Friends & Family

**Friends & Family** is an American family comedy television series created by Cyrus Uy that premiered on Disney Channel on October 20, 2016. The series stars Emma Nisbet as Emily and Zara Larsson as Gaby. Further main cast includes, Charlie Puth, Meghan Tranior, Trinity Home, Cyrus Uy, Shane Simpson and Scott Hoying

The filming for the pilot started on March 2016 & the filming for season 1 started on August 2016.

Season 1 was confirmed to have 13 episodes and the season finale aired on July 20, 2017.

On June 9, 2017, the series was renewed for a second season. Filming will start in August 2017 for it to premiere in December 21, 2017. Season 2 was confirmed to have 13 episodes. The second season finale aired on June 29, 2018.

On March 8, 2018, Disney Channel renewed the series for a third season during Upfront 2018. Production will begin in June.The series finale aired on February 29, 2019.

On June 3, 2020, Disney Channel announced a fourth season of the series. Production will begin in August 2020 for a November 2020 premiere. The original cast will be back in the exception of Cyrus Uy and Shane Simpson who left in Season 2. It was announced that Phil Baker and Dan Staley would be in charge of the production of the fourth season.

On June 15, 2020, it was announced that Emma Nisbet will not return to the fourth season due to her busy schedule.

On October 25, 2020, it was announced that the premiere of the fourth season was delayed until December 18, 2020.

This series currently have an averaged ratings of 4.5/10 on IMDB.

## Cast

### Main Cast:

* Zara Larsson as Gaby
* Charlie Puth as Gabe
* Meghan Tranior as Lilly
* Trinity Home as Ruby
* Scott Hoying as Joseph
* Cyrus Uy as Ethan (season 1-2)
* Shane Simpson as Jake (season 1-2)
* Emma Nisbet as Emily (Season 1-3)

#### Recurring Cast:

* Meghan Martin as Emilia
* Chole Bridges as Jess
* Roshon Fegan as Ewan
* Ross Lynch as Matthew

## Episodes

### Season 2

* Cyrus Uy is absent for three episodes
* Charlie Puth, Shane Simpson and Scott Hoying is absent for one episode

### Season 3

A third season of the series was announced on March 8, 2018. Production will began in June 2018 for the season to premiere in Autumn 2018.

### Season 4

On June 3, 2020, the series had been renewed for a fourth season after a year of cancellation. Production will begin in August 2020 for a December 18, 2020 premiere. The original cast will be back in the exception of Cyrus Uy and Shane Simpson who left in Season 2 and Emma Nisbet who left after Season 3.

## Trivia

* This series is the only series to received lesser than 15 episodes each season.
* This series is the third series to have announced a season after the previous season ended after Brothers On Break and What The?
* Season 3 were supposed to be 26 episodes, but only 10 were produced due to production constrains and series cancellation.
	+ It was confirmed that the writers and crew will re-produce the remaining 16 episodes that were un-produced in Season 3 for Season 4. Meaning, Season 4 could be the longest running season yet with the original episodes in Season 4.
* This marks that Friends & Family is the 15th Disney Channel Original Series to received a fourth season, preceded by I Want It, Above The Clouds, I Do Care, Dance It Up, Ashley & Kate, Roy and Andy, Miami High, What The?, Spy Kids, Brothers On Break, Sing It Up, North High, Victoria's Life and The Suite Life on Camp.
* Season 4 marks the second show to have a lead cast member leaving the series.
	+ It is confirmed that Emma Nisbet will not be returning in the fourth season. This makes Friends & Family the second Disney Channel Original Series to have one or more main characters leave the series during its' run, preceded by The Suite Life on Camp.