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Aloha! The natural beauty of Hawaii has long inspired and captivated filmmakers longing to show off the soaring cliffs and clear blue waters, in addition to the rich Polynesian culture. Many romantic comedies and coming-of-age films have taken advantage of the stirring imagery to evoke paradise, spirit, and dreamy tenderness. But there's tragedy and drama to be found there too, given the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, as well as the many wartime epics that have been made showing Hawaii at its most tragic.

Given the geographic variety of the state, it's no surprise that a diverse range of stories have been told using the islands and its people, and here, we're taking a look at the 10 best films set in Hawaii.

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No thoughts, pure vibes. "North Shore" may lack substance,...

Exclusive: Fox has given a script commitment plus penalty to Familyship, a one-hour dramedy written by Jon Harmon Feldman. It hails from Feldman and Jennifer Gwartz’s Random Hill Productions and was sold before Gwartz’s recent appointment as Evp Development, Comedy and Drama at 20th Century Fox TV.

This marks the second high-profile sale for Random Hill this season. In a competitive situation, ABC in September gave a put pilot commitment to Backlash, a drama examining the aftermath of a child rescue from Switched at Birth creator Lizzy Weiss, Random Hill Production and ABC Studios, part of Disney TV Studios.

Familyship — step-parents, ex-spouses, half-siblings and co-parenting — the new modern family is a melting pot of first marriages, second families and mixed ethnicities. Familyship is a soapy, character-based dramedy about a sprawling, multi-ethnic clan, that like many 21st Century families,...

Exclusive: In a competitive situation, ABC has given a put pilot commitment to Backlash, a drama examining the aftermath of a child rescue from Switched at Birth creator Lizzy Weiss, Jon Feldman and Jennifer Gwartz’s Random Hill Production and ABC Studios.

Written and executive produced by Weiss, Backlash is set in a working-class town after the high-profile rescue of a child. As the rescue workers and family are deluged with praise, suspicions begin to mount that the accident was something quite different than it seemed. Unpeeling the truth of what happened that day will uncover the town’s many secrets and, in the process, explore hero worship, the media, celebrity culture and the lengths we will go to in order to be seen.

Feldman and Gwartz executive produce via Random Hill, which is under an overall deal at ABC Studios, a division of Disney TV Studios.

Weiss created the Peabody-winning Switched at Birth,...

The Ransom demands will not be met: The CBS/Global drama about an elite Crisis Resolution team has been cancelled after three seasons.

The show’s official Twitter account announced the news on Wednesday, writing, “We’re joyful & lucky to have shared these past three seasons with you. Unfortunately, we have to bid the CriRes team farewell. We loved telling stories about strong, smart characters resolving conflicts with words instead of violence. Thank you for watching.”

Ransom this spring averaged 2.3 million total viewers and a 0.26 demo rating on CBS, right on par with its sophomore run. (Season 1, airing Saturdays in...

Exclusive: Disney+ is finalizing deals to put in development comedy series Life and Deaf, starring and executive produced by Oscar winner Marlee Matlin, I have learned. The project hails from Switched at Birth creator Lizzy Weiss, Patricia Heaton and David Hunt’s Four Boys Entertainment and CBS TV Studios, where Four Boys is under a pod deal.

Written By Weiss and based on the life of Jack Jason, Matlin’s long-time interpreter, Life and Deaf is a half-hour family comedy about a kid growing up in the ‘70s with deaf parents — and the mischief that ensues when, as their ears and mouthpiece, he is given the “keys to the kingdom.’

Heaton, Hunt and Rebecca Stay of FourBoys will executive produce along with Weiss, Matlin and Jason. CBS TV Studios is the studio.

The project reunites Matlin with Weiss, with whom she worked on Switched at Birth. Her recent TV credits...

Krystina Edwards Nagle lost her husband in September from complications during surgery, when he was only 48. She can’t exactly describe how it felt to go through his books, his clothes, his prized watch collection.

But in Facebook Watch’s “Sorry for Your Loss,” she has found a show that comes close to capturing how she feels. “Sorry for Your Loss” stars Elizabeth Olsen as Leigh Shaw, a young widow coping with the recent death of her husband, Matt. In one scene, she goes through his clothes, just like Edwards Nagle had to do.

