Faking It is an American comedy-drama television series created by Carter Covington that aired on MTV, starring Rita Volk, Katie Stevens, Gregg Sulkin, Michael Willett and Bailey De Young. The show revolves around best friends Amy Raudenfeld and Karma Ashcroft who are mistaken for a closeted lesbian couple and outed by their popular, openly gay classmate Shane Harvey resulting in a surge of popularity at their offbeat high school. They decide to go along with the ruse as Karma has long desired to be popular, though her crush on Shane's best friend Liam Booker threatens to further complicate the situation, as does Amy's conservative soon-to-be stepsister Lauren Cooper, who discovers that they're faking it.