Lizzy Weiss, the creator of the Freeform (formerly ABC Family) series “Switched at Birth“, announced on Twitter on Friday, March 11 that its upcoming fifth season — set to air this summer — will be its final season.
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 11, 2015
“Switched at Birth” stars Vanessa Marano, Katie Leclerc, Lea Thompson and Constance Marie. The series has received praise for its depiction of the hearing-impaired community through Leclerc’s character Daphne.
The drama debuted on June 6, 2011 to 3.3 million viewers and 1.7 million adults 18-49 for its initial telecast, according to Nielsen Live plus Same Day data, marking it as the most-watched ABC Family/Freeform series debut to-date. Its most recent episode — the fourth season finale on Oct. 26, 2015 — drew 836,000 viewers and 472,000 adults 18-49 in Live plus Same Day; 1.399 million viewers and 830,000 adults 18-49 in Live plus 7-Day.