“When people think about losing a spouse and being a widow, it’s when you’re older. That was kind of the first thing that hit me,” Edwards Nagle said. “And [Leigh] lost her husband so unexpectedly. It was quick, it was sudden, and it was a surprise. So that hit me as well, because that was...

On the heels of its blockbuster deal for The Real World, MTV Studios today announced plans to reimagine Undressed, another groundbreaking series that explored the complicated dynamics of young adult relationships.

Celebrated for its honest take on gender, class and race, Undressed helped launch the careers of hundreds of young actors and behind the scenes talent, including: Christina Hendricks, Jason Ritter, Max Greenfield, Brandon Routh and Chad Michael Murray, as well as Damon Lindelof (Lost), Lizzy Weiss (Switched at Birth) and Steven S. DeKnight (Buffy the Vampire Slayer).

Roland Joffé, the two-time Oscar nominated director who created and executive produced “Undressed,” is set to Ep the scripted series which is currently in development.

MTV aired more than 200 episodes from 1999 – 2002 of the GLAAD Award winner which was widely praised by fans and critics alike for being one of the only shows at the time to feature gay, lesbian and bisexual characters and same-sex relationships.

Make some room, “Real World” reboot: MTV Studios is bringing back “Undressed,” a series for young adults that aired more than 200 episodes from 1999 to 2002.

“Undressed” helped launch the careers of Christina Hendricks, Jason Ritter, Max Greenfield, Brandon Routh, Chad Michael Murray, Damon Lindelof, Lizzy Weiss and Steven S. DeKnight.

Roland Joffé, who created and executive produced “Undressed,” will executive produce the reimagining of the scripted series, which is currently in development.

Also Read: 'MTV's The Real World' Reboot to Premiere in 2019 on Facebook Watch

The original “Undressed” won a GLAAD Award for being one of the only shows at the time to feature gay, lesbian and bisexual characters and same-sex relationships.

“‘Undressed’ was ahead of its time and we’re looking forward to developing the series for a whole new generation,” said Pamela Post, head of scripted programming for MTV Studios, MTV, VH1 and Logo. “Much has changed...

Exclusive: The recently launched MTV Studios is planning to bring back another classic MTV series, Undressed, which explored the complicated dynamics of young adult relationships. Roland Joffé, the two-time Oscar nominated director who created and executive produced the influential scripted series, which aired 200 episodes from 1999-2002, is set to executive produce the reimagining, which is currently in development.

MTV in June announced the creation of MTV Studios with an initial slate that included a reimagining of MTV’s animated comedy Daria, an update of the unscripted series Made as well as a live-action remake of animated sci-fi series Aeon Flux and a return of the network’s reality series The Real World, largely for digital platforms.

Undressed is now joining the list of signature MTV titles that are being revived by MTV Studios on the heels of the studio’s deal with Facebook for the The Real World re-do.

The...

Any description of the new half-hour drama Sorry for Your Loss (debuting Tuesday on Facebook Watch) inevitably makes it sound like a complete bummer. A grieving widow piecing her life together after her husband dies… why would anyone want to watch that? Well, you’d want to watch it because it’s damn good: emotionally astute and genuinely moving, with a magnificent lead performance from Elizabeth Olsen that stands as one of the best anywhere on TV this year.

We meet Olsen’s character Leigh three months after the sudden death of her husband Matt (Mamoudou Athie), and the pain is still raw for her,...

Grief is a very tough sell as the subject of an ongoing TV show. Whatever catharsis the dramatization might offer in short bursts, the potential for the “Why am I still watching this?” reflex is incredibly high.

The Leftovers tried to alleviate this problem by wrapping the whole idea in sci-fi craziness (not that it did much good, ratings-wise). Showtime’s new Kidding has the benefit of Jim Carrey, but still seems afraid of getting too close, too often, to the feelings of loss that are ripping his character apart.

Leigh (Elizabeth Olsen) is a walking bruise. Three months after her husband died suddenly, she’s only getting darker and more wicked the longer her grief stretches on. Every time it seems like it might finally be fading, someone’s cloying sympathy or misplaced word inevitably jolts her back into feeling the full brunt of her pain all over again.

