After months of waiting, "Switched at Birth" Season 5 now has an official release date. The fifth season, which also marks as the final run of the series, is slated to premiere on Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2017 on Freeform.
On Thursday, creator and showrunner Lizzy Weiss announced on Twitter the official premiere date of "Switched at Birth" Season 5. Weiss shared that the show's 10-episode final season will include their 100th milestone episode.
"I HAVE NEWS! The 5th & final season of #SwitchedatBirth - including our 100th episode - airs Tuesday, January 24th!" Weiss said.
I HAVE NEWS! The 5th & final season of #SwitchedatBirth - including our 100th episode - airs Tuesday, January 24th! pic.twitter.com/gwZGHFIqaX
— Lizzy Weiss (@Lizzy_Weiss) August 4, 2016
Aside from the monumental hour, "Switched at Birth" Season 5 will also air a 90-minute episode on its series finale. Freeform has announced the extended final hour back in March when the series was officially cancelled. No word yet on how "Switched at Birth" will conclude the story of Bay and Daphne.
Meanwhile, "Switched at Birth" actress Vanessa Marano is set to reprise her role as April Nardini on Netflix's revival of "Gilmore Girls," Variety reported. It is unclear if Marano will be appearing in multi-episodes.
Back in April, Marano has teased what fans can expect from the return of her character at the MTV Movie Awards. According to the actress, April is now in college and is living the college life on the revival of "Gilmore Girls." As for her father, the first photos released by Netflix suggest that Luke is still on a relationship with Lorelai.
.@VanessaMarano talks about her #GilmoreGirls role at the #MTVMovieAwards https://t.co/v3MCw91U8i — Variety (@Variety) April 11, 2016
Marano's April first appeared in Season 6 of Gilmore Girls as the daughter of Luke (Scott Patterson). However, fans blamed April after Lorelai ended her relationship with Luke. It is now a big question if fans will feel differently about April when new episodes become available.
