1 (season 3), one of the queen B's at Attaway High.
- Josie Nivar as Becky 2 (season 3), one of the queen B's at Attaway High.
- Jarrett Jack as the drama teacher (season 3)
- Luke Dodge as young T.K. (season 3)
- Trinity Valenzuela as young Rhyme (season 3)
- Diezel Braxton as Arthur (seasons 4–5), a student at Attaway High. One time he ate a frog in his biology class.
- Paul Thomas Arnold as Junior Chambers (seasons 4–5), the owner of Junior’s.
- William Franklyn-Miller as Ezra Grant (season 4), Rhyme's former crush, and classmate. He is abused by his stepmother. He represented the Sophomore class in the Mr. Attaway competition.
- Kiana Naomi as Effie (season 4), a good friend of Rhyme's who attends Crown Lake. The two met while on Spring Break.
- Alex Guzman as Jax Brinkman (season 4), Britney's boyfriend. He represented the Freshman class in the Mr. Attaway competition. Due to him not appearing in season 5, it is unknown if he and Britney ever broke up.
- Nataliz Jiménez as Elena (season 4), Ezra’s abusive stepmother
- Dino Petrera as Billy (season 4), a kid who works for the Attaway Appeal
- Carter Southern as Isaac Jones (season 5), a member of Attaway High’s football team
- Tariq Brown as Evan (season 5), a member of Attaway High’s football team
- Kai Peters as Jesse Hawkins (season 5), a classmate of Rhyme and Wes's rival. Like Wes, Jesse also had feelings for Rhyme. He is also known as “The Falcon," which is his stage name for the Attaway radio station he runs.
- Blaine Maye as Johnny (season 5), Robbie’s cousin River’s friend. Johnny made a bet with Robbie for $200 on whether Attaway or Millwood would win the football game, thus causing Robbie to steal the money due to Johnny winning the bet because Millwood won.
- Catherine Grady as Mrs. Henderson (season 5), a social studies teacher at Attaway High. Robbie stole money from her in order to win a bet with Johnny.
- Gigi Cesare as Tonya (season 6), a girl in Birdie, Rooney, Luna, and Ty's gym class. In episode 6 of the 6th season, it's revealed that she is homeless.
- Amelie Ansett as Sadie (season 6), T.K.'s girlfriend back in Texas. She and T.K. most likely started dating during the events of season 5. She visits Attaway in episode 6 and T.K. breaks up with her in episode 9.
- Anirudh Pisharody as Benji (season 6), Gemma’s ex-boyfriend.
- Kelsey Leroy as Jessica (season 6), a member of the Attaway High cheer team.
Episodes
Series overview
| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
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| 1 | 11 | September 5, 2017 | December 19, 2017 | |
| 2 | 11 | February 14, 2018 | May 15, 2018 | |
| 3 | 13 | September 4, 2018 | December 11, 2018[1] | |
| 4 | 11 | March 19, 2019 | May 28, 2019 | |
| 5 | 11 | September 3, 2019 | November 12, 2019 | |
| 6 | 10 | March 10, 2020 | May 12, 2020 | |
| 7 | TBA | September 1, 2020 | TBA | |
Season 1 (2017)
This is the 1st season of the show, which introduces the show’s original set of main characters: Rhyme, TK, Ellie, Quinn, Kayla, Birdie, Rooney, Harmony, Ace, Flash, Tim, and Luna. The 1st 4 episodes are named after days of the week.