So, no, Leigh isn’t exactly the most fun character to follow around, as “Sorry For Your Loss” asks us to do. As she acknowledges with a snarl in her grief support group, she’s angry, sour, and quick to snap at people trying to help, most especially her newly sober sister Jules (Kelly Marie Tran) and would-be yoga mogul mother (Janet McTeer). But with the help of some sharp writing, charismatic supporting characters, and Olsen’s slyly sympathetic performance, Kit Steinkellner’s drama finds a way to portray the...

Call it the “This Is Us” effect: New shows centering on characters dealing with loss and grief are in abundance this television season.

When Dan Fogelman’s family drama debuted on NBC in Sept. 2016, it was rare for a series, let alone one on a broadcast network, to follow characters whose journeys all centered on being unable to get over the loss of another. “This Is Us” surprised the audience with the reveal that Pearson patriarch Jack (Milo Ventimiglia) was deceased in the present-day storyline, after viewers had already deeply invested in him and his family’s relationships with him. The show was an immediate rating success, with the first season averaging 14.7 million total viewers and the second season even growing — to an average of 17.4 million — as storylines dove even deeper into the exploration of grief.

Now new fall shows such as Facebook Watch’s “Sorry for Your Loss,” Showtime’s “Kidding,...

Television is taking over film festivals, and Tiff has been part of the trend since 2015. That’s when the Toronto International Film Festival first launched its Primetime program, and since then attendees have been treated to premieres like “Black Mirror,” “Casual,” “The Girlfriend Experience,” “The Deuce,” “Transparent,” and more.

In 2018, the TV slate includes big brand names and movie stars — including Julia Roberts and Elizabeth Olsen — as well as a number of lesser known series looking to make their mark. Tiff has seen similar names in the past, but not all of the TV shows debuting at the festival made the impression their distributors, producers, and stars hoped when they landed on TV. Just like the buzziest films may not break the box office, the festival may not elevate TV enough in this peak TV era.

Still, it’s a publicity boon and a helpful prestige play. Amazon, for instance,...

Facebook is about to take Elizabeth Olsen to a really dark — but funny — place in their new half-hour dramedy, “Sorry for Your Loss.”

In the official trailer for the 10-episode series, Olsen stars as Leigh Shaw, a young widow struggling to put her life back together after her husband’s unexpected death. Luckily, she has her sister, Jules (portrayed by “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” star Kelly Marie Tran), to help with the grieving process.

Per the Facebook Watch’s official description: the show is simultaneously devastating and uplifting, with grounded, flawed characters desperate to find humor anywhere they can. The series dives into grief as an unavoidable, universal, transformative part of life. Leigh’s journey will teach us that grief is not something merely to endure, medicate away or “muscle through,” but an essential part of the human experience.

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Facebook Watch has released the trailer for Sorry for Your Loss ahead of its premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival. The dark comedy stars Elizabeth Olsen as Leigh, a young widow dealing with the grief of losing her husband. Kelly Marie Tran (Star Wars: The Last Jedi) co-stars as her sister Jules, along with Janet McTeer, as their mother Amy.

Created and written by Kit Steinkellner (Z: The Beginning of Everything), the 10-episode, half-hour drama, is described as “simultaneously devastating and uplifting, with grounded, flawed characters desperate to find humor anywhere they can and dives into grief as an unavoidable, universal, transformative part of life. Leigh Shaw’s journey shows us that grief is not something merely to endure, medicate away or “muscle through,” but an essential part of the human experience.”

Jovan Adepo and Mamoudou Athie also star. Olsen also executive produces,

James Ponsoldt(Netflix’s Master of None, The Spectacular Now) is executive producer and director on multiple episodes of the series. Writer Lizzy Weiss, creator of the Peabody award-winning Switched at Birth, is the showrunner. The series is executive produced by Robin Schwartz, Marc Turtletaub and Peter Saraf for Big Beach TV, and Cynthia Pett, Brad Petrigala, and Jon Liebman for Brillstein Entertainment Partners.

Sorry for Your Loss premieres Tuesday, September 18 at 9 Pm Et/6 Pm Pt on Facebook Watch.

Check out the trailer above.

