Alexa and Katie is an American sitcom created by Healthier Wordham as a Netflix original series. Matthew Carlson serves as showrunner. The series Stars Paris Berelc and Isabel May. Alexa and Katie, respectively, with Jolie Jenkins, Emery Kelly, Eddie Shin, Finn Care, Tiffani Thiessen, and Jack Griffo also starring.
The series debuted on Netflix on March 23, 2018, with the first season consisting of 13 episodes. On April 9, 2018, Netflix renewed the series for a second season, which premiered on December 26, 2018. On February 15, 2019, Netflix renewed the series for a third season divided into 2 eight-episode parts. The first part of the third season was released on December 30, 2019.
Premis of the sitcom was, Lifelong best friend Alexa and Katie are eagerly anticipating the start of their freshman year of high school. The two friends confront a crisis when Alexa discovers that she is I’ll with cancer and starts undergoing treatment for the illness, which leaves them feeling like an outsider at a time when what seems to matter most is fitting in.
To support Alexa, Katie makes an important decision and cuts off all her hair with Alexa. The girl tries to navigate through all the troubles high school seems to bring while dealing with cancer.
Alexa and Katie is the first multi-camera sitcom produced by Netflix. The series was ordered in early 2017 with Wordham as executive producer. Berelc and May would star as the protagonists with Carlson serving as showrunner. In June 2017, Thiessen, Shin, and Kelly were cast as Alexa’s parents and older brother with Jenkins cast as May’s mother.
In August 2017, Griffo, Medders, and Leighton were cast as Berelc and May’s classmates. On April 9, 2018, Netflix renewed the series for a second season, with Wordham replacing Carlson as showrunner.
