The series is known for launching the careers of Jules LeBlanc, Hayden Summerall, Brooke Elizabeth Butler, Indiana Massara, and more. A spinoff series, Chicken Girls: College Years,[1] which follows Rooney and Birdie in college together, debuted online on August 2, 2022.[2]
Premise
Chicken Girls tells the story of middle school student Rhyme McAdams and her friends, Ellie, Quinn, and Kayla – known as "The Chicken Girls" – who have been dancing together forever. The show follows the girls as they navigate dance, friendship, crushes, and learning how to grow up. But as they begin their freshman year at Attaway High School (season 3), everything's changing.
In Season 7, Harmony has found her own squad of Chicken Girls. With all the backstabbing, secret-keeping and boy drama, can the new girl group survive middle school?
Cast
Main
Jules LeBlanc as Rhyme McAdams (main, seasons 1–6; recurring, season 7; guest, seasons 8–9): Harmony's older sister, Ellie and Quinn's best friend, and Astrid's cousin
Hayley LeBlanc as Harmony McAdams (seasons 1–9): Rhyme's 12-year-old sister, and Astrid's cousin. Unlike Rhyme, Harmony is quite feisty and is not afraid to speak her mind. She takes over as series lead in season 7. She starts her own Chicken Girls, which includes Claire, Bel and Leyla.
Hayden Summerall as Tommy "T.K." Kaye (main, seasons 1–2, 6; recurring, season 3, 7–8; guest, season 5, 9): Rhyme's childhood friend, and later boyfriend
Brooke Elizabeth Butler as Ellie Mack (main, seasons 1–6; recurring, seasons 7–8): Rhyme's, Quinn's and Kayla's best friend
Riley Lewis as Quinn Forrester (main, seasons 1–6; guest star, season 7; recurring, season 8): Rhyme and Ellie's best friend since childhood and become best friends with Kayla when the girls are in middle school
Indiana Massara as Rooney Forrester (main, seasons 1–6; recurring, seasons 7–8): Quinn's step sister and Birdie's best friend
Mads Lewis as Birdie Kaye (main, seasons 1–6; recurring, season 7): TK's older sister and Rooney's best friend
Aliyah Moulden as Luna (seasons 1–6): the former captain of the Power Surge dance team
Rush Holland as Flash (main seasons 1–6, guest, season 9): TK's and Ace's best friend, and Kayla's former boyfriend. It is revealed by his father in season 2 that his real name is Frederick.
Dylan Conrique as Kayla Seltzer (main, seasons 1–4; guest, season 7): A friend of Ellie where Ellie met in dance camp and become best friends with Rhyme and Quinn.
Caden Conrique as Tim Sharp (seasons 1–4): the former editor in chief of Attaway Appeal, Kayla's cousin, and Rhyme's former boyfriend
Carson Lueders as Ace (main, seasons 1–3; guest, season 4, 9): TK's and Flash's good friend. He moved to California between seasons 3 and 4 when he sold his and Flash's app called "'Sup" to an investor.
Matthew Keoni Sato as Robbie Robbins (main, seasons 2–5; recurring, season 6): Ellie's on-off boyfriend. His mother is Robin Robbins, a famous music producer.
Paul Toweh as Ty Walker (main, seasons 3–6; guest, season 8): Luna's boyfriend and Walker's elder brother
Marlhy Murphy as Stephanie Stewart (main, seasons 3–6; recurring, season 2): Rooney's ex-girlfriend
Donovan Miller as Wes (main, seasons 5–6; recurring, season 7): Astrid's co-worker
Pilot Paisley-Rose as Astrid Davison (main, seasons 5–6; recurring, season 7): Rhyme's and Harmony's cousin
Coco Quinn as Katie (main, season 7–present; guest, season 5): Harmony's childhood best friend who is the member of the dance team.
Txunamy Ortiz as Brittany Diamond (main, seasons 7–8; guest star, seasons 2–3): Harmony's childhood best friend, and the member of the dance team.
Enzo Lopez as Peyton "PK" Kaye (season 7–present): TK's and Birdie's cousin
Skyler Aboujaoude as Leyla (seasons 7–9) Harmony, Claire and Bel's best friend and is longtime friends with Darnell, Gus and Eggie.
