‘Good Trouble’ Gets a January Premiere Date Along with a First Clip and Episode Photo

Freeform’s upcoming The Fosters spinoff, Good Trouble, will premiere on Tuesday, January 8, 2019. The much-anticipated follow-up to the award-winning The Fosters focuses on Callie Jacob, played by Maia Mitchell (Hot Summer Nights, Teen Beach 2), and Mariana Adams Foster, played by Cierra Ramirez (The Secret Life of the American Teenager).

In addition to confirming the first season premiere date, Freeform released the first official video clip from the series. The network also showed off a couple of episode photos with Mitchell and Ramirez.

The cast of season one also includes Tommy Martinez (Riverdale) as Gael, Zuri Adele as Malika, Sherry Cola (I Love Dick) as Alice, Roger Bart (A Series of Unfortunate Events) as Judge Wilson, Emma Hunton (Happy Endings) as Davia, and Ken Kirby (The Gay and Wondrous Life of Caleb Gallo) as Benjamin.

Good Trouble stars Maia Mitchell and Cierra Ramirez executive produce the spinoff along with Gregory Gugliotta, Christine Sacani, Jennifer Lopez, Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas, and Benny Medina. Joanna Johnson, Peter Paige, and Bradley Bredeweg created Good Trouble and are the first season showrunners. The series is a Nuyorican Productions, Inc., in association with Freeform.

The Good Trouble Plot:

The pilot, executive produced and directed by Jon M. Chu (Crazy Rich Asians), follows Callie (Maia Mitchell) and Mariana (Cierra Ramirez) as they embark on the next phase of their young adult lives in Los Angeles, as Mariana tackles the male-dominated world of tech and Callie faces the harsh realities of the federal legal system clerking for a federal judge.

After moving to The Coterie in Downtown Los Angeles, Callie and Mariana realize that living on their own is not all that it’s cracked up to be. Faced with new neighbors, new challenges and, of course, new romances, the sisters must depend on one another to navigate the City of Angels.

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Maia Mitchell and Cierra Ramirez in ‘Good Trouble’ (Freeform/Beth Dubber)
Good Trouble Maia Mitchell Cierra Ramirez
Maia Mitchell and Cierra Ramirez in ‘Good Trouble’ (Freeform/Beth Dubber)