Freeform Orders Sixth Season of ‘Baby Daddy’

Freeform has picked up comedy Baby Daddy for a sixth season, which will take the series to 100 episodes. The series launched the back half of its fifth season June 1.

“The lines between family and friends are so wonderfully crossed in Baby Daddy. You can always count on the Wheeler clan for a big laugh along with heartfelt moments,” said Karey Burke, executive VP, programming and development, Freeform.

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Baby Daddy follows Ben (Jean-Luc Bilodeau), a young bachelor in New York with his buddy, Tucker (Tahj Mowry), and brother, Danny (Derek Theler), a professional hockey player.

Baby Daddy airs on Wednesdays at 8:30 p.m. The multi-camera comedy was created and executive produced by Dan Berendsen (The Nine Lives of Chloe King, Sabrina, the Teenage Witch and Hannah Montana: The Movie). It shoots in front of a live studio audience in Los Angeles.

ABC Family was renamed Freeform earlier this year.

Michael Malone

Michael Malone is content director at B+C and Multichannel News. He joined B+C in 2005 and has covered network programming, including entertainment, news and sports on broadcast, cable and streaming; and local broadcast television, including writing the "Local News Close-Up" market profiles. He also hosted the podcasts "Busted Pilot" and "Series Business." His journalism has also appeared in The New York Times, The L.A. Times, The Boston Globe and New York magazine.