Chicken Girls

Chicken Girls is an American streaming series starring Jules LeBlanc, Hayden Summerall, Hayley LeBlanc, Brooke Butler, Riley Lewis, Indiana Massara, Mads Lewis, Aliyah Moulden, Rush Holland, Dylan Conrique, Caden Conrique, Carson Lueders, and more. The series, produced by Brat, premiered on September 5, 2017.

Chicken Girls
Genre	Web series Teen drama
Written by	Janey Feingold (seasons 1-2) Pratap Chatterjee (season 5) Samantha Silver (season 6)
Directed by	Chris Campbell (seasons 2, 4-5, 7) Ethan Dawes (season 1) Veronica Rodriguez (season 2) Nayip Ramos (season 3)
Starring	Jules LeBlanc Hayden Summerall Hayley LeBlanc Brooke Butler Riley Lewis Indiana Massara Mads Lewis Aliyah Moulden Rush Holland Dylan Conrique Caden Conrique Carson Lueders Txunamy Ortiz Coco Quinn Enzo Lopez Kheris Rogers Liam-Alexander Newman Mateo Gallegos Skyler Aboujaoude Santiago Carrera Aidan Prince Elliana Walmsley
Theme music composer	Jules LeBlanc, Hayden Summerall and Brooke Butler
Opening theme	"Birds of a Feather" by Jules LeBlanc, Brooke Butler, and Hayden Summerall
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	7
No. of episodes	82 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Rob Fishman Darren Lachtman Kristen Lachtman Billy LeBlanc Nick Millman Jimmy Summerall
Producers	Asher Levin Daniel Cummings Ian Feiner Rob Roth Chas Lacade Allison Minton
Camera setup	Single-camera
Running time	5–21 minutes
Production company	Brat
Distributor	Brat
Release
Original network	Brat
Picture format	4k
Audio format	Digital stereo
Original release	September 5, 2017 – Present
Chronology
Related shows	Chicken Girls: The Docuseries Rooney’s Last Roll

Plot

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.

Cast

Main

• Jules LeBlanc as Rhyme McAdams (main, seasons 1–6; recurring, season 7). Lead character for the first 6 seasons. She is Harmony’s older sister, Ellie and Quinn’s best friend, and Astrid’s cousin.
• Hayley LeBlanc as Harmony McAdams, 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 took over the lead in season 7.
• Hayden Summerall as Tommy “T.K.” Kaye (main, seasons 1–2, 6; recurring, season 3, 7; guest star, season 5), Rhyme's childhood friend and boyfriend in between the movie and season 3.
• Brooke Butler as Ellie Mack (main, seasons 1–6; recurring, season 7), Rhyme and Quinn and Astrid’s best friends.
• Riley Lewis as Quinn Forrester (main, seasons 1–6; guest star, season 7), Rhyme and Ellie’s best friend and Rooney's sister.
• Indiana Massara as Rooney Forrester (main, seasons 1–6; recurring, season 7), Quinn’s sister and Birdie’s best friend.
• Mads Lewis as Birdie Kaye (main, seasons 1–6; recurring, season 7), TK’s big sister and Rooney’s best friend.
• Aliyah Moulden as Luna (seasons 1–6), former captain of the Power Surge dance team.
• Rush Holland as Flash (seasons 1–6), TK and Ace’s best friend and Kayla’s former boyfriend. It was revealed by his father in season 2 that his real name is Frederick
• Dylan Conrique as Kayla Sharp (main, seasons 1–4; guest star, season 7), Rhyme and Quinn’s former best friend. She moved to Crown Lake when her dad got sick in season 4
• Caden Conrique as Tim Sharp (seasons 1–4), the former editor in chief of Attaway Appeal and Rhyme’s former boyfriend. He briefly dated Birdie and Beatrice from the B's.
• Carson Lueders as Ace (main, seasons 1–3; guest star, season 4), TK and Flash’s best friend. He moved to California between seasons 3 and 4 when he sold him and Flash’s app ‘Sup to an investor.
• Matt Sato as Robbie Robbins (main, seasons 2–5; recurring, season 6), Ellie’s former on-off boyfriend. His mother is Robin Robbins, a famous music producer.
• Txunamy Ortiz as Brittany Diamond (guest star, seasons 2–3; main, season 7-)
• Paul Toweh as Ty Walker (seasons 3–6), Luna’s boyfriend while he was on the show.
• Marhly Murphy as Stephanie Stewart (recurring, season 2; main, seasons 3–6), Rooney’s former girlfriend.
• Donovan Miller as Wes (main, seasons 5–6; recurring season 7), Rhyme's boyfriend from seasons 5–6. They eventually split up. He works as a barista for Junior's along with Astrid.
• Pilot Paisley-Rose as Astrid Davison (main, seasons 5–6; recurring, season 7), Rhyme and Harmony's cousin and good friend of Ellie and Quinn.
• Coco Quinn as Katie (guest star, season 5; main, season 7-)
• Avani Gregg as Gemma (season 6)
• Enzo Lopez as Peyton "PK" Kaye (season 7-), TK and Birdie’s cousin
• Skyler Aboujaoude as Leyla (season 7-)
• Santiago Carrera as Gus (season 7-)
• Matteo Gallegos as Jordan (season 7-)
• Liam-Alexander Newman as Darnell Walker (season 7-), Ty’s younger brother
• Aidan Prince as Edward "Eggie" Kham (season 7-), captain of the football team.
• Kheris Rogers as Bella "Bel" Bosker (season 7-), the current captain of Attaway Dance Team.
• Elliana Walmsley as Claire Fitzroy (season 7-)