Logging into Facebook can be depressing for anyone, but for the recently bereaved, it’s even worse. So perhaps that honestly makes Facebook Watch a fitting home for “Sorry For Your Loss,” the half-hour drama created by playwright Kit Steinkellner about young widow Leigh, played by Elizabeth Olsen, struggling to cope with the death of her husband — a struggle which is all too human, as we see in the trailer below.

Per the official description, “The show is simultaneously devastating and uplifting, with grounded, flawed characters desperate to find humor anywhere they can. The series dives into grief as an unavoidable, universal, transformative part of life. Leigh’s journey will teach us that grief is not something merely to endure, medicate away or ‘muscle through,’ but an essential part of the human experience.”

Beyond Olsen, a beloved indie favorite who’s also been seen kicking ass in the Marvel universe,...

French sci-fi Ad Vitam to screen. Industry programme includes ‘inclusion rider’ academic Dr Stacy Smith, Werner Herzog.

Tiff top brass on Thursday (August 16) unveiled the Primetime sidebar of TV selections including the first four hours of Amazon Studios’ Julia Roberts psychological TV thriller Homecoming, while Taika Waititi makes his first visit to the festival as part of a diverse industry programme.

Homecoming, directed by Mr. Robot creator Sam Esmail, is based on the podcast by Eli Horowitz and Micah Bloomberg about the truth behind a military reintegration facility.

Primetime brings a very international flavour to its fourth annual selection this year.

The Amazon series “Homecoming,” starring Julia Roberts and directed by “Mr. Robot” creator Sam Esmail, will have its world premiere at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival, Tiff organizers announced on Thursday.

“Homecoming,” a psychological thriller created by Eli Horowitz and Micah Bloomberg, is one of the five series that will be included in the festival’s Primetime program, which is devoted to TV from around the world.

Also included in the Toronto Primetime program: “Sorry for Your Loss,” a Facebook Watch series created by Kit Steinkellner and directed by James Ponsoldt, Jessica Yu and Allison Anders; the French sci-fi series “Ad Vitam,” directed by Thomas Cailley; the Asian horror anthology series “Folklore: A Mother’s Love & Pob,” from showrunner Eric Khoo; and David Syrkin’s Israeli comedy “Stockholm.”

Also Read: Sam Esmail Takes Credit for 'Finally' Making Julia Roberts-Dermot Mulroney an On-Screen Couple

Toronto also announced some of the...

This month at the movies includes a pair of Elizabeth Olsen-starring films, thanks to two features exploring decidedly different release strategies. Of course there’s this week’s big budget blockbuster, “Avengers: Infinity War,” which features the actress reprising her role as the powerful mutant Scarlet Witch, but last week also saw the release of Mark Raso’s “Kodachrome,” which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival last year. The film, a low-key drama starring Olsen, Ed Harris, and Jason Sudeikis, was picked up by Netflix out of the festival.

Despite Olsen’s role in the billion-dollar Marvel Cinematic Universe, she’s stayed true to her indie roots over the years, continuing to worker on smaller films like “Wind River” and “Ingrid Goes West,” both of which debuted at Sundance last year. As the indie film distribution model continues to evolve and change, Olsen has become a staunch proponent...

She’s fought in a galaxy far, far away — and now she’s coming to a computer near you.

Kelly Marie Tran, who had a breakout role in last year’s Star Wars: The Last Jedi, has joined the cast of Sorry for Your Loss, an upcoming Facebook Watch series starring Elizabeth Olsen, our sister site Variety reports. Olsen stars as Leigh, a young widow reconnecting with her old friends after the death of her husband; Tran will play Leigh’s younger sister Jules, described as “the most fun girl at a party, and the hardest to live with.”

The half-hour dramedy,...

Facebook is officially entering the #PeakTV arena, handing out a straight-to-series order to a half-hour dramedy starring Avengers‘ Elizabeth Olsen.

The 10-episode series, created by Kit Mteinkellner (Z: The Beginning of Everything), was previously set up at Showtime, where it went by the working title Widow. Much about the premise is shrouded in secrecy, though our sister site Deadline reports Olsen will portray a grieving widow who “reconnects with relationships from her past.”

