The Fosters
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The Fosters is an American family drama television series that follows a diverse, blended family led by a lesbian couple raising biological, adopted, and foster children.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Fosters canonical | 11 |
| The Fosters (TV series, guest appearance) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7746389 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Fosters Context triple: [Rosie O'Donnell, notableWork, The Fosters]
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A.
Party of Five
Party of Five is an American television drama series that follows the Salinger siblings as they navigate life and family responsibilities after the death of their parents.
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B.
the Foster family
The Foster family is a central fictional household in Toni Morrison’s novel "Song of Solomon," around whom much of the story’s generational history and interpersonal conflict revolves.
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C.
The Newcomes
The Newcomes is a Victorian novel by William Makepeace Thackeray that chronicles the fortunes, social ambitions, and moral struggles of the Newcome family in 19th-century England.
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D.
The Bickersons
The Bickersons was a popular mid-20th-century American radio comedy series featuring Don Ameche and Frances Langford as a constantly bickering married couple, considered a forerunner of later domestic sitcoms.
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E.
Foster
Foster is a common English surname borne by numerous notable individuals across fields such as entertainment, sports, politics, and academia.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Fosters Target entity description: The Fosters is an American family drama television series that follows a diverse, blended family led by a lesbian couple raising biological, adopted, and foster children.
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A.
Party of Five
Party of Five is an American television drama series that follows the Salinger siblings as they navigate life and family responsibilities after the death of their parents.
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B.
the Foster family
The Foster family is a central fictional household in Toni Morrison’s novel "Song of Solomon," around whom much of the story’s generational history and interpersonal conflict revolves.
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C.
The Newcomes
The Newcomes is a Victorian novel by William Makepeace Thackeray that chronicles the fortunes, social ambitions, and moral struggles of the Newcome family in 19th-century England.
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D.
The Bickersons
The Bickersons was a popular mid-20th-century American radio comedy series featuring Don Ameche and Frances Langford as a constantly bickering married couple, considered a forerunner of later domestic sitcoms.
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E.
Foster
Foster is a common English surname borne by numerous notable individuals across fields such as entertainment, sports, politics, and academia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | television series ⓘ |
| airedOn | cable television ⓘ |
| audioFormat | Dolby Digital 5.1 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| creator |
Bradley Bredeweg
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Peter Paige NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Disney–ABC Domestic Television NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| executiveProducer | Jennifer Lopez NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | Los Angeles ⓘ |
| firstAired | 2013-06-03 ⓘ |
| genre |
LGBT-related television series
ⓘ
family drama ⓘ teen drama ⓘ |
| hasSpinOff | Good Trouble NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| lastAired | 2018-06-06 ⓘ |
| leadActor |
Cierra Ramirez
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
David Lambert NERFINISHED ⓘ Hayden Byerly NERFINISHED ⓘ Jake T. Austin NERFINISHED ⓘ Maia Mitchell NERFINISHED ⓘ Noah Centineo NERFINISHED ⓘ Sherri Saum NERFINISHED ⓘ Teri Polo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Brandon Foster
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Callie Adams Foster NERFINISHED ⓘ Jesus Adams Foster NERFINISHED ⓘ Jude Adams Foster NERFINISHED ⓘ Lena Adams Foster NERFINISHED ⓘ Mariana Adams Foster NERFINISHED ⓘ Stef Foster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableAward | GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Drama Series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfEpisodes | 104 ⓘ |
| numberOfSeasons | 5 ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalNetwork |
ABC Family
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Freeform NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| pictureFormat | HDTV 720p ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
Nuyorican Productions
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Prodco NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | 21st century ⓘ |
| settingLocation | San Diego NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetAudience | teen and young adult viewers ⓘ |
| theme |
LGBT parenting
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adoption ⓘ blended families ⓘ foster care ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Fosters Description of subject: The Fosters is an American family drama television series that follows a diverse, blended family led by a lesbian couple raising biological, adopted, and foster children.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
The Fosters (TV series, guest appearance)