THE FOSTERS
DRAMA / ROMANTIC DRAMA
USA
2013-2018
THE FOSTERS is an American family drama series created by Peter Paige and Bradley Bredeweg. It premiered in the United States on June 3, 2013 on the ABC Family (later Freeform) television network and ended on June 6, 2018. THE FOSTERS consists of 104 episodes of 1 hour.
STORY: The series follows the life of the Adams Foster family, led by the lesbian couple Stef Foster (Teri Polo), a police officer, and Lena Adams (Sherri Saum), a school vice principal, who together raise a biological son and four adopted teenagers in San Diego, California.
GAY COUPLE STORYLINE: Jude Adams Foster (Hayden Byerly) is the youngest Adams Foster child. He is Callie's (Maia Mitchell) half-brother and he is also Brandon (David Lambert), Jesus (Jake T. Austin) and Mariana's (Cierra Ramirez) adoptive brother. Callie rescues Jude from their abusive foster father's house. At school, he quickly befriends a good-hearted boy, Connor (Gavin MacIntosh) and as their friendship grows, Jude begins to question his sexual orientation. Jude and Connor kiss and start dating, but Jude refuses to label himself as gay. After seeing how badly this affects Connor, he comes out during an LGBTQ dance in Season 3.
Jude Adam Foster (Hayden Byerly) & Connor Stevens (Gavin MacIntosh)
HAYDEN BYERLY (2013-2018) October 11, 2000, Lakewood, CO, USA
GAVIN MACINTOSH (2013-2016) March 22, 1999, Tucson, AZ, USA
SPECIAL: On October 8, 2012, more than seven months prior to the series' debut, the socially conservative One Million Moms organization, a division of the American Family Association, condemned Lopez and the show and encouraged the public to boycott it . The group, which has routinely argued against portraying same-sex couples in the media, stated: "While foster care and adoption is a wonderful thing and the Bible teaches us to help orphans, this program tries to redefine marriage and the family. … by having two mothers raise these children together.”
AWARDS: ‘THE FOSTERS’ 7 wins and 32 nominations.
7.9 IMDB