Lizzy Weiss (Switched at Birth) will serve as showrunner, with James Ponsoldt (Master of None) on board as an executive producer and director. Olsen is also an Ep.

Exclusive: Facebook has given a ten-episode straight-to-series order to a half-hour female-driven dramedy, starring and executive produced by Elizabeth Olsen. The untitled series (fka Widow), which will run on streaming platform Facebook Watch, was created and written by Kit Steinkellner (Z: The Beginning of Everything), with Switched at Birth creator Lizzy Weiss on board as showrunner and James Ponsoldt (Master of None) set to executive produce and direct multiple…...

After five seasons, Switched at Birth aired its final episode this week. Recently, creator Lizzy Weiss spoke with The Hollywood Reporter about the Freeform series finale.The drama follows the lives of two teenage girls after it’s discovered that they ended up with the others’ families as babies at the hospital. The cast includes Katie Leclerc, Vanessa Marano, Constance Marie, D.W. Moffett, Lea Thompson, Lucas Grabeel, and Sean Berdy.Read More…...

The 2011 ABC Family/Freeform show Switched at Birth has come to a close. Switched At Birth Series Finale Recap The show, helmed by creator Lizzy Weiss, told the story of two teens who discover in high school that they had been sent home with the wrong families at birth. For five seasons, the melodrama dealt with real […]

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Warning: The following contains spoilers for Tuesday’s Switched at Birth finale.

Switched at Birth concluded its five-season run on Tuesday in much the same way it started: with a strong sense of family as the Kennish-Vasquez clan laid on their front lawn together, gazing up at a rare comet.

RelatedThe Fosters, Shadowhunters, Stitchers Return Dates Set at Freeform

The final sight of unlikely sisters Bay and Daphne splayed across the grass was meant to evoke the “iconic image” of the show’s early key art, executive producer Lizzy Weiss tells TVLine, adding that she hopes the series finale leaves...

After five seasons and 103 episodes, Freeform’s Peabody Award-winning drama “Switched at Birth” came to an end on Tuesday night. In the 90-minute series finale “Long Live Love,” showrunner Lizzy Weiss and executive producer Linda Gase said a final goodbye to the Vasquez and Kennish families, sending the characters off in their own directions. And though the decision to end the series came from the network, after more than a year off the air, Weiss says she feels good about their run. “I feel proud. The word everyone uses is ‘bittersweet,’ and it’s true,” Weiss said in an interview with TheWrap.

Switched at Birth is resurrecting a beloved family member… sort of.

Tuesday’s milestone 100th installment (Freeform, 9/8c) is “quite an emotional episode about Angelo coming back through” Ally (MacGyver‘s Tristin Mays), the girl who received his heart via transplant, executive producer Lizzy Weiss previews. As Bay and Daphne try to wrap their heads around their newfound connection to their deceased father (played by Gilles Marini), “they start seeing him and talking about him more than they ever have.”

RelatedThe Fosters, Shadowhunters, Stitchers Return Dates Set at Freeform

The hour also features a development in the “Travis/Emmett/Bay...

Is Once Upon a Time staging a musical battle between good and evil? Will Bones ride off into the sunset? Will a robbery uncover an NCIS agent’s secret? Read on for answers to those questions plus teases from other shows.

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Since you were first to share the news about Once Upon a Time’s musical episode, do you have more info? Is our Queen going to sing? —Lisa

Aww, flattery will get you everywhere, Lisa. It will also get you this confirmation that Lana Parrilla will...

Got a scoop request? An anonymous tip you’re dying to share? Send any/all of the above to [email protected]

Question: Grey’s Anatomy scoop, please! —Allison

Ausiello: The show is admitting the rarest breed of Grey’s Anatomy character this spring: an honest-to-goodness Big Bad. According to sources, Shonda Rhimes & Co. are looking for a Caucasian actor in his mid 40s to play a new doctor who is “appealing, charismatic and charming” — in other words, a total freakin’ catch. The twist? He’s has a “manipulative, scary dark side.” The MD (which in this case stands for...

Warning: The following contains spoilers for Tuesday’s Switched at Birth premiere.

China is for lovers?