Recurring

Introduced in season 1

• Jeremiah Perkins as Hamilton (seasons 1–4), Quinn's ex-boyfriend
• Kelsey Cook 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.
• Talin 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 until Miles moved back to England. Later, she joined another band called The Overnights.
• Greg Marks as Henry Barnett (seasons 1, 3), Rooney's former boyfriend. Ellie was crazy over Henry early on and even briefly dated him. He is very phone-obsessed which was the main cause for both of his relationships to end.
• HRVY as Miles (season 1), Ellie's former love interest. He and Ellie were part of a band together until Miles moved back to England.
• Caitlin Carmichael as Laney Raymond (season 1), T.K.’s former girlfriend. T.K. likely broke up with her between seasons 1 & 2 or offscreen during the 1st 5 episodes of season 2.
• Isabella Durham as Sierra Raymond (season 1), Laney’s twin sister and a girl Ace briefly dated. They most likely broke up between seasons 1 & 2.

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. Robin was not a good person thus causing her son, Robbie to move out. 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 mom
• Lilia Buckingham as Autumn Miller (season 2), Luna and Birdie's ultimate rival who is none other than the captain of the Millwood Dance Team.
• Olivia Espara as Naomi (season 2), a former member of the Attaway Dance Team. She was working as a spy to get onto Power Surge until she realized she didn’t want to betray Attaway Dance Team. She quit the team due to the feeling that she wasn’t ready for the level of competition Attaway Dance Team was competing at.
• Grant Knoche as Jules (season 2), Luna’s former crush. He and Luna were childhood best friends until he moved to Philadelphia and returned to Millwood.
• 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 and good friend of T.K. She along with Ace and Flash helped T.K. direct and produce a film.
• 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 Mathilda (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. He quit the team due to being wanted back by his old track team for pole vault.
• 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. He is a famous movie producer who lives in Los Angeles.
• Alex Stokes as Lukas (season 2), a member of the Attaway school basketball team
• Alan Stokes as Roscoe (season 2), a member 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 Cavalliere 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. He eventually dated Rooney in season 4 before their split in between seasons 4 & 5.
• Heidi Kaufman as Suzy Kaye (seasons 3–4), TK and Birdie’s mom
• Emma Maddock as Mel (seasons 3, 5), Stephanie’s ex-girlfriend. She is very bossy and rude.
• 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. Angie had a crush on Drake, which is part of why she was jealous of Rhyme. She is very self centered and hates getting replaced.
• Kaylyn Slevin as Beatrice (season 3), the leader of the queen B's at Attaway High. She is very manipulative towards many and took control of Ellie in an attempt to turn her into a B.
• 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)

Introduced in season 4

• Diezel Braxton as Arthur (seasons 4–5), a student at Attaway High. One time he ate a frog in his biology class.
• Paul Thomas Arnold as Junior Chambers (season 4–), the owner of Junior’s.
• William Franklyn-Miller as Ezra Grant (season 4), Rhyme's former crush, and classmate. He is abused by his stepmother. He represented the Sophomore class in the Mr. Attaway competition.
• Kiana Naomi as Effie (season 4), a good friend of Rhyme's who attends Crown Lake. The two met while on Spring Break.
• Alex Guzman as Jax Brinkman (season 4), Britney's boyfriend at the end of season 4. He represented the Freshman class in the Mr. Attaway competition.
• 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
• 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. Like Wes, Jesse also had feelings for Rhyme. He is 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 River’s friend. Johnny made a bet with Robbie for $200 on whether Attaway or Millwood would win the football game, thus causing Robbie to steal the money due to Johnny winning the bet because Millwood won.
• Catherine Grady as Mrs. Henderson (season 5), a social studies teacher at Attaway High. Robbie stole money from her in order to win a bet with Johnny.