Santiago Carrera as Gus (seasons 7–9): a friend of Walker and Eggie
Matteo Gallegos as Jordan (seasons 7–8): An 8th grader who briefly dated Harmony and had a love triangle with Harmony and Leo McCoy.
Liam-Alexander Newman as Darnell Walker (seasons 7–9): Ty's younger brother. He is longtime friends with Eggie, Gua and Leyla.
Aidan Prince as Edward "Eggie" Kham (seasons 7–9): the captain of the football team and is long time friends with Walker, Gus and Leyla and PK
Kheris Rogers as Bella "Bel" Bosker (season 7–present): the current captain of Attaway Dance Team, and a chicken girl and is Harmony, Claire and Leyla's best friends
Elliana Walmsley as Claire Fitzroy (season 7–present): an overachieving student, and a member of the chicken girl, and is Harmony, Leyla and Bel's best friends
Corinne Joy as Simone (main, season 8–present; recurring, season 7): Harmony's former friend and the temporary captain of the new Power Surge
Jeremiah Perkins as Hamilton (seasons 1–4): Rooney's ex-boyfriend
Kelsey Leon as Kimmie (seasons 1–3): a friend of Luna's and former member of the Power Surge dance team
Erin Reese DeJarnette as Beth (seasons 1–3): a friend of Luna's and former member of the Power Surge dance team
Tallinn Silva as Jade (seasons 1–3): a friend of Luna's and former member of the Power Surge dance team
Jenna Davis as Monica Allen (seasons 1–2): a friend of Luna and former member of the Power Surge dance team. Her parents own Allen's Arcade. She is the granddaughter of Cathy Fitzroy and Allen Alvarez from A Girl Named Jo.
Breanna D'Amico as Sandy (seasons 1–2): a friend of Ellie's and another member of Miles' band
Greg Marks as Henry Barnett (seasons 1, 3): Rooney's former boyfriend
HRVY as Miles (season 1): Ellie's former love interest
Isabella Durham as Sierra Raymond (season 1): Laney's twin sister and a girl Ace briefly dated
Introduced in season 2
Holly Gagnier as Robin Robbins (seasons 2–3): a music producer in L.A. and ex-best friend of Miss McCallister, Ms. Mack, & Mrs. Sharpe. Her real name is Roberta Roach.
Billy LeBlanc as Mr. Forrester (seasons 2–3): Rooney's father and Quinn's stepfather
Steven Parker as Principal Mathers (seasons 2–3): the principal of Attaway High
Brooke Burke as Tiffany Mack (seasons 2–3): Ellie's mother
Lilia Buckingham as Autumn Miller (season 2): Luna and Birdie's rival and the captain of the Millwood Dance Team
Olivia Espara as Naomi (season 2): a former member of the Attaway Dance Team
Grant Knoche as Jules (season 2): Luna's childhood friend
Christian Lalama as Paul (season 2): the manager for the Millwood Dance Team who develops a crush on Rhyme
Ariel Martin as Dru (season 2): an employee at the Attaway Arcade
Aidette Cancino as Holly (season 2): Ace's former crush. She works for the Attaway Appeal and it is revealed by Tim that she got Matilda (a character played by MaeMae Renfrow from another Brat show based on/named after Attaway Appeal) fired from the newspaper.
Nathan Triska as Frankie (season 2): a former member of Attaway Dance Team, dubbed "Chicken Boy" by Rhyme, Quinn, Kayla, and Birdie
Brec Bassinger as Babs (season 2): Flash's father's assistant, and Ace's crush. She is a struggling actress.
Ben Alezart as Bagel (season 2): the captain of the Attaway school basketball team. In a different Brat show called Brobot, it is revealed that Bagel's real name is Bobby.
Andy Milder as Edward (season 2): Flash's father, a famous movie producer who lives in Los Angeles
Alex and Alan Stokes as Lukas and Roscoe (season 2): members of the Attaway school basketball team
Paris Simone as Suzie (season 2): a former member of the Power Surge dance team
Cameron McLaeod as Billy Ridgeway (seasons 2, 5): a member of the Attaway Appeal
Introduced in season 3
Lily Chee as Britney (seasons 3–5): one of the queen B's at Attaway High. She is a top student and journalist for the Attaway Appeal.