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| 1 | 1 | "Monday" | September 5, 2017 | |
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On the first day of school, Rhyme McAdams and childhood friend, T.K. (whom has a crush on Rhyme) walk to school. While walking, Rhyme talks about her hopes getting on to the dance team this year while T.K. would be on the swim team. Meanwhile at Attaway Middle School, Rhyme’s best friends, Ellie Mack and Quinn Forrester wait for their friend to arrive. It is here we learn that the three of them call themselves “The Chicken Girls” and that all three of them hope to get onto the dance team. Ellie then introduces Quinn to her new friend, Kayla, whom she met at dance camp. Quinn immediately grows suspicious of Kayla which intimidates Ellie’s new friend. We also learn about Ellie’s obsession over boys and major crush on Henry, the ex-boyfriend of Quinn’s stepsister, Rooney. After arriving late to class, Rhyme meets up with Ellie and Quinn in English. Ellie then tells Rhyme about her new friend, Kayla who would also be trying out for the dance team. When hearing this, Rhyme grows nervous knowing that there are only three spots on the dance team. | ||||
| 2 | 2 | "Tuesday" | September 12, 2017 | |
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At dance team tryouts, Quinn, Ellie, Rhyme, & Kayla perform a number for the dance team captains, Rooney Forrester (Quinn’s stepsister) and Birdie Kay (T.K.’s older sister). After the four friends finish their routine, Rooney and Birdie announce that the three new members of the team are Kayla, Ellie, and Quinn. Disappointed, Rhyme leaves. Just as she is leaving, she is approached by Tim Sharp, Kayla’s cousin and a writer for the school newspaper. The two immediately take a liking to each other and after a short talk, go their separate ways. Afterwards, Rhyme meets up with T.K. and tells him about Tim causing T.K. to feel jealous. Rhyme then tells T.K. about not making the team. Seeing her sadness, T.K. invites Rhyme to the Attaway Arcade for Birdie’s birthday party which she accepts. At the party, Kayla, Ellie, and Quinn are dressed up in their new dance team hoodies. All of a sudden, The Chicken Girls’ favorite song pops up (“Birds of a Feather”) causing Ellie, Rhyme, and Quinn to perform their friendship dance. | ||||
| 3 | 3 | "Wednesday" | September 19, 2017 | |
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Ellie is still crazy over Henry much to the annoyance of her friends. Rooney, with her new hobby of photography, begins to drift away from the dance team. Due to several school newspaper meetings, Rooney misses a lot of dance team practices which irritates Birdie leading to a strain in the friends’ relationship. In an attempt to cheer her up, a student named Hamilton pranks Rooney by giving her a vomit-flavored jellybean, angering her even more. Rhyme tells T.K. about her thoughts of become the swim team manager in order to spend more time with him. With T.K. not thrilled with the idea, Rhyme leaves. Right after Rhyme leaves, Tim reaches out to T.K. informing him about his plans to ask Rhyme out. Panicking, T.K. tells Tim that she wouldn’t like him and says he’s “rudimentary”. Convinced that Rhyme was playing hard to get, Tim tells T.K. to ask her if she liked him. The next day, Ellie sees Henry walking to the bathroom and decides to follow him. Rooney decide to get revenge on Hamilton and brings gluten-free, dairy free cupcakes for her class. Knowing that Hamilton was allergic to both gluten and dairy, she gives Hamilton a specific cupcake incorporated with both things he is allergic to. Rhyme begins to feel distant from her friends with their busy dance schedules and talking about nothing but dance 24/7. Not wanting her friend to feel left out, Quinn asks Rhyme to help make posters for the pep rally that the dance team is performing in. | ||||
| 4 | 4 | "Thursday" | September 26, 2017 | |