Introduced in season 6

• Chris Romero as Carlos (season 6), a kid on Ellie’s debate team.
• Gigi Cesare as Tonya (season 6), a girl in Birdie, Rooney, Luna, and Ty's gym class. In episode 6 of the 6th season, it's revealed that she is homeless.
• Amelie Anstett as Sadie (season 6), T.K.'s girlfriend back in Texas. She and T.K. most likely started dating during the events of season 5. She visits Attaway in episode 6 and T.K. breaks up with her in episode 9.
• 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

• Corinne Joy as Simone, Harmony’s old dance teammate from Millwood.
• Andrew Davis II as Mr. Giamarra, a reading and literature teacher for Harmony and her friends.
• Sawyer Fuller as Portia, a worker at the Parlor Ice Cream Shop.
• Ansa Woo as Tanya Kham, Eggie's mom who is best friends with Bel’s mom.
• Alyssa Gutierrez-Sierra as Star, Simone’s teammate and Harmony’s former friend.

Episodes

Series overview

Season		Episodes		Originally aired
				First aired	Last aired
	1	11		September 5, 2017	December 19, 2017
	2	11		February 14, 2018	May 15, 2018
	3	13		September 4, 2018	December 11, 2018[1]
	4	11		March 19, 2019	May 28, 2019
	5	11		September 3, 2019	November 12, 2019
	6	10		March 10, 2020	May 12, 2020
	7	15		September 8, 2020	December 15, 2020
	8	TBA		2021	2021

Season 1 (2017)

This is the 1st season of the show, which introduces the show’s original set of main characters: Rhyme, TK, Ellie, Quinn, Kayla, Birdie, Rooney, Harmony, Ace, Flash, Tim, and Luna. The 1st 4 episodes are named after days of the week.

