Raven's Home

***Raven's Home*** is an American family sitcom television series developed by Jed Elinoff and Scott Thomas that premiered on Disney Channel on July 21, 2017. The series stars Raven-Symoné, Issac Ryan Brown, Navia Robinson, Jason Maybaum, Sky Katz, and Anneliese van der Pol for its first four seasons. Raven-Symoné and Issac Ryan Brown returned for the fifth season, alongside Mykal-Michelle Harris, Felix Avitia, Emmy Liu-Wang and Rondell Sheridan.

Based on the characters created by Michael Poryes and Susan Sherman, the series is a spinoff of *That's So Raven*, the second spinoff from that series after *Cory in the House*. The series centers on Raven Baxter, a divorced mother of preteen twins Booker and Nia, living with her childhood best friend Chelsea and her son Levi in Chicago, Illinois. The sixth season premiered on April 9, 2023.

## Premise

Best friends Raven and Chelsea, both divorced single mothers, are now raising their children in an apartment together in Chicago. Their house is turned upside down when they realize that Raven's son Booker has inherited the same psychic abilities as his mother.

In the fifth season, Raven and Booker temporarily relocate to Raven's hometown of San Francisco to care for Raven's father Victor after he suffers a mild heart attack. While Raven tries to get her father back in shape, Booker must navigate his mother's old school with the help of some new friends and his younger cousin Alice.

## Episodes

*Main article: List of Raven's Home episodes*

## Production

On August 14, 2015, Raven-Symoné and her former co-stars were reunited in an appearance on *The View*. T'Keyah Crystal Keymáh and Rondell Sheridan were not present, but were mentioned by the cast. A pilot for the series was announced by Disney Channel on October 27, 2016, and Raven-Symoné also announced that she was departing as co-host of *The View* later in 2016 in order to work on the series full time. On November 14, 2016, it was announced that Anneliese van der Pol would reprise her role of Chelsea Daniels in the series as a divorced mother who is raising a son, Levi, and moves in with Raven. Disney Channel officially greenlit the series, with the title of *Raven's Home*, on April 4, 2017. Executive producers Jed Elinoff and Scott Thomas serve as showrunners and head writers, with Raven-Symoné also on the writing team as an executive producer. The series is filmed at Hollywood Center Studios.

Disney Channel renewed the series for a second season on October 10, 2017, which began filming in November 2017. Additionally, starting with the second season, Michael Feldman and Dava Savel replaced Jed Elinoff and Scott Thomas as showrunners. Both Savel and Feldman served as writers and producers on *That's So Raven*. On September 28, 2018, it was announced that a musical episode of the series would premiere on October 12, 2018.

Following a silent renewal, on November 28, 2018, it was announced that Eunetta T. Boone would be taking over as showrunner and executive producer for the third season. On March 21, 2019, it was announced that production on the third season was temporarily shut down, following the death of Eunetta T. Boone. On May 10, 2019, it was announced that the third season would premiere on June 17, 2019.

On October 16, 2019, it was announced by Disney Channel that the series was renewed for a fourth season, with production scheduled to begin sometime in 2019. Additionally, Alison Taylor joined the series as an executive producer.

On June 29, 2020, it was announced that *Raven's Home* and *Bunk'd* would have a special crossover event on July 24, 2020.

On October 1, 2021, it was announced by Disney Channel that the series was renewed for a fifth season. Raven Symoné and Isaac Ryan Brown would return for the season; however, Navia Robinson, Jason Maybaum, Sky Katz, and Anneliese van der Pol would not return. Additionally, newcomers Mykal-Michelle Harris, Felix Avitia, and Emmy Liu-Wang joined as Alice, Neil and Ivy, respectively, and Rondell Sheridan would return as Raven's father Victor Baxter. Production of the fifth season commenced in fall 2021. Adrienne Bailon also returned as Alana Rivera, Raven's high school bully in the original series. On February 10, 2022, it was announced that the fifth season would premiere on March 11, 2022.

On June 21, 2022, *Entertainment Tonight* announced that Keymáh would reprise her role as Tanya Baxter in the season five finale. This marks her first time portraying the character since 2005 in her final appearance in the season 3 *That's So Raven* episode, "Food For Thought".
Raven-Symoné announced during a panel at Disney's D23 Expo on September 10, 2022, that the series was renewed for a sixth season. On March 23, 2023, it was announced that the sixth season would premiere on April 9, 2023.