''Recovery Road'' is an American

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television series based on the 2011 young adult novel of the same name by

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. The show was picked up to series by

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on December 16, 2014 and began production in April 2015. The first three episodes were released on demand on December 18, 2015 and debuted on the new Freeform on January 25, 2016. On May 13, 2016, it was announced that Freeform had cancelled the series.

Cast and characters

Main

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as Madeline "Maddie" Graham * Sebastian de Souza as Wesley "Wes" Stewart * Alexis Carra as Cynthia Molina *

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as Vern Testaverde *

Kyla Pratt Kyla Alissa Pratt (born September 16, 1986) is an American actress. She is best known for providing the voice of Penny Proud in the first Disney Channel animated series, ''The Proud Family'', and portraying Breanna Latrice Barnes in UPN's ''One on ...

as Trish Tomlinson * David Witts as Craig Weiner *

Sharon Leal Sharon Ann Leal is an American actress and singer. She is known for her roles in movies such as ''Dreamgirls'' (2006), '' This Christmas'' (2007), '' Why Did I Get Married?'' (2007), '' Why Did I Get Married Too?'' (2010) and her roles on the tel ...

as Charlotte Graham *

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as Rebecca Granger

Recurring

Paula Jai Parker Paula Jai Parker (born August 19, 1969) is an American actress. She is best known for her supporting roles in the films ''Friday'' (1995), '' Sprung'' (1997), '' Why Do Fools Fall in Love'' (1998), ''Phone Booth'' (2002), ''Hustle & Flow'' (2005), ...

as Margarita Jean-Baptiste *

Haley Lu Richardson Haley Lu Richardson (born March 7, 1995) is an American actress. Following early television roles on the Disney Channel sitcom '' Shake It Up'' (2013) and the ABC Family supernatural drama '' Ravenswood'' (2013–2014), she acted in the coming-o ...

as Ellie Dennis *

Meg DeLacy Meg DeLacy is an American actress and singer. She is known for her role as Shiv (comics), Cindy Burman in the DC Universe (streaming service), DC Universe series ''Stargirl (TV series), Stargirl''. Early life DeLacy was born and raised in Sout ...

as Nyla French *

Keith Powers Keith Tyree Powers (born August 22, 1992) is an American actor and model. He is best known for his roles as Tyree in the film ''Straight Outta Compton'' (2015), Ronnie DeVoe in BET's miniseries '' The New Edition Story'' (2017), and David in t ...

as Zack Henson *

Aubrey Peeples Aubrey Shea Peeples (born November 27, 1993) is an American actor and singer. They are best known for portraying Layla Grant in the ABC drama series ''Nashville.'' They also led Carrie Brownstein's pilot ''Search & Destroy'' for Hulu based on he ...

as Harper * Emma Fassler as Laurel *

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as Paul

Episodes

Reception

''Recovery Road'' was met with a favorable response from critics. On

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, the series holds a rating of 70/100, based on five reviews.

References

External links

* * {{Freeform 2016 American television series debuts 2016 American television series endings 2010s American teen drama television series Freeform (TV channel) original programming American English-language television shows Television shows about drugs Television shows based on American novels American television series about teenagers Works about addiction Television series by Disney–ABC Domestic Television