The first season of The Fosters premiered on June 3, 2013 and ended on March 24, 2014. The season consisted of 21 episodes and stars Teri Polo and Sherri Saum as Stef Foster and Lena Adams, an interracial lesbian couple, who foster a girl and her younger brother while also trying to juggle raising twin teenagers and Stef's biological son. Some other characters included in season one of "The Fosters" include Mike, Brandon's biological father, and Talya, Brandon's girlfriend.

The second season of The Fosters premiered on June 16, 2014 and ended on March 23, 2015. The season consisted of 21 episodes and stars Teri Polo and Sherri Saum as Stef Foster and Lena Adams, an interracial lesbian couple, who foster a girl and her younger brother while also trying to juggle raising Latino twin teenagers and Stef's biological son.