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ANDI MACK

COMEDY / DRAMA / FAMILY 

USA

2017-2019.

ANDI MACK is an American family comedy-drama television series created by Terri Minsky that aired on Disney Channel from April 7, 2017 to July 26, 2019. The series stars Peyton Elizabeth Lee, Jo Rush, Sofia Wylie, Asher Angel, Lilan Bowden, Lauren Tom, and Trent Garrett. ANDI MACK consists of 57 episodes of 25 minutes.

STORY: The story follows 13-year-old Andi Mack (Peyton Elizabeth Lee) and her best friends, Cyrus Goodman (Joshua Rush) and Buffy Driscoll (Sofie Wylie), as they attend high school.
 
GAY COUPLE STORYLINE: Joshua Rush as Cyrus Goodman, a seventh grade student at Jefferson Middle School, Andi's best friend. Luke Mullen is TJ (seasons 2-3), the captain of the Jefferson Middle School boys' basketball team who has dyscalculia and is Cyrus's love interest; his full name turns out to be Thelonious Jagger Chickens. The two became close despite the former rivalry between TJ and Cyrus' best friend Buffy and fall in love, especially as TJ became a better person.

Cyrus Goodman (Joshua Rush) & TJ Kippen (Luke Mullen)





JOSHUA RUSH (2017-2019) 
December 14, 2001, Houston, TX, USA 





LUKE MULLEN (2017-2019) September 18, 2001, Santa Barbara, CA, USA

SPECIAL: Cyrus Goodman is the first gay character in a Disney Channel series, an event that has attracted a lot of media attention and was reported in the news as historic. Andi Mack is the highest rated series on cable television among children aged 6-14. The series has been nominated for and won awards for its coming-out storyline, the introduction of which boosted ratings.

 AWARDS: 'ANDI MACK’ 5 wins and 8 nominations.  

 7.2 IMDB