During Switched at Birth‘s fifth and final season premiere on Tuesday night, Bay made her choice between ex Emmett and his Bff Travis when the latter came to China for a visit… and ended up staying for months. The new couple quickly got serious, shacking up together, before a call from home sent them and Daphne racing back to Kansas City.

RelatedSwitched at Birth Ep Talks About Bay and Daphne’s Return Home, Regina’s New Man and More

So what was...

When Switched at Birth last aired in 2015 (!), the series had skipped ahead in its timeline — “and thanks to Freeform, it turns out that 10-month jump is in real time for viewers,” executive producer Lizzy Weiss tells TVLine with a laugh.

VideosSwitched at Birth Promo: Daphne’s Campus Scandal, [Spoiler]’s Steamy New Romance and an Engagement

After a very lengthy hiatus — it’s actually been a 15-month wait for the fans — the family drama returns this Tuesday (at 9/8c) for its final season. Below, Weiss previews the big changes and new loves ahead for the Kennish-Vasquez clan, as well as a very topical race-relations storyline.

Surf's up at The Peacock Network. NBC has made a script commitment with penalty to a Blue Crush TV show adaptation. Kate Bosworth, Michelle Rodriguez, and Sanoe Lake starred in to 2002 surfing feature film of the same name.Deadline reports Switched at Birth creator Lizzy Weiss, who co-wrote the film with director John Stockwell, will write the Blue Crush TV series adaptation. She will also executive produce.Read More…...

According to reports, NBC will adapt the 2002 female 'surfer' feature "Blue Crush", in a return to 'jiggle tv':

The new series will be produced by Universal, with Francie Calfo executive producing from a script by Lizzy Weiss ("Switched at Birth").

"Blue Crush" the movie, was directed by John Stockwell, following best friends 'Anne Marie' (Kate Bosworth), 'Eden' (Michelle Rodriguez) and 'Lena' (Sanoe Lake)...

...who have a passion to surf Hawaii's famed 'North Shore'.

Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Blue Crush"...

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The TV reboot of John Stockwell's 2002 surfing flick Blue Crush is back on at NBC, it appears..

Back in November of 2016, we reported some news we'd heard about a Blue Crush TV series in development at NBC. Since that time, however, there have been exactly zero updates on the project.

See related Star Trek: Netflix reveals the most rewatched episodes New on Netflix UK: what's added in October 2017?

Then, last Thursday, The Wrap cheerfully brought word that the whole thing is back on.

NBC are still the network trying to make it fly, but Lizzy Weiss - co-writer of the original film - is out, and Hannah Schneider (Reign) had taken her place as the lead writer.

Brian Grazer and Francie Calfo are the show's executive producers on the reboot, and the story "will focus on a surfer in Hawaii’s North Shore...

Surf’s up at NBC.

The network is developing a TV series based on the 2002 movie Blue Crush, which starred Kate Bosworth, Michelle Rodriguez (Lost) and Sanoe Lake as a trio of friends riding waves in Hawaii, our sister site Deadline reports.

RelatedCruel Intentions Sequel Series Not Moving Forward at NBC

Switched at Birth creator Lizzy Weiss, a co-writer on the film, will pen the project and serve as an executive producer.

Ready for more of today’s newsy nuggets? Well…

* Outlander has cast Hannah James (Mercy Street) and newcomer Tanya Reynolds to play the Dunsany sisters, Geneva and Isobel,...

Exclusive: One of the most popular surf movies, Blue Crush, is headed to television. NBC has given a script commitment with penalty to a series based on the 2002 Imagine feature directed by John Stockwell, which starred Kate Bosworth, Michelle Rodriguez and Sanoe Lake. Lizzy Weiss, who co-wrote the movie with Stockwell, will pen the series adaptation and will executive produce. The movie’s producer, Imagine’s Brian Grazer, also will executive produce with the company’s…...

It is the beginning of the end. Creator and showrunner Lizzy Weiss has announced the Switched at Birth TV show, season five, will premiere on Freeform, Tuesday, January 24, 2017. Freeform renewed the series for a ten-episode fifth and final season, in October 2015, leaving Switched at Birth effectively cancelled. In March of this year, it was announced Switched at Birth, season five, would be delayed.The upcoming last season includes Switched at Birth's landmark 100th episode, the celebration of which is pictured above. The award-winning family drama about young women who -- as newborns -- were given to the wrong families, also examines deaf culture, art, and issues of identity, ethnicity, race, and socio-economics. The Switched at Birth TV series cast includes: Katie Leclerc, Vanessa Marano, Constance Marie, Lea Thompson, D.W.

