Alexa & Katie
2018–2020 American television series
Alexa & Katie is an American sitcom created by Heather Wordham as a Netflix original series. Matthew Carlson serves as showrunner. The series stars Paris Berelc (Alexa) and Isabel May (Katie). Alexa is a high schooler living with cancer but, luckily, her best friend, Katie, helps her every step of the way. Jolie Jenkins, Emery Kelly, Eddie Shin, Finn Carr, Tiffani Thiessen, and Jack Griffo also star in this sitcom. The series debuted on Netflix on March 23, 2018, and ran for four parts, concluding on June 13, 2020.
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Lifelong best friends Alexa and Katie are eagerly anticipating the start of their freshman year of high school. However, Alexa has cancer sadly, which leaves them feeling like outsiders at a time when what seems to matter most is fitting in. To support Alexa, Katie makes an important decision and shaves her head with Alexa. The girls try to navigate through all the troubles that high school seems to bring, together, while Alexa is dealing with cancer.
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