Switched at Birth season 2 explained

Season Number:2
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Num Episodes:21
Network:ABC Family
Episode List:List of Switched at Birth episodes

The second season of ABC Family drama television series Switched at Birth was commissioned on August 17, 2012.[1] It premiered on January 7, 2013, in the United States[2] and consisted of 21 episodes.[3] The season is produced by ABC Family, Pirates' Cove Entertainment and Suzy B Productions, with Paul Stupin, Becky Hartman Edwards, John Ziffren, and series creator Lizzy Weiss serving as executive producers.

The one-hour scripted drama revolves around two teenagers who discover they were switched at birth and grew up in very different environments.[4] While balancing school, jobs, and their unconventional family, the girls, along with their friends and family, experience deaf culture, relationships, classism, racism, audism, and other social issues.

The ninth episode of the season, entitled "Uprising", made television history by becoming the first episode of a national mainstream television series to be told almost entirely in American Sign Language.

Cast

Main

Recurring

Episodes

See main article: List of Switched at Birth episodes.

Production

"Uprising", the season's ninth episode, was the first episode of a national mainstream scripted television series to be told almost entirely in American Sign Language (ASL), with open captions for hearing viewers. Series creator Lizzy Weiss described the innovative concept, stating:

Reception

U.S. ratings

No.EpisodeOriginal air dateTimeslot
(EST)		Viewers
(million)		Adults 18-49
rating		Cable rank (18–49)Note
TimeslotNight
1 "The Door to Freedom" Monday 8:00PM 1.70 0.7
  1. 6
  1. 31
2 "The Awakening Conscience" 1.65 0.7
  1. 4
  1. 22
3 "Duel of Two Women" 1.74 0.7
  1. 5
  1. 37
4 "Dressing for the Charade" 1.76 0.8
  1. 4
  1. 23
5 "The Acquired Inability to Escape" 1.79 0.8
  1. 3
  1. 18
6 "Human/Need/Desire" 1.65 0.7
  1. 3
  1. 22
7 "Drive in the Knife" 1.52 0.6
  1. 6
  1. 37
8 "Tight Rope Walker" 1.69 0.8
  1. 4
  1. 23
9 "Uprising" 1.63 0.7
  1. 4
  1. 30
10 "Introducing the Miracle" 1.75 0.8
  1. 3
  1. 22
11 "Mother and Child Divided" 1.66 0.7
  1. 3
  1. 25
12 "Distorted House" 1.62 0.7
  1. 4
  1. 19
13 "The Good Samaritan" 1.76 0.7
  1. 5
  1. 23
14 "He Did What He Wanted" 1.61 0.7
  1. 3
  1. 17
15 "Ecce Mono" 2.02 0.9
  1. 3
  1. 15
16 "The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living" 1.75 0.8
  1. 5
  1. 19
17 "Prudence, Avarice, Lust, Justice, Anger" 1.76 0.8
  1. 3
  1. 23
18 "As The Shadows Deepened" 1.76 0.7
  1. 4
  1. 22
19 "What Goes Up Must Come Down" 1.68 0.7
  1. 4
  1. 34
20 "Family Secrets in Plain View" 1.60 0.7
  1. 4
  1. 27
- 21 "Departure of Summer" 1.96 0.8
  1. 5
  1. 29

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ABC Family Renews 'Melissa & Joey', 'Baby Daddy', 'Switched at Birth' & Orders Additional Episodes of 'Bunheads' - Ratings | TVbytheNumbers . https://web.archive.org/web/20120819115052/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2012/08/17/abc-family-renews-melissa-joey-baby-daddy-switched-at-birth-orders-additional-episodes-of-bunheads/145270/ . dead . 2012-08-19 . Tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com . 2012-08-17 . 2012-10-22.
  2. Web site: Michael Ausiello . 'Pretty Little Liars' Season 3b Return Date — Plus 'Bunheads' Return Date . TVLine . 2012-09-28 . 2012-10-22.
  3. Web site: Switched at Birth listings. The Futon Critic.
  4. Web site: ABC Family Announces Pick-Up of "Switched at Birth," "The Nine Lives of Chloe King" and "The Great State of Georgia". January 31, 2011. The Futon Critic. February 7, 2011.

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