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- 2016
- TV-PG
- ABC
- 2016
- TV-PG
- ABC
Summary Originally titled The Second Fattest Housewife in Westport, the comedy focuses on Katie Otto (Katy Mixon) as she tries to raise her three children in Westport, Connecticut.
Created By: Sarah Dunn
- 2016
- TV-PG
- ABC
- 2016
- TV-PG
- ABC
American Housewife
5 Seasons
Season 1 Premiere: Oct 11, 2016
60
6.8
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Summary Originally titled The Second Fattest Housewife in Westport, the comedy focuses on Katie Otto (Katy Mixon) as she tries to raise her three children in Westport, Connecticut.
Created By: Sarah Dunn
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 25 Critic Reviews
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52% Positive
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36% Mixed
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12% Negative
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 25 Critic Reviews
60
52% Positive
13 Reviews
13 Reviews
36% Mixed
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
12% Negative
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
Aafter a brief foray into the dark side, Katie realizes that it’s pointless to be anything but herself, and the fun of the show comes from watching her not just discover that but also teach it to her kids.
Hopefully the pilot will move beyond weight and get to what really is intriguing about this show. Not since “Roseanne” has there been a prime-time comedy so poised to poke fun at economic class.
Katy Mixon is a star. It’s honestly her intense likability that makes this show so watchable, for of all of the non-fat joke-related mistakes it makes (chiefly its Alex P. Keaton knockoff older son character).
At the moment, those kids feel grafted onto the story — three different containers for three different kinds of jokes. So focus on the parents, who are the hope for this show. That’s particularly true for Mixon, who is seldom off camera and yet never wears out her welcome.
American Housewife so far is too busy taking offense to be much fun to watch.
All told, Katie is a commanding presence, a social commentator with a flair for insult, a housewife with a bottomless capacity for complaint. Ms. Mixon performs commendably. What the show needs now are writers of whom the same could be said.
American Housewife is a paint-by-numbers sitcom that's relentlessly stupid around the edges and deeply misguided at its center.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 72 User Ratings
6.8
69% Positive
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 72 User Ratings
6.8
69% Positive
50 Ratings
50 Ratings
8% Mixed
6 Ratings
6 Ratings
22% Negative
16 Ratings
16 Ratings
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Production Company:
- Eight Sisters Productions
- Weiner & Schwartz
- ABC Signature
- Kapital Entertainment
- Crowd In A Box
Initial Release Date: Oct 11, 2016
Number of seasons: 5 Seasons
Rating: TV-PG
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Awards
Young Artist Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
People's Choice Awards, USA
• 1 Nomination
Young Entertainer Awards
• 1 Nomination