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Original release date
1	1	"Monday"	September 5, 2017
On the first day of school, Rhyme McAdams and childhood friend, T.K. (whom has a crush on Rhyme) walk to school. While walking, Rhyme talks about her hopes getting on to the dance team this year while T.K. would be on the swim team. Meanwhile at Attaway Middle School, Rhyme’s best friends, Ellie Mack and Quinn Forrester wait for their friend to arrive. It is here we learn that the three of them call themselves “The Chicken Girls” and that all three of them hope to get onto the dance team. Ellie then introduces Quinn to her new friend, Kayla, whom she met at dance camp. Quinn immediately grows suspicious of Kayla which intimidates Ellie’s new friend. We also learn about Ellie’s obsession over boys and major crush on Henry, the ex-boyfriend of Quinn’s stepsister, Rooney. After arriving late to class, Rhyme meets up with Ellie and Quinn in English. Ellie then tells Rhyme about her new friend, Kayla who would also be trying out for the dance team. When hearing this, Rhyme grows nervous knowing that there are only three spots on the dance team.
2	2	"Tuesday"	September 12, 2017
At dance team tryouts, Quinn, Ellie, Rhyme, & Kayla perform a number for the dance team captains, Rooney Forrester (Quinn’s stepsister) and Birdie Kay (T.K.’s older sister). After the four friends finish their routine, Rooney and Birdie announce that the three new members of the team are Kayla, Ellie, and Quinn. Disappointed, Rhyme leaves. Just as she is leaving, she is approached by Tim Sharp, Kayla’s cousin and a writer for the school newspaper. The two immediately take a liking to each other and after a short talk, go their separate ways. Afterwards, Rhyme meets up with T.K. and tells him about Tim causing T.K. to feel jealous. Rhyme then tells T.K. about not making the team. Seeing her sadness, T.K. invites Rhyme to the Attaway Arcade for Birdie’s birthday party which she accepts. At the party, Kayla, Ellie, and Quinn are dressed up in their new dance team hoodies. All of a sudden, The Chicken Girls’ favorite song pops up (“Birds of a Feather”) causing Ellie, Rhyme, and Quinn to perform their friendship dance.
3	3	"Wednesday"	September 19, 2017
Ellie is still crazy over Henry much to the annoyance of her friends. Rooney, with her new hobby of photography, begins to drift away from the dance team. Due to several school newspaper meetings, Rooney misses a lot of dance team practices which irritates Birdie leading to a strain in the friends’ relationship. In an attempt to cheer her up, a student named Hamilton pranks Rooney by giving her a vomit-flavored jellybean, angering her even more. Rhyme tells T.K. about her thoughts of become the swim team manager in order to spend more time with him. With T.K. not thrilled with the idea, Rhyme leaves. Right after Rhyme leaves, Tim reaches out to T.K. informing him about his plans to ask Rhyme out. Panicking, T.K. tells Tim that she wouldn’t like him and says he’s “rudimentary”. Convinced that Rhyme was playing hard to get, Tim tells T.K. to ask her if she liked him. The next day, Ellie sees Henry walking to the bathroom and decides to follow him. Rooney decide to get revenge on Hamilton and brings gluten-free, dairy free cupcakes for her class. Knowing that Hamilton was allergic to both gluten and dairy, she gives Hamilton a specific cupcake incorporated with both things he is allergic to. Rhyme begins to feel distant from her friends with their busy dance schedules and talking about nothing but dance 24/7. Not wanting her friend to feel left out, Quinn asks Rhyme to help make posters for the pep rally that the dance team is performing in.
4	4	"Thursday"	September 26, 2017
Ellie follows Henry all the way to the bathroom when she notices that Henry smells like salt and vinegar chips. Just as they start to make out, Hamilton runs in and pukes as a result of Rooney’s prank. Hamilton begins to state his hate for Rooney only to realize that he is actually in love with her. T.K. looks at a Polaroid photo he took of Rhyme on the first day of school. Rhyme continues to make posters for the pep rally while T.K. apologizes for telling Tim Sharpe that she thought he was rudimentary. Growing impatient with Rooney missing practices, Birdie cuts her from the team and decides to take on Rhyme as a replacement. Just as T.K. is about to tell Rhyme about his feelings for her, Birdie pulls Rhyme out to inform her about the news. Quinn, upset about Rhyme replacing her stepsister tries to talk to Ellie who is so absorbed in texting Henry on Kayla’s phone (since she didn’t have her own). This makes her more upset at the fact that Ellie is now dating her stepsister’s ex-boyfriend. This leads to an argument between the two ending with Ellie telling Quinn that she was jealous that she didn’t have a boyfriend of her own. Not wanting to admit that Ellie had a point, Quinn stated that she was dating T.K. and briefly held his hand. At this moment, Rhyme walks in, seeing Quinn and T.K. holding hands, making her storm off. On her way out, she ran into Tim once again whom asked her out on a date. Rhyme accepted, returning to the gym for the pep rally. Rooney realizing that she was replaced leaves. After the pep rally, Rhyme is still angry at T.K. for dating Quinn without telling her. Despite T.K.’s attempt at explaining the truth, Rhyme still didn’t care.
5	5	"Halloween"	October 31, 2017
After the events of the last episode, Rhyme & T.K. hadn’t talked to each other. Rhyme became more busy with the dance team while T.K. moved on and made new friends, one of them being a girl-obsessed party guy, Ace. At dance practice, Birdie becomes more tough and strict with the team with the Regional Holiday Dance Meet in only two months. It is here we learn about Power Surge, the other Attaway dance team consisting of several semi-professional dancers. After practice ended, the girls talk about their plans for Ace’s Halloween party. Because of Rhyme’s plans for a partner’s costume with Ellie was changed, Birdie offers to do a partner’s costume with her, to which she accepts. T.K. reunites with his old friend Flash and the two quickly become close again much to the criticism of Ace. At the party, Birdie and Rhyme come as salt and pepper while Ellie and Henry dress up as Danny and Sandy. Quinn arrives at the party with Power Surge and doesn’t talk to her friends the whole night. The party doesn’t go well for Rhyme and Ellie with Birdie unsuccessfully teaching Rhyme how to act and Henry sticking to his phone. Eventually, Rooney shows up to the party and dresses up as pepper ending with her and Birdie reconciling. Meanwhile, Ellie and Rhyme leaves the party and decide to watch a scary movie instead.
6	6	"Next Crush"	November 7, 2017