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Ellie follows Henry all the way to the bathroom when she notices that Henry smells like salt and vinegar chips. Just as they start to make out, Hamilton runs in and pukes as a result of Rooney’s prank. Hamilton begins to state his hate for Rooney only to realize that he is actually in love with her. T.K. looks at a Polaroid photo he took of Rhyme on the first day of school. Rhyme continues to make posters for the pep rally while T.K. apologizes for telling Tim Sharpe that she thought he was rudimentary. Growing impatient with Rooney missing practices, Birdie cuts her from the team and decides to take on Rhyme as a replacement. Just as T.K. is about to tell Rhyme about his feelings for her, Birdie pulls Rhyme out to inform her about the news. Quinn, upset about Rhyme replacing her stepsister tries to talk to Ellie who is so absorbed in texting Henry on Kayla’s phone (since she didn’t have her own). This makes her more upset at the fact that Ellie is now dating her stepsister’s ex-boyfriend. This leads to an argument between the two ending with Ellie telling Quinn that she was jealous that she didn’t have a boyfriend of her own. Not wanting to admit that Ellie had a point, Quinn stated that she was dating T.K. and briefly held his hand. At this moment, Rhyme walks in, seeing Quinn and T.K. holding hands, making her storm off. On her way out, she ran into Tim once again whom asked her out on a date. Rhyme accepted, returning to the gym for the pep rally. Rooney realizing that she was replaced leaves. After the pep rally, Rhyme is still angry at T.K. for dating Quinn without telling her. Despite T.K.’s attempt at explaining the truth, Rhyme still didn’t care. | ||||
| 5 | 5 | "Halloween" | October 31, 2017 | |
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After the events of the last episode, Rhyme & T.K. hadn’t talked to each other. Rhyme became more busy with the dance team while T.K. moved on and made new friends, one of them being a girl-obsessed party guy, Ace. At dance practice, Birdie becomes more tough and strict with the team with the Regional Holiday Dance Meet in only two months. It is here we learn about Power Surge, the other Attaway dance team consisting of several semi-professional dancers. After practice ended, the girls talk about their plans for Ace’s Halloween party. Because of Rhyme’s plans for a partner’s costume with Ellie was changed, Birdie offers to do a partner’s costume with her, to which she accepts. T.K. reunites with his old friend Flash and the two quickly become close again much to the criticism of Ace. At the party, Birdie and Rhyme come as salt and pepper while Ellie and Henry dress up as Danny and Sandy. Quinn arrives at the party with Power Surge and doesn’t talk to her friends the whole night. The party doesn’t go well for Rhyme and Ellie with Birdie unsuccessfully teaching Rhyme how to act and Henry sticking to his phone. Eventually, Rooney shows up to the party and dresses up as pepper ending with her and Birdie reconciling. Meanwhile, Ellie and Rhyme leaves the party and decide to watch a scary movie instead. | ||||
| 6 | 6 | "Next Crush" | November 7, 2017 | |
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Rhyme is feeling upset about her and T.K. drifting apart and talks to her sister, Harmony. Harmony tells Rhyme that she shouldn’t let go of T.K. and that he could still be a part of her life if she just tried. At the pool, Ace talks to the Raymound twins, Lainey and Sierra, and realizes that Lainey is into T.K. When Ace tells T.K. about this, he concludes that T.K. still likes Rhyme and says to be cool around her. When T.K. tried this however, it only confused Rhyme even more. While Ellie is texting Henry on Kayla’s phone, she finds out that Kayla and Henry are hiding something from her. This enrages Ellie and leads to her ripping her dance hoodie. She sees a member of the school band named Miles practicing his guitar in a classroom. It is then that Ellie realizes that she has moved on from Henry and now has feelings for Miles (“Next Crush”). Hearing Ellie’s voice, Miles invites Ellie to perform at his concert, Rock Your Hair. Finding out that the concert is at the same time as the Dance Expo, she is reluctant to do so. Noticing that Ellie’s hoodie was ripped, Miles gives her his to which she gladly accepts. While Birdie and Rooney are hanging out at the Forrester home, Quinn walks in with Luna, the captain of Power Surge. Quinn admits that she joined Power Surge, infuriating Rooney and Birdie. | ||||
| 7 | 7 | "Photograph" | November 14, 2017 | |
