Living on an Edge

Living on an Edge is an American animated sitcom created by Phelan Morkel, and the first show of three shows created or co-created by him for. The series premiered in the United States on January 12, 2016 as part of Freeform's rebranding from ABC Family, alongside the now-cancelled Shadowhunters.

Premise
Set in in a world where anthropomorphic animals and humans co-exist, Living on an Edge focuses on Elizabeth "Lizzie" Baffier, a 23-year old otter woman who is always one step away from making a poor decision, even if she did so unintentionally. Lizzie is roommates with James Corrie, a ferret who is training to be a private investigator.

Main

 * Rebecca Cronholm as Elizabeth "Lizzie" Baffier, an otter woman who lives an average life.
 * Frank C. Reid as James Corrie, a ferret and Lizzie's college friend and roommate who is training to work as a private investigator. He is quirky and often extroverted, and ends up being the cause of many a shenanigan Lizzie ends up in.
 * Hannah Lines as Heather Gilmore, a poodle who has known James since middle school.
 * Kate Alessandroni as Valerie Gerber, a tiger who has been Lizzie's friend since elementary school.
 * Dave McCloy as Jerome Gerber, Valerie's twin brother.
 * Madison North as Madeline "Maddie" Duncan, a snow leopard who has been friends with Lizzid since daycare.

Recurring

 * Hank Stringer as Fredrick Danvers, a fox who is Lizzie and James' landlord.
 * as Dorothy Gilmore, Heather's mother with a 50s obsession. She drives a.
 * Jason Morkel as Toby Baffier, Lizzie's older brother who works in the advertising industry.
 * Adalgisa França as Mayara, a vampire bat originally from Brazil who lives in the same apartment complex as Lizzie and James.
 * Earl McKee as:
 * Douglas "Doug" McLean, a stereotypical "country boy" human who moved into the apartment complex after winning the lottery.
 * Andrew "Andy" Norwich, a bear who works as the head of The Norwich Agency, the agency Toby works for.

Development
Phelan Morkel had been interested in producing an adult animation series after having success with Mole Miner, Trisha's Way and Morten.

Morkel did the first sketches for main characters Elizabeth Baffier, James Corrie and Heather Gilmore in October 2009, and presented them to the staff of Morkel & Associates backstage at that year's Official Mole Miner Fan Club Convention in.

Voice actors
Rebecca Cronholm was the first performer to audition for the show. She initially auditioned for Heather Gilmore, but got the role of Elizabeth Baffier instead.

Broadcast and syndication
The first season ran for 13 episodes starting January 12, 2016, the day Freeform rebranded from ABC Family. Word of mouth on the show was good enough for Freeform to renew it for a second season of 15 episodes, which premiered January 2, 2017.

On March 5, 2017, Freeform renewed Living on an Edge for a third season, which premiered January 12, 2018. The same day, Freeform renewed the show for a fourth season, which premiered January 18, 2019 alongside the series premiere of Dan & Marilyn.

On January 10, 2020, the fifth season of the show premiered on Freeform. In September 2020, Sony Pictures Television began offering Living on an Edge for broadcast syndication. On January 15, 2021, the sixth season of the show premiered on Freeform. In June 2021, WDGY America began airing reruns as part of its summer schedule.

The seventh season premiered January 14, 2022.

In Canada, the series airs on, and also airs dubbed in Quebecois French on as part of the Télétoon la nuit block. In the UK, it airs on. In Australia, the series airs on.

The series is available for streaming on in the US,  in the UK, Canada, Japan and Australia and  in Latin America.