For all of you who have been dying to know what the heck was happening at the end of Switched at Birth Season 4 Episode 20, your wait will soon be over!

Creator Lizzy Weiss took to Twitter today with the happy news when she posted the following news about the upcoming ten-episode season:

"I Have News! The 5th & final season of #SwitchedatBirth – including our 100th episode – airs Tuesday, January 24th!"

Weiss also posted the lovely photo of the cast and crew with their celebratory cake for the 100th episode.

By the time the series returns, it will be a very long time since we've seen any new episodes, you guys.

The Switched at Birth Season 4 finale was in October 2015.

The January 2017 premiere date puts the series a full 15 months ahead of its last new installment.

So it's a darn good thing "And Always Searching for Beauty" ended with a ten-month time jump,...

The new year will usher in the beginning of the end for Switched at Birth.

The fifth and final season of the Freeform family drama will premiere on Tuesday, Jan. 24, creator Lizzy Weiss announced via Twitter.

RelatedSwitched at Birth Casts Vampire Diaries Actress in ‘Unexpected’ Role

I Have News! The 5th & final season of #SwitchedatBirth – including our 100th episode – airs Tuesday, January 24th! https://t.co/gwZGHFIqaX—

Lizzy Weiss (@Lizzy_Weiss) August 04, 2016

The show’s return will come after a lengthy hiatus — the last new installment aired on Oct. 26, 2015.

The 10-episode farewell season will feature the drama’s milestone...

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Switched at Birth creator and showrunner Lizzy Weiss announced on Twitter that the long-awaited fifth and final season of her Switched at Birth TV show will premiere in January 2017. An exact premiere date has not yet been determined. Per Weiss, Freeform will announce the date as it gets closer. Freeform renewed the show for a shortened season five, leaving Switched at Birth effectively cancelled.

Switched at Birth stars Vanessa Marano as Bay Kennish and Katie Leclerc as Daphne Vasquez. The series begins when the then almost 16 year old girls find out they were switched at birth. The Switched at Birth cast also includes: Constance Marie, D.W. Moffett, Lea Thompson, Lucas Grabeel, Sean Berdy, Ryan Lane, and Marlee Matlin.

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Filming has ended on the fifth and final season of Freeform's Switched at Birth TV series. Creator Lizzy Weiss tweeted a photo of the final shot outside the Kennish family home, and later, a message to fans. See them both, below. Switched at Birth stars Vanessa Marano as Bay Kennish and Katie Leclerc as Daphne Vasquez. The series begins when the then almost 16 year old girls find out they were switched at birth.

The award-winning family series focuses on issues of identity, addiction, deaf culture, social class, ethnic identification, and fidelity. Back in October, Switched at Birth was renewed for a shortened fifth season of ten episodes, bringing the total series episode count to 103. Season five will debut in 2017. The cast of Switched at Birth also includes: Constance Marie, D.W. Moffett, Lea Thompson, Lucas...

[caption id="attachment_47110" align="aligncenter" width="590"] Freeform's "Switched at Birth" TV show stars Katie Leclerc as Daphne Vasquez and Vanessa Marano as Bay Kennish. (Freeform/Todd Wawrychuk)/caption]

All good things must come to an end... eventually. Freeform confirms the fifth and final season of its Switched at Birth TV series will not premiere until 2017. A couple of weeks before Switched at Birth creator Lizzy Weiss announced the delay on Twitter, she also announced season five would be Switched at Birth's last, leaving the show effectively cancelled. This is the first time Freeform has addressed when the show, which ended its fourth season on a cliffhanger, would return.

Switched at Birth stars Katie Leclerc as Daphne Vasquez and Vanessa Marano as Bay Kennish, who were, as the title spells out, switched at birth.  The cast also includes Constance Marie, D.W. Moffett, Lea Thompson, Lucas Grabeel, and guest stars Sean...

