Network: ABC Family/Freeform
Episodes: 103 (hour)
Seasons: Five
TV show dates: June 6, 2011 — April 11, 2017
Series status: Cancelled
Performers include: Katie Leclerc, Vanessa Marano, Constance Marie, D. W. Moffett, Lea Thompson, Lucas Grabeel, Ivonne Coll, and Sean Berdy.
TV show description:
This dramatic TV series tells the story of two teenage girls who discover that they were accidentally switched as newborns in the hospital. As a result, they are raised in very different environments than what they would have been.
An artistic teenager, Bay Kennish (Vanessa Marano) grew up in a wealthy family with two parents and a brother. Privileged and eccentric, she’s lived a charmed life with the family she thought was her own. She was raised by her stay-at-home mom Kathryn (Lea Thompson) and former professional baseball player father John (D. W. Moffett), in the wealthy neighborhood Mission Hills, Kansas, along with her brother Toby (Lucas Grabeel).
After studying blood types in school, Bay begins to wonder why her blood type does not match her parents’. The family has some genetic tests done and discover that Bay is not biologically related to them. They discover that the hospital mistakenly switched her with another female newborn, Daphne Vasquez (Katie Leclerc).
She’s a deaf teen living with her struggling single mother Regina (Constance Marie) and Puerto Rican grandmother (Ivonne Coll) in a working-class neighborhood in Riverside, Missouri. A case of meningitis caused Daphne to lose her hearing as a child so she attends Carlton, a school for the Deaf, where she plays basketball and learns sign language.
Emmett (Sean Berdy) is Daphne’s sweet but protective best friend. Also deaf, he has a passion for photography and can be often found taking pictures or riding his motorcycle. His mother Melody (Marlee Matlin), is best friends with Daphne’s mom, Regina.
Things come to a dramatic head when the families meet and struggle to learn how to live together for the sake of the girls.
Episode 103 — Long Live Love
Kathryn becomes nostalgic when she realizes that it’s been five years since the switch was discovered and the two families started living together. As she searches for memories, Kathryn discovers a long buried family secret – stretching all the way back to the switch – that changes everything. Daphne competes against Mingo for a six-week paid internship in sports medicine. Bay is celebrated for her tattoo work in a magazine spread, but her struggle to prove herself as an artist to John threatens to destroy their relationship. Toby meets Amelia (guest star Lauren Potter), a young woman with Down Syndrome who changes his perception about his son’s future. Melody, Emmett and Travis make some major decisions about their lives, and Regina takes a chance on love. (Courtesy Freeform. The finale is 90 minutes.)
First aired: April 11, 2017.
What do you think? Are you a fan of the Switched at Birth TV show? Do you think that it should have been cancelled or renewed for a sixth season?
I am so sad that this show was cancelled. I have been watching since it started and I loved the show. I was crying after the show tonight because I felt so sad because another great show was cancelled. There are hardly any good shows on that are wholesome and family orientated that the whole family can watch together. I am so sad. 🙁
My granddaughters (all teens) enjoyed watching this together. It’s a shame it’s ending.
I really love this show, it makes the people in the world understand about what others have to go through, no matter what it is. There are to many shows that need to be cancelled that are still on today, and they show the children of today the wrong things. I love all the characters and I hope that all of them have a successful future. I would be happier if they would bring it back. #bemmettforever
I watched this show every week I wish that it would stay on.it teaches you everyday life
pls renew switched at birth very intersting bring switched at birth back asap ok thanks
I really enjoy this show & i wish the freeform network wouldnt have cancelled it, especially at season 5. Disappointing.. I hope it ends happily and after all the suspense with #bemmettforever
This show has been fantastic since the beginning, and has the capability to remain fresh and relevant. There needs to be more shows like this that increase awareness of various issues, that embraces understanding rather than conflict. They are able to convey these perspectives in a way that is heartfelt and real, rather than offensive. Storylines don’t go nowhere when you keep them current, so this show should continue…it’s MUCH needed in today’s world.
I am so sad they are ending this show!!! its a nice wholesome show. please bring it back!!!!!
There are too many shows on television right now or in the recent past that are terribly violent or reality TV making people famous for no reason (Jersey Shore, Keeping up with the Kardashians, etc) that are just horrible and every time there is a good show that is put on TV like switched at birth, smash, drop dead diva, they get cancelled. There are a lot of things wrong in this world right now and canceling shows like these that are fresh, good, authentic entertainment is just one more wrong decision! Why not cancel those reality shows that are… Read more »
Please back the show. It is a fantastic show.
Love this show. Please bring it back!!!
Loved this show please bring it back!!
Switched at Birth is the BEST series to hit TV in years. WIDIOT would cancel this show? Finally get a series like this and some Executive (who should be fired) wants it to cancel! Leave Switched at Birth on TV, fire the executive, and let this show air for years to come it is GREAT and the cast is the BEST assembled to any series
Great show…..please bring it back…..
Switched At Birth is a GREAT show !!! It should not end yet, especially with such a cliffhanger…..Please bring it back !!!!!
I love this show, ABC takes off all the best shows!!!!!
Please,please do not cancel this show!….The cast are great and the message it gives young adults ,are so on the money…. Why is it that all the good shows are canceled and the shows that have sex and smutt stay on?? Please rethink canceling! We love that show!!!