6.6 /10 1 Votes
54% Rotten Tomatoes Genre Sitcom Narrated by Katy Mixon First episode date 11 October 2016 | 7.2/10 IMDb 7.3/10 TV Created by Sarah Dunn Country of origin United States Program creator Sarah Dunn | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Starring Katy Mixon
Diedrich Bader
Meg Donnelly
Daniel DiMaggio
Julia Butters
Ali Wong
Carly Hughes Composer(s) Erica Weis
Orr Rebhun
Jonathan Sadoff Network American Broadcasting Company Executive producers Sarah Dunn, Aaron Kaplan, Kenny Schwartz, Rick Wiener Nominations People's Choice Award for Favorite New TV Comedy Similar Speechless, The Real O'Neals, My Wife and Kids, Grandfathered, Kevin Can Wait Profiles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
American Housewife is an American sitcom television series that debuted on Tuesday, October 11, 2016 in the 2016–17 television season on ABC. Created and written by Sarah Dunn and co-executive produced with Aaron Kaplan, Kenny Schwartz, Rick Wiener, and Ruben Fleischer, the Kapital Entertainment–ABC Studios co-production was greenlighted to series order on May 12, 2016. A preview was released on May 17, 2016. On November 4, 2016, ABC gave a full season order of 22 episodes for the first season. An additional episode was ordered on December 13, 2016, for a 23 episode season.
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Plot
The series chronicles the daily life of Katie Otto, an average wife and mother who tries to stand out among the more wealthy, arrogant housewives and their privileged children in her hometown of Westport, Connecticut. She lives with Greg, her level-headed husband and a university professor; Taylor, their athletic oldest daughter who wants to fit in with her peers; Oliver, their financially savvy middle son; and Anna-Kat, their sweet but obsessive-compulsive youngest daughter.
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Critical reception
American Housewife has received mixed reviews from television critics, with Katy Mixon's performance being praised as the show's highlight. Review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported an approval rating of 54%, based on 28 reviews, with an average rating of 6.1/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "American Housewife is boosted by a strong and enjoyable lead performance by Katy Mixon, yet her performance alone strains to sustain an excessively quirky show that relies too heavily on stereotypes." Metacritic reported a score of 60 out of 100, based on 25 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".