Breaking Amish: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Breaking Amish follows a fresh group of young men and women as they leave their conservative, rural communities behind for a chance to live in New York and fully experience English life. The new cast of five heads to Brooklyn, N.Y., to explore life beyond their Amish culture. Throughout their journey, their relationships are tested and life-altering choices must be made. By leaving their communities, they risk changing their lives and ties with their families for good, but they all believe that the chance to live in New York and pursue their dreams is well worth it.

This season presents new and different challenges as the cast adjusts to life in Brooklyn, where the cultures are countless and the temptations are at an all-time high. Using this opportunity to find themselves, the cast navigates through the nuances of the Brooklyn lifestyle and also makes time to visit the famous New York City landmarks to enjoy all the English things that the city has to offer. While they all have similar, conservative backgrounds, they must get used to not only a new city, but also each other and endure growing pains along the way. The trip to Brooklyn chronicles the tough decisions they must make to leave their families and friends behind.

Series details

• Title: Breaking Amish
• Format: Reality
• Language: English
• Premiere date: 2012-09-09
• Final broadcast date listed: 2014-11-20
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: TLC
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 531

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2012-09-09; final listed air date 2012-11-18; episode order: 12.
• Season 2: premiered 2013-07-21; final listed air date 2013-09-29; episode order: 12.
• Season 3: premiered 2014-09-18; final listed air date 2014-11-20; episode order: 10.

Source and licence

Adapted from Breaking Amish on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.