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Rhyme rants about the drama going on in her life to Harmony. She talks about how T.K. is now dating Lainey, Quinn has betrayed her for the second time, Ellie’s head is in the clouds, and Tim is asking her out too much. At dance practice, Birdie tells the team that even though they are down a player, doesn’t mean they can’t win. She also announces that T.K. will be the new team manager. Ellie is still mad at Kayla and won’t speak to her only saying to “ask Henry”, which confuses Kayla. At the Attaway Arcade, Birdie feels like a third wheel when with Rooney and Hamilton, now dating, forcing her to hang out with T.K., Ace, and Flash. Birdie believes that Ace is a bad influence on T.K. because of how girl-obsessed he is. She tells T.K. to act more like his best friend Flash. T.K. responds stating that Flash wasn’t his best friend, causing Flash to leave. T.K.’s relationship with Lainey is very awkward and Rhyme realizes her feelings for T.K. Because of this, she begins to drift apart from Tim and distances herself from him. At home, Rhyme tells Harmony about her feelings for T.K. (“Photograph”) | ||||
| 8 | 8 | "Broken" | November 21, 2017 | |
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The Dance Team begins to struggle with one person down. With the Dance Expo coming up, the Attaway Dance Team doesn’t know what to do and decides to use Rooney’s zoom lens to steal Power Surge’s moves. When Birdie and Rooney get back, Ellie protests which as a result, kicks her out of practice. Rhyme eventually finds out and tells Kayla and Birdie that Ellie is planning on going to Rock Your Hair. Once Ellie, gets to the concert, she decides not to sing, against Miles’s insistence that she sing. At the Dance Expo, Birdie panics over Ellie not showing up. Unfortunately for the Attaway Dance Team, Power Surge performs their number first. As a result of this, the performance wasn’t only disastrous, but proved that the moves were copied. After the Expo, Rhyme gets the address of the concert and arrives there. Rhyme encourages Ellie to perform and finally agrees. (“Broken”) After her performance, Miles asks Ellie to sing in his band. | ||||
| 9 | 9 | "Say Anything" | November 28, 2017 | |
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Due to the school newspaper, Rooney and Hamilton are not able to hang out as much anymore. The Dance Team tried to practice harder even though they now only have three members. Birdie Blair’s Kayla for the team falling apart because of the fact that Ellie was not talking to Kayla. She tells Kayla to make amends with Ellie and to get her back on the team. Kayla first confronts Henry and asks him if he knew anything. Henry shows Kayla the texts that Ellie had seen which Kayla realizes is the reason why Ellie is so mad. Ace, Flash, and T.K. plan to watch all the Star Wars movies projected on a screen. Quinn begins to struggle with the hard-core training she must take on on Power Surge. Birdie tries to take Quinn back, but Luna doesn’t allow it. Ellie is with Miles when Kayla pulls Ellie out to talk to her. Kayla tells Ellie that she is sorry for texting Henry behind her back, but it is not what she thinks. Ellie tells Kayla that she is moving on from dance and wants to focus on her singing career. Kayla tells Ellie that she was covering for Henry and Rooney after seeing the two of them kissing after Henry attempted to get back with Rooney. Henry’s attempt however was unsuccessful for Rooney has now moved onto Hamilton. | ||||
| 10 | 10 | "Stronger in Numbers" | December 5, 2017 | |
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At the Attaway Arcade, Tim tries to kiss Rhyme, but she gets nervous and spits soda all over his face. Rhyme sees T.K. and his girlfriend Lainey at the arcade and is immediately disgusted. At dance practice, Kayla, Rhyme, T.K., and Rooney find out that Birdie forfeit Regionals. Not wanting Power Surge to win by default, the friends head over to Birdie’s house. The friends try to encourage Birdie, but she doesn’t budge. Ellie and Miles are practicing the band’s new song when Kayla asks Ellie for help. Reluctantly, Ellie agrees. Miles, Ellie, and Kayla try to devise a plan for Ellie to attend both the concert and dance meet. After a while, Miles comes up with an idea. Rhyme is still confused and has no one to talk to except Harmony. Harmony tells Rhyme that there will always be positive aspects in change. This encourages Rhyme to make amends with Quinn. When Rhyme goes over to the Forrester house, Quinn and Rhyme talk to each other about how they both felt that they moved on from each other. However, they admitted that they missed each other and are birds of a feather. After the two reconcile, Quinn gives Rhyme T.K.’s Polaroid photo from the first day of school. | ||||
