The Fosters is an American family drama television series created by Peter Paige and Bradley Bredeweg. It premiered in the United States of America on June 3, 2013 on the Freeform (at the time named ABC Family) television network and concluded on June 6, 2018. It follows the lives of the members of the Foster family led by lesbian couple Stef and Lena, a cop and school vice principal respectively, who raise one biological and four adopted children in San Diego, California.