Rhyme is feeling upset about her and T.K. drifting apart and talks to her sister, Harmony. Harmony tells Rhyme that she shouldn’t let go of T.K. and that he could still be a part of her life if she just tried. At the pool, Ace talks to the Raymound twins, Lainey and Sierra, and realizes that Lainey is into T.K. When Ace tells T.K. about this, he concludes that T.K. still likes Rhyme and says to be cool around her. When T.K. tried this however, it only confused Rhyme even more. While Ellie is texting Henry on Kayla’s phone, she finds out that Kayla and Henry are hiding something from her. This enrages Ellie and leads to her ripping her dance hoodie. She sees a member of the school band named Miles practicing his guitar in a classroom. It is then that Ellie realizes that she has moved on from Henry and now has feelings for Miles (“Next Crush”). Hearing Ellie’s voice, Miles invites Ellie to perform at his concert, Rock Your Hair. Finding out that the concert is at the same time as the Dance Expo, she is reluctant to do so. Noticing that Ellie’s hoodie was ripped, Miles gives her his to which she gladly accepts. While Birdie and Rooney are hanging out at the Forrester home, Quinn walks in with Luna, the captain of Power Surge. Quinn admits that she joined Power Surge, infuriating Rooney and Birdie.
7	7	"Photograph"	November 14, 2017
Rhyme rants about the drama going on in her life to Harmony. She talks about how T.K. is now dating Lainey, Quinn has betrayed her for the second time, Ellie’s head is in the clouds, and Tim is asking her out too much. At dance practice, Birdie tells the team that even though they are down a player, doesn’t mean they can’t win. She also announces that T.K. will be the new team manager. Ellie is still mad at Kayla and won’t speak to her only saying to “ask Henry”, which confuses Kayla. At the Attaway Arcade, Birdie feels like a third wheel when with Rooney and Hamilton, now dating, forcing her to hang out with T.K., Ace, and Flash. Birdie believes that Ace is a bad influence on T.K. because of how girl-obsessed he is. She tells T.K. to act more like his best friend Flash. T.K. responds stating that Flash wasn’t his best friend, causing Flash to leave. T.K.’s relationship with Lainey is very awkward and Rhyme realizes her feelings for T.K. Because of this, she begins to drift apart from Tim and distances herself from him. At home, Rhyme tells Harmony about her feelings for T.K. (“Photograph”)
8	8	"Broken"	November 21, 2017
The Dance Team begins to struggle with one person down. With the Dance Expo coming up, the Attaway Dance Team doesn’t know what to do and decides to use Rooney’s zoom lens to steal Power Surge’s moves. When Birdie and Rooney get back, Ellie protests which as a result, kicks her out of practice. Rhyme eventually finds out and tells Kayla and Birdie that Ellie is planning on going to Rock Your Hair. Once Ellie, gets to the concert, she decides not to sing, against Miles’s insistence that she sing. At the Dance Expo, Birdie panics over Ellie not showing up. Unfortunately for the Attaway Dance Team, Power Surge performs their number first. As a result of this, the performance wasn’t only disastrous, but proved that the moves were copied. After the Expo, Rhyme gets the address of the concert and arrives there. Rhyme encourages Ellie to perform and finally agrees. (“Broken”) After her performance, Miles asks Ellie to sing in his band.
9	9	"Say Anything"	November 28, 2017
Due to the school newspaper, Rooney and Hamilton are not able to hang out as much anymore. The Dance Team tried to practice harder even though they now only have three members. Birdie Blair’s Kayla for the team falling apart because Ellie was not talking to Kayla. She tells Kayla to make amends with Ellie and to get her back on the team. Kayla first confronts Henry and asks him if he knew anything. Henry shows Kayla the texts that Ellie had seen which Kayla realizes is the reason why Ellie is so mad. Ace, Flash, and T.K. plan to watch all the Star Wars movies projected on a screen. Quinn begins to struggle with the hard-core training she must take on on Power Surge. Birdie tries to take Quinn back, but Luna doesn’t allow it. Ellie is with Miles when Kayla pulls Ellie out to talk to her. Kayla tells Ellie that she is sorry for texting Henry behind her back, but it is not what she thinks. Ellie tells Kayla that she is moving on from dance and wants to focus on her singing career. Kayla tells Ellie that she was covering for Henry and Rooney after seeing the two of them kissing after Henry attempted to get back with Rooney. Henry’s attempt however was unsuccessful for Rooney has now moved onto Hamilton.
10	10	"Stronger in Numbers"	December 5, 2017
At the Attaway Arcade, Tim tries to kiss Rhyme, but she gets nervous and spits soda all over his face. Rhyme sees T.K. and his girlfriend Lainey at the arcade and is immediately disgusted. At dance practice, Kayla, Rhyme, T.K., and Rooney find out that Birdie forfeit Regionals. Not wanting Power Surge to win by default, the friends head over to Birdie’s house. The friends try to encourage Birdie, but she doesn’t budge. Ellie and Miles are practicing the band’s new song when Kayla asks Ellie for help. Reluctantly, Ellie agrees. Miles, Ellie, and Kayla try to devise a plan for Ellie to attend both the concert and dance meet. After a while, Miles comes up with an idea. Rhyme is still confused and has no one to talk to except Harmony. Harmony tells Rhyme that there will always be positive aspects in change. This encourages Rhyme to make amends with Quinn. When Rhyme goes over to the Forrester house, Quinn and Rhyme talk to each other about how they both felt that they moved on from each other. However, they admitted that they missed each other and are birds of a feather. After the two reconcile, Quinn gives Rhyme T.K.’s Polaroid photo from the first day of school.
11	11	"Two Places at Once"	December 19, 2017
Now that Quinn and Rhyme are friends again, they inform each other about all the drama that’s been happening in their own shoes. Quinn admits that she never dated T.K. and that he was just helping her stand up to Ellie. Rhyme says that she is confused about her feelings and never thought that anything would come between her and T.K. Quinn says that she cannot go back to the Attaway Dance Team because Luna would kill her. However, Rhyme convinces Quinn that the Chicken Girls belong together and are birds of a feather. Because of this, Quinn is motivated and quits Power Surge. Kayla, Ellie, and Miles start working out their plan. Tim is worried that Rhyme is no longer into him, but Kayla just tells him that she’s not used to this type of thing. At the Regional Holiday Dance Meet, Ace and Flash get into a fight and Ace makes T.K. pick. Meanwhile, the dance team stresses out whether Ellie will be able to make it or not. As Rooney and Hamilton walk into the theatre, Henry gets upset and claims Rooney as his own. Henry then tells Hamilton of the time Kayla caught he and Rooney together but makes it sound bad. Because of this, Hamilton gets upset and leaves, angering Rooney. Only a couple minutes before the performance and Ellie still didn’t show up. The team started to consider going on without Ellie but Kayla tells them not to. Rhyme agrees and says that the Chicken Girls dance together. In order to kill time, T.K. dresses up as a chicken and dances on stage after telling Rhyme “You’re lucky I love you”. Ellie got up on stage and along with the band (“Wave”) while the Attaway Team performed their routine. Turns out, the plan was to sing at the dance competition. The Attaway Dance Team eventually wins the competition and Rhyme asks T.K. if he meant what he said backstage.

