Young & Hungry

Young & Hungry
Genre	Sitcom
Created by	David Holden
Starring	Emily Osment Jonathan Sadowski Aimee Carrero Kym Whitley Rex Lee
Theme music composer	Shridhar Solanki & Sidh Solanki
Composer(s)	CM French
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	16 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Ashley Tisdale David Holden Eric Tannenbaum Kim Tannenbaum Jessica Rhoades John Ziffren Caryn Lucas
Producer(s)	David Hartle Tony Carey
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	22 minutes
Production company(s)	CBS Television Studios The Tannenbaum Company Blondie Girl Productions ABC Family Original Productions
Distributor	CBS Television Distribution Disney–ABC Domestic Television
Broadcast
Original channel	ABC Family
Original run	June 25, 2014 (2014-06-25) – present
External links
Official website

Young & Hungry is an American sitcom created by David Holden, and executive produced by Ashley Tisdale. The multi-camera series stars Emily Osment, Jonathan Sadowski, Aimee Carrero, Kym Whitley and Rex Lee, and premiered on ABC Family on June 25, 2014.^[1][2] On September 29, 2014, the series was renewed for a second season,^[3] that premiered on March 25, 2015.^[4]

Plot

It shows a wealthy entrepreneur Josh (Jonathan Sadowski), who hires a food blogger named Gabi (Emily Osment) to be his new personal chef. The series follows the couple and their friends after the couple's one-night stand dilemma.

Cast and characters

Main

• Emily Osment as Gabi Diamond, a feisty young food blogger. She lives in San Francisco with her best friend, Sofia. She loves cooking and she can even figure out what people like to eat. Her mother died while she was still a teenager and she has been on her own ever since. Despite not having enough credentials, she applies for the job to be Josh's personal chef. Josh agrees to hire her if she can make a dinner for his girlfriend Caroline that will make her say yes to his marriage proposal. After Caroline breaks up with Josh the same day, he feels distraught and he and Gabi have a one-night stand. They decide to keep it a secret, which causes her to have complicated romantic feelings for Josh.
• Jonathan Sadowski as Josh Kaminski, a wealthy young tech entrepreneur and self-made millionaire. He is extremely smart, charming, and sweet and always goes with his gut feeling. He and Gabi have a drunken one-night stand, which he decides to keep secret in order to propose to his vain and materialistic girlfriend, Caroline. Despite the fact that he and Gabi slept together, he wants to keep their relationship professional. Nevertheless, he takes an immediate liking to Gabi, often giving her life advice and looking out for her as a protective figure.
• Aimee Carrero as Sofia Rodriguez, an ambitious banking intern and Gabi's best friend and roommate. She is a strong-minded and career-driven young woman. Her job consists of fetching coffee for the clients at her firm. She fully supports Gabi, gives her advice, and often gives her pep talks about keeping her job. She also knows about Gabi's hookup with Josh and unexpectedly becomes friends with Caroline when the two bond over singer Lorde in the episode, "Young & Secret." Her full name is revealed to be Sofia Maria Consuela Rafaella Rodriguez.
• Kym Whitley as Yolanda, Josh's housekeeper. She is very loud-spoken and says what is on her mind. She and Gabi bond instantly and she often sticks up for her. She is sassy with a bit of an attitude and was the first to find out about Gabi and Josh's hookup. She and Elliot constantly bicker.
• Rex Lee as Elliot Park, Josh's publicist and right-hand-man. He is very outspoken about the fact that he'd much rather have a professional celebrity chef than Gabi. He would do anything to make Josh happy and cares for him. He is one of the few people who knows about Gabi and Josh's hookup.

Recurring

• Mallory Jansen as Caroline Huntington, Josh's girlfriend turned fiancée. She is very materialistic and vain, caring more about her possessions and physical appearance than Josh. Josh realizes that she is stuck-up and conceited, however he looks past this when she says she loves him. Gabi tries to impress her, but Caroline sees Gabi as unprofessional and untrustworthy.
• Jesse McCartney as Cooper, a computer hacker that Josh hires to work for him and has a romance with Gabi, much to Josh's dislike. He breaks up with Gabi after finding it increasingly difficult to keep their relationship a secret from Josh and moves to China as revealed in the episode "Young & Getting Played".

Development and production

On August 23, 2013, ABC Family placed a pilot order. The pilot was written by David Holden and directed by Andy Cadiff. Ashley Tisdale, Eric Tannenbaum, Kim Tannenbaum, and Jessica Rhoades serve as executive producers.^[5]

Filming for the pilot started on April 21, 2014.^[6] On January 6, 2014, ABC Family placed a series order on Young & Hungry, with the premiere on June 25, 2014, alongside the comedy Mystery Girls.^[1] On September 29, 2014 the network renewed Young & Hungry for a second season.^[7] On June 24, 2014 the first webisode was released with Gabi Moskowitz starring.

Casting

Casting announcements began in September 2013, with Emily Osment first cast in the lead role of Gabi Diamond, a blunt and klutzy food blogger who not only has a true gift for cooking, but also the ability to figure out what it is people want to eat.^[8] Aimee Carrero was the next actor cast in the series regular role of Sofia Rodriguez, Gabi's best friend and an ambitious banking intern.^[9] Shortly after, Jonathan Sadowski and Rex Lee were cast in the series, with Sadowski playing the lead role of Josh Kaminski, a young tech entrepreneur who hires Gabi as his personal chef; and Lee cast as Elliot Park, Josh's high-strung personal aide and right-hand-man.^[10] Kym Whitley was the last actor cast in the series regular role of Yolanda, Josh's housekeeper.^[2] MTV announced Australian singer Kylie Minogue as a guest star in the second season as a potential new love interest for Josh.^[11]

Series overview

Ratings

The first season ended with a 0.4 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 900,000 total viewers.^[13]

Awards and nominations

References

External links

• Official website
• Young & Hungry at the Internet Movie Database