Sean Cavaliere as Spike Smith (recurring, season 3; guest star, seasons 4–5): Birdie's ex-boyfriend
Jay Ulloa as Drake (seasons 3–4): a theatre actor and Rhyme's ex-boyfriend
Heidi Kaufman as Suzy Kaye (seasons 3–4): TK and Birdie's mother
Emma Maddock as Mel (seasons 3, 5): Stephanie's ex-girlfriend
Tatiana Turan as Molly McAdams (seasons 3, 5): Rhyme and Harmony's mother
Sissy Sheridan as Angie (season 3): the self-titled "queen" of drama club until Rhyme joins
Kaylyn Slevin as Beatrice (season 3): the leader of the queen B's at Attaway High
Isabelle Marcus as Becky 1 (season 3): one of the queen B's at Attaway High
Josie Nivar as Becky 2 (season 3): one of the queen B's at Attaway High
Rebecca Zamolo as Mrs. Forrester (season 3): Quinn's mother, and Rooney's stepmother
Luke Dodge as young T.K. (season 3)
Trinity Valenzuela as young Rhyme (season 3, 8)
Introduced in season 4
Diezel Braxton as Arthur (seasons 4–5): a student at Attaway High
Paul Thomas Arnold as Junior Chambers (season 4–present): the owner of Junior's. He is a recurring character across the Brat universe.
William Franklyn-Miller as Ezra Grant (season 4): Rhyme's former crush, and classmate whom she met in Spring Breakaway.
Kiana Naomi as Effie (season 4): a good friend of Rhyme's who attends Crown Lake. The two met in Spring Breakaway.
Alex Guzman as Jax Brinkman (season 4): Britney's boyfriend
Nataliz Jiménez as Elena (season 4): Ezra's abusive stepmother
Dino Petrera as Billy (season 4): a kid who works for the Attaway Appeal
Introduced in season 5
Carter Southern as Isaac Jones (season 5): a member of Attaway High's football team. He is a main character in Zoe Valentine.
Tariq Brown as Evan (season 5): a member of Attaway High's football team
Kai Peters as Jesse Hawkins (season 5): a classmate of Rhyme and Wes's rival, also known as "The Falcon", which is his stage name for the Attaway radio station he runs
Blaine Maye as Johnny Valentine (season 5): Robbie's cousin and River's friend. He stars in Dirt and also appears in Boss Cheer.
Catherine Grady as Mrs. Henderson (season 5): the social studies teacher at Attaway High
Introduced in season 6
Chris Romero as Carlos (season 6): a member of Ellie's debate team
Gigi Cesare as Tonya (season 6): a girl in Birdie, Rooney, Luna, and Ty's gym class
Amelie Anstett as Sadie (season 6): TK's girlfriend back in Texas
Anirudh Pisharody as Benji (season 6): Gemma's ex-boyfriend
Kesley Leroy as Jessica (season 6): a member of the Attaway High cheer team
Introduced in season 7
Andrew Davis II as Mr. Giamarra (seasons 7–8): a reading and literature teacher for Harmony and her friends
Sawyer Fuller as Portia (seasons 7–8): a worker at the Parlor Ice Cream Shop
Ansa Woo as Tanya Kham (season 7): Eggie's mother who is best friends with Bel's mother
Alyssa Gutierrez-Sierra as Star (season 7): Simone's teammate and Harmony's former friend
Introduced in season 8
Brooklyn Courtney-Moore as Margo (season 8–9): Leyla's friend and later rival and head editor of the junior appeal
Production and filming for the series' first season commenced August 6, 2017.[citation needed] The series was first reported by Variety on August 21, 2017.[5] Alana Johnson was originally cast a series regular, but she dropped the role to produce her own film.[citation needed] The second season premiered on February 14, 2018.[6][better source needed] In June 2018, Brat released Chicken Girls: The Movie which takes place between the second and third seasons of Chicken Girls.[citation needed] On August 9, 2018, The Hollywood Reporter announced season 3 would premiere on September 4, 2018.[7]
