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, and Rush Holland. The series is produced by Brat, premiered on September 5, 2017. Brat confirmed that the series is renewed for season 7.

Plot

Chicken Girls tells the story of middle school student Rhyme McAdams and her friends – known as "The Chicken Girls" – who have been dancing together forever. The show follows the girls navigating dance, friendship, crushes, and learning how to grow up. But as they begin their freshman year at Attaway High School, everything's changing.

Cast and Characters

Main

Series overview

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.

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.

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 and Carlos are added as main characters. 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, and his voice is only heard rather than him being seen in his 2nd appearance in the season.

Season 7 (2020)

This plot is not available due to filming for Season 7. Enzo Lopez joins the show as PK this season. Elliana Walmsley also joins the cast, but her role is currently unknown.

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.
According to Brat, on the live chat in the season 6 finale Brat said “yes we will be making a season 7”, they also put text that said “Season 7 September 1” at the end of the episode, confirming the show is renewed for Season 7 and is set to premiere September 1, 2020.
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 29 million views.
In December 2018, Brat the Brat Holiday Spectacular movie co-starring Annie LeBlanc as Rhyme, other characters from Chicken Girls, and characters from 2 other Brat shows that has been viewed more than 5.8 million times. The movie takes place between Chicken Girls season 3 and the Spring Breakaway movie.
In March 2019, Brat released the Spring Breakaway movie. The movie stars Annie LeBlanc as Rhyme, Lilia Buckingham as Autumn, Anna Cathcart as Zoe, William Franklyn Miller as Ezra, and Kianna Naomi as Effie. The movie takes place between the Holiday Spectacular movie and Chicken Girls season 4, and it’s been viewed more than 6.2 million times.
In August 2019, Brat released the Intern-in-Chief movie which featured many Chicken Girls characters. The movie, which takes place between Chicken Girls seasons 4 & 5, has been viewed more than 2.5 million times.

Music

Many songs were used in the show, such as:
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".
SeasonNumber of views
Number of views
116,144,81713,146,714
29,332,3526,551,271
36,386,0936,015,878
45,484,6213,269,206
53,254,7993,636,030
64,556,9802,831,985