| 11 | 11 | "Two Places at Once" | December 19, 2017 | |
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Now that Quinn and Rhyme are friends again, they inform each other about all the drama that’s been happening in their own shoes. Quinn admits that she never dated T.K. and that he was just helping her stand up to Ellie. Rhyme says that she is confused about her feelings and never thought that anything would come between her and T.K. Quinn says that she cannot go back to the Attaway Dance Team because Luna would kill her. However, Rhyme convinces Quinn that the Chicken Girls belong together and are birds of a feather. Because of this, Quinn is motivated and quits Power Surge. Kayla, Ellie, and Miles start working out their plan. Tim is worried that Rhyme is no longer into him, but Kayla just tells him that she’s not used to this type of thing. At the Regional Holiday Dance Meet, Ace and Flash get into a fight and Ace makes T.K. pick. Meanwhile, the dance team stresses out whether Ellie will be able to make it or not. As Rooney and Hamilton walk into the theatre, Henry gets upset and claims Rooney as his own. Henry then tells Hamilton of the time Kayla caught he and Rooney together but makes it sound bad. Because of this, Hamilton gets upset and leaves, angering Rooney. Only a couple minutes before the performance and Ellie still didn’t show up. The team started to consider going on without Ellie but Kayla tells them not to. Rhyme agrees and says that the Chicken Girls dance together. In order to kill time, T.K. dresses up as a chicken and dances on stage after telling Rhyme “You’re lucky I love you”. Ellie got up on stage and along with the band (“Wave”) while the Attaway Team performed their routine. Turns out, the plan was to sing at the dance competition. The Attaway Dance Team eventually wins the competition and Rhyme asks T.K. if he meant what he said backstage. | ||||
Season 2 (2018)
Robby Robbins is introduced this season, as a main character. Monica is still a recurring character, but plays a bigger role than she had during season 1 in the 1st 5 episodes of the season. This season also introduces Frankie and Naomi, 2 new members of Attaway Dance Team who are recurring characters that only appear in this season.
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original release date |
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| 12 | 1 | "Thyme" | February 14, 2018 |
| 13 | 2 | "Gone West" | February 20, 2018 |
| 14 | 3 | "Surf's Up" | February 27, 2018 |
| 15 | 4 | "Always a Catch" | March 6, 2018 |
| 16 | 5 | "Save the Arcade" | March 13, 2018 |
| 17 | 6 | "Ace's Party" | April 3, 2018 |
| 18 | 7 | "More the Merrier" | April 10, 2018 |
| 19 | 8 | "Girl Time" | April 17, 2018 |
| 20 | 9 | "Diner Dates" | April 24, 2018 |
| 21 | 10 | "Seven Minutes in Heaven" | May 1, 2018 |
| 22 | 11 | "State" | May 15, 2018 |
Season 3 (2018)
Each episode is named after a musical. T.K. is bumped down to a recurring character. Drake, Ty, and Spike are added as main characters.
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original release date |
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| 23 | 1 | "Bring It On" | September 4, 2018 |
| 24 | 2 | "If/Then" | September 11, 2018 |
| 25 | 3 | "My Fair Lady" | September 18, 2018 |
| 26 | 4 | "Next to Normal" | September 25, 2018 |
| 27 | 5 | "Mamma Mia" | October 2, 2018 |
| 28 | 6 | "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" | October 9, 2018 |
| 29 | 7 | "Anything Goes" | October 16, 2018 |
| 30 | 8 | "Little Shop of Horrors" | October 30, 2018 |
| 31 | 9 | "Wicked" | November 6, 2018 |
| 32 | 10 | "Catch Me If You Can" | November 13, 2018 |
| 33 | 11 | "Bye Bye Birdie" | November 20, 2018 |
| 34 | 12 | "Rodeo & Juliet" | November 27, 2018 |
| 35 | 13 | "Footloose" | December 11, 2018 |
Season 4 (2019)
This is the season in which the character Ezra Grant, now a main character in the series, is introduced. Effie is also added as a new character. This is the only season where T.K. doesn’t appear at all. Ace and Spike are now guest stars. As of this season, all of The Bs and Power Surge are gone except for Luna and Britney who are still on the show.
