Chicken Girls

Chicken Girls is an American web series starring Annie 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.
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. 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?
Episodes.
Season 1 (2017).
The first season of the series, which introduces the original set of main characters: Rhyme, TK, Ellie, Quinn, Kayla, Birdie, Rooney, Harmony, Ace, Flash, Tim, and Luna. The first four episodes are named after days of the week.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Season 7 (2020).
PK, Claire, Jordan, Leyla, Gus, Bel, Darnell, and Eggie are introduced this season as the new main characters (alongside Harmony, Brittany, and Katie). The season’s original premiere date was September 1, 2020 but was pushed back to September 8.
Season 8 (2021).
In last season Harmony was shown given her friend's Bel, Leyla and Claire the Chicken Girls bracelets. Eggie and Simone are in a relationship. Darnell Walker still has a crush on Harmony. Brittany and Katie bill on the dance team to start a new dance team called Power Surge(once more).
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. 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. On August 9, 2018, "The Hollywood Reporter" announced season 3 would premiere on September 4, 2018. The series was renewed for a fourth season, which premiered on March 19, 2019. 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. Season 8 is currently filming as of February 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 "" 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 34 million views (as of March 9, 2021).
In December 2018, Brat the "Brat Holiday Spectacular" movie co-starring Annie LeBlanc, other characters from "Chicken Girls", and characters from "Total Eclipse" and "Boss Cheer" that has been viewed more than 7.1 million times (as of March 9, 2021). The movie takes place between "Chicken Girls" season 3 and "Spring Breakaway".
In March 2019, Brat released "Spring Breakaway". The movie stars Annie 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 7.5 million times (as of March 9, 2021).
In August 2019, Brat released the "Intern-in-Chief" movie which featured much of the "Chicken Girls" cast, most notably Annie 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 3.5 million times (as of March 9, 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".