Fresh Off the Boat, Eddie Huang’s memoir turned sitcom, was met with encouraging and excited energy when it premiered for the first time on ABC last week. The response to the show among the young Asian American community demonstrates the deep desire that these viewers have to see themselves authentically represented in media. Fresh Off the Boat is the first show about an Asian American family to air on broadcast TV in over 20 years. The book has acted as a “bible of sorts for all Asian American Millennials” and the show is being cheered as a step in the right direction in achieving equality and for exposing this part of the generation’s story to a much broader audience. (Jezebel, Vulture)
