Switched at Birth season 2

Switched at Birth
Season 2
Starring
No. of episodes21
Release
Original networkABC Family
Original releaseJanuary 7 (2013-01-07) –
August 19, 2013 (2013-08-19)
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The second season of ABC Family drama television series Switched at Birth was commissioned on August 17, 2012.[1] It premiered on January 7, 2013, in the United States[2] and consisted of 21 episodes.[3] The season is produced by ABC Family, Pirates' Cove Entertainment and Suzy B Productions, with Paul Stupin, Becky Hartman Edwards, John Ziffren, and series creator Lizzy Weiss serving as executive producers.[4]

The one-hour scripted drama revolves around two teenagers who discover they were switched at birth and grew up in very different environments.[5] While balancing school, jobs, and their unconventional family, the girls, along with their friends and family, experience deaf culture, relationships, classism, racism, audism, and other social issues.

The ninth episode of the season, entitled "Uprising", made television history by becoming the first episode of a national mainstream television series to be told almost entirely in American Sign Language.[4]

  1. ^ "ABC Family Renews 'Melissa & Joey', 'Baby Daddy', 'Switched at Birth' & Orders Additional Episodes of 'Bunheads' - Ratings | TVbytheNumbers". Tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com. August 17, 2012. Archived from the original on August 19, 2012. Retrieved October 22, 2012.
  2. ^ Michael Ausiello (September 28, 2012). "'Pretty Little Liars' Season 3b Return Date — Plus 'Bunheads' Return Date". TVLine. Retrieved October 22, 2012.
  3. ^ "Switched at Birth listings". The Futon Critic.
  4. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference ABCFamilyMediaNet 1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "ABC Family Announces Pick-Up of "Switched at Birth," "The Nine Lives of Chloe King" and "The Great State of Georgia"". The Futon Critic. January 31, 2011. Retrieved February 7, 2011.