The series focuses on the Green family. After losing his farm in the country, Bill Green and his two children, Cricket and Tilly, move in with his mother Alice, who lives on a small farm in the middle of a big city, aptly named Big City.
Episodes
Characters
Main
The series' main characters are the four members of the Green family:
Cricket is a trouble-making country boy who has moved from the farm to the big city and is always barefoot
Tilly is a country girl who is the older sister of Cricket
Bill is a farmer who is the father of Cricket and Tilly and had lost one of his fingers in a hay baler accident
Gramma, whose name is Alice, is the grandmother of Cricket and Tilly and mother of Bill
Recurring
Remy is Cricket's best friend who cricket first encountered during the episode "Space chicken". He also takes violin lessons, and he and his parents are rich.
Rashida Remington is the mother of Remy who works as a lawyer.
Russell Remington is the father of Remy and the husband of Rashida who also works as a lawyer. He is a veteran football player who possibly retired, and is probably in his 40's-50's.
Vazquez is Remy's bodyguard. He is often in charge of Remy when his parents are unavailable.
Gloria is the barista at Big Coffee who becomes friends and co-workers with Cricket. She has a dream to work in Paris, France, and has a figure of the Eiffel Tower.
Ms. Cho is the owner of Big Coffee who mostly grunts and growls. She serves as the boss of Gloria and Cricket.
Officer Keys is one of Big City's police officers
Benny is an oddball child who admires Cricket
Nancy Green is Cricket and Tilly's mother and Bill's ex-wife who was previously incarcerated for attempting to liberate cows from a dairy factory. While they are divorced, she and Bill remain good friends, and exercising both as parents.
Chip Whistler is the manager of the supermarket Wholesome Foods who is the Green family's rival. He later becomes the CEO of the Wholesome Foods Corporation after his father's retirement. A running gag is that his front tooth breaks whenever he confronts the Greens and it is somehow restored by his next appearance.
Brett is the Greens' next door neighbor
Andromeda is Tilly's best friend who believes multiple conspiracies
On March 8, 2016, Disney XDgreenlit the series under the title of Country Club. The series is created by the brothers Chris and Shane Houghton, who originally worked on Nickelodeon's Harvey Beaks. Chris Houghton also worked as a storyboard artist on Gravity Falls with Rob Renzetti. The series was later renamed to Big City Greens on July 24, 2017. The theme song was written and performed by The Mowgli's, and on July 28, 2017, a sneak peek of it was revealed at the 2017 San Diego Comic-Con and was uploaded to Disney XD's YouTube channel on the same day. On May 17, 2018, it was reported that Disney Channel had ordered a second season of Big City Greens ahead of the series' debut. On October 7, 2019, it was announced that the second season will premiere on November 4, 2019, however, it got pushed back to November 16, 2019 for unknown reasons.
Release
When announced, the series was scheduled to premiere in 2018 on Disney XD; however, on March 26, 2018, it was reported that the series would debut on Disney Channel in mid-2018. On May 17, 2018, The Hollywood Reporter reported that the series would premiere on Disney Channel as part of Disney Channel's GO! Summer on June 18, 2018. The series premiere was made available for streaming via the DisneyNow app and the Disney Channel YouTube channel as of June 4, 2018. Additional new episodes premiered on This Week mornings at 10:00 AM throughout the summer. In addition, Big City Greens shorts began airing on Disney Channel and the Disney Channel YouTube channel on June 4, 2018.
Ratings
Critical reception
Big City Greens received a positive reception from critics. Common Sense Medias Emily Ashby praised the series for its characters and themes, writing that "despite mining familiar stereotypes of rural dwellers, the show has strong family-centric themes and silly, lighthearted laughs". Bekah Burbank of LaughingPlace.com praised the series' characters, stating that "While the mischief and antics are super silly and completely ridiculous, the characters themselves are quite fun. Just like it is with every family, the quirkiness is what you come to love most about the people you spend time with. The Green family might not be perfect, but they’re positive, supportive, and optimistic no matter the situation. Everyone could benefit from spending a little time with this wacky family".
Video game
A multiplayer game titled Big City Battle!, where players compete against each other in order to earn a place as a member of the Green family, was released on the DisneyNOW app.