Season 2 (2018)

Robby Robbins is introduced this season, as a main character. Monica is still a recurring character, but plays a bigger role than she had during season 1 in the 1st 5 episodes of the season. This season also introduces Frankie and Naomi, 2 new members of Attaway Dance Team who are recurring characters that only appear in this season.

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Original release date
12	1	"Thyme"	February 14, 2018
13	2	"Gone West"	February 20, 2018
14	3	"Surf’s Up"	February 27, 2018
15	4	"Always a Catch"	March 6, 2018
16	5	"Save The Arcade"	March 13, 2018
17	6	"Ace’s Party"	April 3, 2018
18	7	"More The Merrier"	April 10, 2018
19	8	"Girl Time"	April 17, 2018
20	9	"Diner Dates"	April 24, 2018
21	10	"Seven Minutes In Heaven"	May 1, 2018
22	11	"State"	May 15, 2018

Season 3 (2018)

Each episode is named after a musical. T.K. is bumped down to a recurring character. Drake, Ty, and Spike are added as main characters.

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Original release date
23	1	"Bring It On"	September 4, 2018
24	2	"If/Then"	September 11, 2018
25	3	"My Fair Lady"	September 18, 2018
26	4	"Next to Normal"	September 25, 2018
27	5	"Mamma Mia"	October 2, 2018
28	6	"Dirty Rotten Scoundrels"	October 9, 2018
29	7	"Anything Goes"	October 16, 2018
30	8	"Little Shop of Horrors"	October 30, 2018
Note: this was the 1st ever Brat episode to be aired by a YouTube live premiere
31	9	"Wicked"	November 6, 2018
32	10	"Catch Me If You Can"	November 13, 2018
33	11	"Bye Bye Birdie"	November 20, 2018
34	12	"Rodeo & Juliet"	November 27, 2018
35	13	"Footloose"	December 11, 2018

Season 4 (2019)

This is the season in which the character Ezra Grant, now a main character in the series, is introduced. Effie is also added as a new character. This is the only season where T.K. doesn’t appear at all. Ace and Spike are now guest stars. As of this season, all of The Bs and Power Surge are gone except for Luna and Britney who are still on the show. The season’s original air date was March 12, 2019 but was pushed back to March 19.