Freeform’s Switched At Birth won’t return for its final season until sometime next year, series creator Lizzy Weiss announced on Twitter late last night. After her first Tweet imploring fans’ patience, Weiss followed up with a somewhat more encouraging message, noting that while the delay is “a bummer,” she shares her fans’ pain: “I was a fan of Mad Men and I waited forever for its final season. True fans will wait. It’s worth it.” Here are her messages to fans: I'll…...

Switched at Birth fans already got the bad news: Season 5 will be the Freeform fka ABC Family drama’s final season. And now, some worse news.

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Series creator Lizzy Weiss shared on Twitter late Friday night that Bay and Daphne’s farewell tour won’t visit your screen until 2017 — meaning the show, which wrapped Season 4 on Oct. 26, 2015, will have been off the air for well over a year.

I'll tweet this on a Friday night when no one is listening. We won't be back til 2017, I'm not sure exactly when. But Wait For Us.

We’ve good news and bad coming out of Freeform today. After learning of the network’s somewhat surprising decision to push ahead with a second season of supernatural drama Shadowhunters, it’s been confirmed that Switched at Birth will bow out after season 5.

Bringing the series to an end after a total of 103 episodes, creator and producer Lizzy Weiss confirmed that the fifth season would mark the last hurrah for Madeline and Daphne.

Said Weiss:

“This season of #SwitchedatBirth will be our final one. We are ending the show after an amazing 103 episodes with pride, love, and gratitude.”

That adds an extra sense of drama to the upcoming season 5, which is slated for a premiere on Freeform during the summer. Back to reprise their roles for the final time are Vanessa Marano and Katie Leclerc, who anchor the teen drama as two young girls who were, well, Switched at Birth.

It turns out that there won't be a sixth season of the Switched at Birth TV show on Freeform. Series creator and executive producer Lizzy Weiss has confirmed that season five will be the end. She wrote, "This season of #SwitchedatBirth will be our final one. We are ending the show after an amazing 103 episodes with pride, love, and gratitude."

Switched at Birth follows the lives of two teenage girls after it's discovered that they ended up with the others' families as babies at the hospital. The cast includes Vanessa Marano, Katie Leclerc, Lea Thompson, Constance Marie, Sean Berdy, D.W. Moffett, Lucas Grabeel, and Giles Marini.

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It's time to say goodbye to one of ABC Family's—er, sorry, Freeform's—longest-running shows. Switched at Birth will end after its upcoming fifth season, creator Lizzy Weiss announced in a heartfelt Twitter post. "This season of #SwitchedatBirth will be our final one. We are ending the show after an amazing 103 episodes with pride, love, and gratitude," the showrunner wrote. The groundbreaking series followed two teenage girls who discover they were—you guessed it!—switched at birth at the hospital. One grew up in a wealthy family (Vanessa Marano's Bay Kennish), another grew up in a working class neighborhood and, after a childhood illness, lost her hearing...

Switched at Birth is being switched off.

Freeform has confirmed that the upcoming Season 5, which includes the milestone 100th episode, will be the final season for the Peabody Award-winning series. The 10-episode season will conclude with a special 90-minute episode.

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Series creator Lizzy Weiss made the announcement Friday evening on Twitter:

This season of #SwitchedatBirth will be our final one. We are ending the show after an amazing 103 episodes with pride, love, and gratitude.

— Lizzy Weiss (@Lizzy_Weiss) March 12, 2016

Switched at Birth premiered in June 2011 to 3.3 million total viewers and a 1.3 demo rating. The Season...

“Switched at Birth” will end after five seasons, showrunner Lizzy Weiss announced Friday. “This season of #SwitchedatBirth will be our final one,” she said on Twitter. “We are ending the show after an amazing 103 episodes with pride, love, and gratitude.” The Freeform series chronicles the lives of two families brought together when they discover that their daughters — one deaf, one hearing — were swapped by the hospital at birth. Also Read: 'Switched at Birth' Star Vanessa Marano to Return for 'Gilmore Girls' Revival The Peabody Award-winning series is executive-produced by Lizzy Weiss (“Blue Crush”), Paul Stupin (“Dawson’s Creek,...