The fifth season of the American television comedy series The Goldbergs premiered on ABC on September 27, 2017, and concluded on May 16, 2018. The season is produced by Adam F. Goldberg Productions, Happy Madison Productions, Doug Robinson Productions, and Sony Pictures Television, and the executive producers are Adam F. Goldberg, Doug Robinson, and Seth Gordon.
The show explores the daily lives of the Goldberg family, a family living in Jenkintown, Pennsylvania in the 1980s. Beverly Goldberg (Wendi McLendon-Covey), the overprotective matriarch of the Goldbergs is married to Murray Goldberg (Jeff Garlin). They are the parents of three children, Erica (Hayley Orrantia), Barry (Troy Gentile), and Adam (Sean Giambrone). AJ Michalka was demoted to recurring for this season, while Sam Lerner was promoted to a regular cast member.
ABC renewed The Goldbergs for its fifth and sixth seasons in May 2017.
Plot Erica and Lainey have moved on to college, Barry is now a senior at William Penn and trying to get through life without Lainey, Adam is still with Jackie, and Beverly goes through a "Bevolution" as she comes to grips with her children all being gone from the house in a few years. Erica's new roommate and friend is also named Erica, and the two, along with Lainey, decide to drop out of college to pursue music careers instead. Lainey returns to town and reunites with Barry, and the season ends with the two declaring their engagement at his senior prom.
Cast Main cast Wendi McLendon-Covey as Beverly Goldberg Sean Giambrone as Adam Goldberg Troy Gentile as Barry Goldberg Hayley Orrantia as Erica Goldberg Sam Lerner as Geoff Schwartz George Segal as Albert "Pops" Solomon Jeff Garlin as Murray Goldberg
Recurring cast AJ Michalka as Lainey Lewis Tim Meadows as Mr. Glascott Stephen Tobolowsky as Principal Ball Bryan Callen as Mr. Mellor Jennifer Irwin as Virginia Kremp Stephanie Courtney as Essie Karp Mindy Sterling as Linda Schwartz Alison Rich as Erica "Valley Erica" Coolidge Kenny Ridwan as Dave Kim Stephanie Katherine Grant as Emmy Mirsky Rowan Blanchard as Jackie Geary Sean Marquette as Johnny Atkins Quincy Fouse as Taz Money Matt Bush as Andy Cogan Noah Munck as "Naked Rob" Smith Shayne Topp as Matt Bradley Niko Guardado as Ruben Amaro Jr. Karan Soni as Srinivas Bollimpalli (a.k.a. Srini the R.A.) Bill Goldberg as Coach Nick Mellor
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