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Original release date
36	1	"Flour Babies"	March 19, 2019
37	2	"Flew The Coop"	March 26, 2019
38	3	"The Future is Female"	April 2, 2019
39	4	"The Stench"	April 9, 2019
40	5	"Cancelled"	April 16, 2019
41	6	"You’re Invited"	April 23, 2019
42	7	"Teacher Takeover"	April 30, 2019
43	8	"No Escape"	May 7, 2019
44	9	"Battle of the Classes"	May 14, 2019
45	10	"Mr. Attaway"	May 21, 2019
46	11	"Sincerely, Rhyme"	May 28, 2019

Season 5 (2019)

This is the season where Astrid and Wes are now main characters. Jesse is also added as a new character. Spike is a guest star once again, and TK guest stars near the end where he reveals he is staying for good.

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Original release date
47	1	"The Other Guy"	September 3, 2019
48	2	"You're Hired"	September 10, 2019
49	3	"Great Debate"	September 17, 2019
50	4	"Game Day"	September 24, 2019
51	5	"Pinky Promise"	October 1, 2019
52	6	"The Trenches"	October 8, 2019
53	7	"Houseguests"	October 15, 2019
54	8	"Someone Else"	October 22, 2019
55	9	"Three Knocks"	October 29, 2019
56	10	"Profound Romantic Undertones"	November 5, 2019
57	11	"Fun and Glory"	November 12, 2019

Season 6 (2020)

TK returns as a main character. Gemma is added as a main character. Carlos, Tonya, Sadie, Jessica, and Benji are added as recurring characters. Robby is now a recurring character but despite appearing in 3 episodes, he only has 1 in-person appearance in the entire season(which is his 3rd and final appearance in the season), and his voice is only heard rather than him being seen in his 2nd appearance in the season.

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Original release date
58	1	"Resolutions"	March 10, 2020
59	2	"Cheer Up"	March 17, 2020
60	3	"Spin The Bottle"	March 24, 2020
61	4	"Unlucky"	March 31, 2020
62	5	"Never Have I Ever"	April 7, 2020
63	6	"Auditions"	April 14, 2020
64	7	"Movie Magic"	April 21, 2020
65	8	"Powder Puff"	April 28, 2020
66	9	"Senior Prank"	May 5, 2020
67	10	"Fly So High"	May 12, 2020
Here in this episode T.K reunites with Rhyme at graduation, while all the others plan and hold the graduation party.

Season 7 (2020)

PK, Claire, Jordan, Leyla, Gus, Bel, Darnell, and Eggie are introduced this season as the new main characters. The season’s original premiere date was September 1, 2020 but was pushed back to September 8.

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Original release date [2]
68	1	"First Day"	September 8, 2020
69	2	"Boy Troubles"	September 15, 2020
Note: Rhyme's first absence.
70	3	"Group Project"	September 22, 2020
71	4	"Pep Rally"	September 29, 2020
72	5	"Girls’ Day"	October 6, 2020
73	6	"Team Manager"	October 13, 2020
74	7	"Chowder Bake"	October 20, 2020
75	8	"Over The Rainbow"	October 27, 2020
76	9	"Truce"	November 3, 2020
77	10	"A Girl Named Claire"	November 10, 2020
78	11	"Hey Harmony"	November 17, 2020
79	12	"Operation Spider"	November 24, 2020
80	13	"Breakfast Club"	December 1, 2020
81	14	"Regionials"	December 8, 2020
82	15	"Attaway Day"	December 15, 2020

Season 8 (2021)

In last season Harmony was shown given her friend's Bel, Leyla and Claire the Chicken Girls bracelets.

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Original release date
83	1	TBA	2021

Production

Filming for season 1 started on August 6, 2017 as Bratayley’s vlog about the first day of filming was posted on August 8 and Bratayley would usually post their daily vlogs 2 days after they actually happened. The show was first reported by Variety on August 21, 2017.[3] Alana Johnson was originally cast a series regular, but she dropped the role to produce her own film. The second season premiered on February 14, 2018.[4] On August 9, 2018, The Hollywood Reporter announced season 3 would premiere on September 4, 2018.[5] The series was renewed for a fourth season, which premiered on March 19, 2019.[6] The fifth season premiered on September 3, 2019. In November 2019, the series was renewed for a sixth season that premiered on March 10, 2020. Brat announced a new cast for season 7 in August 2020, featuring 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. The season was originally set to premiere on September 1, 2020 but was pushed back to September 8.[7] Season 8 is currently filming as of Feburary 1, 2021 and there has been no announced release date.