The Brat Holiday Spectacular film, featuring Annie LeBlanc, Indiana Massara, Aliyah Moulden, Mackenzie Ziegler and other performers from Chicken Girls, along with cast from Total Eclipse and Boss Cheer, was released in December 2018.[8][9] The film takes place between Chicken Girls season 3 and Spring Breakaway.[citation needed] In March 2019, Brat released the Spring Breakaway film, which stars Annie LeBlanc, Lilia Buckingham, Anna Cathcart, Kianna Naomi and William Franklyn Miller. This film takes place between Holiday Spectacular and Chicken Girls season 4.[citation needed]
The series was renewed for a fourth season, which premiered on March 19, 2019.[10] In August 2019, Brat released the Intern-in-Chief film, which featured much of the Chicken Girls cast, notably Annie LeBlanc, Brooke Elizabeth Butler, Riley Lewis, and Kianna Naomi, with Indiana Massara, Hayley LeBlanc, Matt Sato, Rush Holland, Mads Lewis, and Aliyah Moulden appearing as well. The film takes place between the fourth and fifth seasons of Chicken Girls.[citation needed] The fifth season premiered on September 3, 2019.[citation needed] In November 2019, the series was renewed for a sixth season, which premiered on March 10, 2020.[citation needed]
In August 2020, Brat announced a new cast for the seventh season of Chicken Girls, which included Hayley LeBlanc, Coco Quinn, Txunamy Ortiz, and Corrine Joy from Mani, as well as Enzo Lopez, Elliana Wamsley, Matteo Gallegos, Michael Aboujaoude, Skyler Aboujaoude, Kheris Rogers, Aidan Prince, Santiago Carrera, and Liam-Alexander Newman.[11] The season was originally set to premiere on September 1, 2020, but was pushed back to September 8.[citation needed] In 2020, a behind the scenes documentary series Chicken Girls: The Docuseries was released alongside season 7.[citation needed] Season 8 was being filmed as of February 1, 2021, and was released on March 23, 2021.[citation needed]
Filming
The main filming location for Chicken Girls, besides Brat Studios, is Ramona Convent Secondary School. It was used as the school in the series' first season, and in Chicken Girls: The Movie, as well for most of the fourth through sixth seasons.[citation needed]
Reception
Viewership
Forbes reported that Chicken Girls and another Brat show, Total Eclipse, helped the network accumulate a "loyal audience" of 15 million unique viewers in three months that "the company is beginning to monetize by moving into advertising in 2019".[12]
Chicken Girls: The Movie was the most viewed program on Brat of all time, having more than 40 million views as of December 30, 2023[update].[citation needed] The Brat Holiday Spectacular, featuring Jules LeBlanc (formerly Annie LeBlanc), Indiana Massara, Aliyah Moulden, Mackenzie Ziegler, other cast from Chicken Girls, other cast from Total Eclipse, and more has been viewed more than 7.8 million times as of December 30, 2023[update].[citation needed] The Spring Breakaway film has been viewed more than 9.4 million times, while the Intern-in-Chief film has been viewed more than 4.7 million times, as of December 30, 2023[update].[citation needed]
The popularity of Chicken Girls has led the team at Brat TV to produce accompanying spinoff series to the show. The first series, Rooney's Last Roll, follows Rooney Forrester as she struggles to move on from her relationship with Stephanie after finding a film roll from the last time they were together. It premiered on November 11, 2020.[citation needed]
A second spinoff series, Chicken Girls: College Years, follows Rooney and Birdie as they start their new lives in college and encounter new challenges along the way.[1] It premiered on August 2, 2022.[2]
A third spinoff series, Chicken Girls: Forever Team, centers on Simone and her friends, who have to navigate their life with Harmony having moved away. It premiered on November 3, 2022.[citation needed]
Additionally, Chicken Girls: The Docuseries was a spinoff more focused on the cast and behind the scenes of season 7 (unlike the other straight-up spinoffs that take place within the show’s universe). It premiered on October 1, 2020.