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original release date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 36 | 1 | "Flour Babies" | March 19, 2019 |
| 37 | 2 | "Flew The Coop" | March 26, 2019 |
| 38 | 3 | "The Future is Female" | April 2, 2019 |
| 39 | 4 | "The Stench" | April 9, 2019 |
| 40 | 5 | "Cancelled" | April 16, 2019 |
| 41 | 6 | "You’re Invited" | April 23, 2019 |
| 42 | 7 | "Teacher Takeover" | April 30, 2019 |
| 43 | 8 | "No Escape" | May 7, 2019 |
| 44 | 9 | "Battle of the Classes" | May 14, 2019 |
| 45 | 10 | "Mr.Attaway" | May 21, 2019 |
| 46 | 11 | "Sincerely, Rhyme" | May 28, 2019 |
Season 5 (2019)
This is the season where Astrid and Wes are now main characters. Jesse is also added as a new character. Spike is a guest star once again, and TK guest stars near the end where he reveals he is staying for good.
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original release date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 47 | 1 | "The Other Guy" | September 3, 2019 |
| 48 | 2 | "You're Hired" | September 10, 2019 |
| 49 | 3 | "Great Debate" | September 17, 2019 |
| 50 | 4 | "Game Day" | September 24, 2019 |
| 51 | 5 | "Pinky Promise" | October 1, 2019 |
| 52 | 6 | "The Trenches" | October 8, 2019 |
| 53 | 7 | "Houseguests" | October 15, 2019 |
| 54 | 8 | "Someone Else" | October 22, 2019 |
| 55 | 9 | "Three Knocks" | October 29, 2019 |
| 56 | 10 | "Profound Romantic Undertones" | November 5, 2019 |
| 57 | 11 | "Fun and Glory" | November 12, 2019 |
Season 6 (2020)
TK returns as a main character. Gemma and Carlos are added as main characters. Tonya, Sadie, Jessica, and Benji are added as recurring characters. Robby is now a recurring character but despite appearing in 3 episodes, he only has 1 in-person appearance in the entire season(which is his 3rd and final appearance in the season), and his voice is only heard rather than him being seen in his 2nd appearance in the season.
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original release date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 58 | 1 | "Resolutions" | March 10, 2020 |
| 59 | 2 | "Cheer Up" | March 17, 2020 |
| 60 | 3 | "Spin The Bottle" | March 24, 2020 |
| 61 | 4 | "Unlucky" | March 31, 2020 |
| 62 | 5 | "Never Have I Ever" | April 7, 2020 |
| 63 | 6 | "Auditions" | April 14, 2020 |
| 64 | 7 | "Movie Magic" | April 21, 2020 |
| 65 | 8 | "Powder Puff" | April 28, 2020 |
| 66 | 9 | "Senior Prank" | May 5, 2020 |
| 67 | 10 | "Fly So High" | May 12, 2020 |
Season 7 (2020)
PK, Claire, Jordan, Leyla, Gus, Bel, and Eggie are introduced this season.
