
TV Show review
Review basis: 4 seasons, 39 episodes · through June 13, 2020
March 23, 2018 · 25 min · TV-G · Ended
Woke Score
Lower is better
Review
Alexa & Katie is a conventional multi-camera sitcom about two best friends starting high school. Alexa has cancer and her best friend Katie helps her through treatments, school, family, and teen life. The story centers on their friendship, resilience, and normal high school experiences like crushes and sports. No identity politics, political dialogue, or activist messaging appears in the story, marketing, or creator comments.
Breakdown
These are the editorial factors and ratings behind our score for Alexa & Katie.
Woke representation / casting
Mixed family casting with Filipino-American lead actress Paris Berelc as Alexa and Korean-American actor Eddie Shin as her father. Some diverse supporting friends appear. Casting looks incidental and unemphasized in the story or marketing.
Woke political dialogue
No political or activist dialogue in any season.
Identity-driven story themes
Story stays on personal friendship, cancer resilience, high school drama, family, and romance. No identity or representation themes drive plots.
Western institutional / cultural critique
No critiques of institutions, masculinity, family, or Western culture.
Woke character or canon changes
Not relevant
Production
Anti-woke backlash and complaints
No anti-woke or right-leaning complaints that the show pushes identity politics or DEI messaging.
Creator track record context
Creator and key writers come from traditional family sitcom backgrounds with no known pattern of activist or identity-driven work.