The main filming location for Chicken Girls, besides Brat Studios, is Ramona Convent Secondary School. It was used as the school in season 1 and Chicken Girls: The Movie as well as most of seasons 4, 5, and 6.

In June 2018, Brat released Chicken Girls: The Movie which takes place between seasons 2 & 3 of Chicken Girls. The movie is the most viewed program on Brat of all time, as it has more than 33 million views (as of Feburary 1, 2021).

In December 2018, Brat the Brat Holiday Spectacular movie co-starring Jules LeBlanc, other characters from Chicken Girls, and characters from Total Eclipse and Boss Cheer that has been viewed more than 7 million times (as of Feburary 1, 2021).[8] The movie takes place between Chicken Girls season 3 and Spring Breakaway.

In March 2019, Brat released Spring Breakaway. The movie stars Jules LeBlanc, Lilia Buckingham, Anna Cathcart, Kianna Naomi, William Franklyn Miller. The movie takes place between Holiday Spectacular and Chicken Girls season 4 and has been viewed more than 7.3 million times (as of Feburart 1, 2021).

In August 2019, Brat released the Intern-in-Chief movie which featured much of the Chicken Girls cast, most notably Jules LeBlanc, Brooke Butler, Riley Lewis, and Kianna Naomi. Indiana Massara, Hayley LeBlanc, Matt Sato, Rush Holland, Mads Lewis, and Aliyah Moulden appeared as well. The movie, which takes place between Chicken Girls seasons 4 & 5, has been viewed more than 3.3 million times (as of Feburary 1, 2020).

In 2020, a behind the scenes documentary series Chicken Girls: The Docuseries aired in accompaniment with season 7.

Reception

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".[9]

Last updated on Feburary 1, 2021

Season	Number of views (first episode)	Number of views (last episode)
1	17,099,675	13,749,958
2	9,883,520	7,121,685
3	6,770,000	6,596,548
4	6,051,011	3,646,629
5	3,617,738	4,329,961
6	5,440,195	3,901,071
7	3,978,391	1,752,126

Awards

Year	Award	Category	Recipient/nominee	Result	Ref.
2018	Streamy Awards	Best Drama Series	Chicken Girls	Nominated	[10]
		Best Acting in Drama	Annie LeBlanc	Nominated	[10]
2019	Streamy Awards	Best Scripted Series	Brat	Nominated	[11]
		Best Acting	Annie LeBlanc	Nominated	[11]

References

1. "CHICKEN GIRLS – Season 3 – Ep. 13: "Footloose"". Brat. December 11, 2018 – via YouTube.
2. "Chicken Girls – Listings". Next Episode. Retrieved September 11, 2020.
3. McNary, Dave (August 22, 2017). "Digital Creator Brat Unveils Fall Slate of High School-Set Shows". Variety.
4. "CHICKEN GIRLS 2 – Annie & Hayden in "Thyme" – Ep. 1". Brat. February 14, 2018 – via YouTube.
5. "Brat Unveils Fall Slate Featuring More 'Chicken Girls,' Competition Series 'Talent Show' (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter.
6. Hipes, Patrick (December 7, 2018). "Brat Expands Slate With New Original Series, Renewals For Winter Launch". Deadline Hollywood.
7. Shafer, Ellise (August 4, 2020). "Brat TV Announces New Cast of 'Chicken Girls' For Season 7". Variety. Retrieved August 13, 2020.
8. Weiss, Geoff (January 3, 2019). "Fresh Off Highly-Viewed Holiday Film, Tween Studio 'Brat' Unveils Latest Series". Tubefilter., and "Brat Holiday Spectacular", Brat via YouTube, December 21, 2018. Retrieved June 1, 2019.
9. Robehmed, Natalie (December 12, 2018). "Poised to Monetize, Digital Studio Brat Seeks Ad Dollars In Teens". Forbes. Retrieved June 1, 2019.
10. Lukarcanin, Emina (September 25, 2018). "David Dobrik Leads 2018 Streamy Awards With 6 Nominations: See the Full List". Billboard. Retrieved September 27, 2020.
11. Haring, Bruce (December 13, 2019). "9th Annual Streamy Awards Honors 'Good Mythical Morning' As Show Of The Year". Deadline. Retrieved September 27, 2020.

External links

• Chicken Girls on IMDb
• Chicken Girls on Youtube