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original release date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 68 | 1 | "TBA" | September 1, 2020 |
Production
Filming for season 1 started on August 6, 2017 as Bratayley’s vlog about the first day of filming was posted on August 8 and Bratayley would usually post their daily vlogs 2 days after they actually happened. The show was first reported by Variety on August 21, 2017.[2] Alana Johnson was originally cast a series regular, but she dropped the role to produce her own film. The second season premiered on February 14, 2018.[3] On August 9, 2018, The Hollywood Reporter announced season 3 would premiere on September 4, 2018.[4] The series was renewed for a fourth season, which premiered on March 19, 2019.[5]
The fifth season premiered on September 3, 2019. In November 2019, the series was renewed for a sixth season that premiered on March 10, 2020. Brat announced a new cast for season 7 in August 2020, featuring Hayley LeBlanc, Coco Quinn, and Txunamy Ortiz from Mani as well as Matteo Gallegos, Elliana Walmsley, Skyler Aboujaoude, Kheris Rogers, Enzo Lopez, Aidan Prince, Santiago Carrera, and Liam-Alexander Newman. It is set to premiere September 1, 2020.[6]
In June 2018, Brat released Chicken Girls: The Movie which takes place between seasons 2 & 3 of Chicken Girls. The movie is the most viewed program on Brat of all time, as it has more than 29 million views (as of July 26, 2020).
In December 2018, Brat the Brat Holiday Spectacular movie co-starring Annie LeBlanc, other characters from Chicken Girls, and characters from Total Eclipse and Boss Cheer that has been viewed more than 5.8 million times.[7] The movie takes place between Chicken Girls season 3 and Spring Breakaway.
In March 2019, Brat released Spring Breakaway. The movie stars Annie LeBlanc, Lilia Buckingham, Anna Cathcart, Kianna Naomi, William Franklyn Miller. The movie takes place between Holiday Spectacular and Chicken Girls season 4 and has been viewed more than 6.2 million times.
In August 2019, Brat released the Intern-in-Chief movie which featured much of the Chicken Girls cast, most notably Annie LeBlanc, Brooke Butler, Riley Lewis, and Kianna Naomi. Indiana Massara, Hayley LeBlanc, Matt Sato as Robbie, Rush Holland, Mads Lewis, and Aliyah Moulden appeared as well. The movie, which takes place between Chicken Girls seasons 4 & 5, has been viewed more than 2.5 million times (as of July 26, 2020).
Reception
Forbes reported that Chicken Girls and another Brat show, Total Eclipse, helped the network accumulate a "loyal audience" of 15 million unique viewers in three months that "the company is beginning to monetize by moving into advertising in 2019".[8]
| Season | Number of views
(first episode) |
Number of views
(last episode) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 16,144,817 | 13,146,714 |
| 2 | 9,332,352 | 6,551,271 |
| 3 | 6,386,093 | 6,015,878 |
| 4 | 5,484,621 | 3,269,206 |
| 5 | 3,254,799 | 3,636,030 |
| 6 | 4,556,980 | 2,831,985 |
References
- ^ "CHICKEN GIRLS – Season 3 – Ep. 13: "Footloose"". Brat. December 11, 2018 – via YouTube.
- ^ McNary, Dave (August 22, 2017). "Digital Creator Brat Unveils Fall Slate of High School-Set Shows". Variety.
- ^ "CHICKEN GIRLS 2 – Annie & Hayden in "Thyme" – Ep. 1". Brat. February 14, 2018 – via YouTube.
- ^ "Brat Unveils Fall Slate Featuring More 'Chicken Girls,' Competition Series 'Talent Show' (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter.
- ^ Hipes, Patrick (December 7, 2018). "Brat Expands Slate With New Original Series, Renewals For Winter Launch". Deadline Hollywood.
- ^ Shafer, Ellise (August 4, 2020). "Brat TV Announces New Cast of 'Chicken Girls' For Season 7". Variety. Retrieved August 13, 2020.
- ^ Weiss, Geoff (January 3, 2019). "Fresh Off Highly-Viewed Holiday Film, Tween Studio 'Brat' Unveils Latest Series". Tubefilter., and "Brat Holiday Spectacular", Brat via YouTube, December 21, 2018. Retrieved June 1, 2019.
- ^ Robehmed, Natalie (December 12, 2018). "Poised to Monetize, Digital Studio Brat Seeks Ad Dollars In Teens". Forbes. Retrieved June 1, 2019.