American Housewife

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Season 1
  • Network: ABC
  • Series Premiere Date: Oct 11, 2016
Season #: 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
User Score
6.1

Generally favorable reviews- based on 44 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 27 out of 44
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 44
  3. Negative: 13 out of 44
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  1. cookiebgood
    Oct 18, 2016
    0
    Just horrible. Snide, ugly, tired humor, especially by lead character. Insult to stay at home moms and their kids. And once again, dad is portrayed as kind of a dense jerk.
  2. TheatreMom
    Nov 4, 2016
    1
    Where to begin? This show is so bad. So segmented and rapid fire that I can't even absorb all the bad jokes. I did not laugh once during last night's show. This show tries too hard to get the easy laugh. Really, it's not funny. Quirky characters that are not believable. Wacky girlfriends who are so sterotyped that it is painful to watch. Really bad show.
  3. Cjmnh6663
    Oct 12, 2016
    0
    A god awful show. Couldn't get past the scene of the daughter getting help with her homework from her Dad while he's sitting on the toilet defacating. It went down hill from there
  4. jludwi2
    Dec 14, 2016
    3
    Poor. The housewives friends aren't funny, they are offensive. The American Housewife seems mean, and while I'm sure she loves her kids it doesn't come across very well. But the main problem, unlike "the Middle' or "Speechless" the show just isn't funny. At least not yet. I hope it improves, but at least for the moment it has lost it's place in my dvd recordings.
  5. mhornnj
    Dec 19, 2016
    0
    I REALLY wanted to like this show bc for 27 yrs I've been an "American Housewife". Stay at home with 4 kids. I don't see anything remotely resembling my life in this show. This show is about a woman so obsessed with her weight that it affects her life at every turn. Her husband/kids are just along for the ride in her crazy self-focused life. Inserted into the storyline (for maxI REALLY wanted to like this show bc for 27 yrs I've been an "American Housewife". Stay at home with 4 kids. I don't see anything remotely resembling my life in this show. This show is about a woman so obsessed with her weight that it affects her life at every turn. Her husband/kids are just along for the ride in her crazy self-focused life. Inserted into the storyline (for max political correctness) are a pair of lesbian friends who come off as over-sexed and slightly insane. The lead actress's constant facial contortions is distracting. I won't be watching, even "On-Demand".… Expand
  6. dpc
    May 10, 2017
    0
    Bottom line is that Katy Mixon's over-emotive, mugging to the camera "acting" is as unfunny as it gets. If you are a fan of hers, maybe you'll get something out of this sitcom that is derivative of nearly every show of the past 10 years. Truly terrible.

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#96 Most Shared TV Season of 2016

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Metascore
60

Mixed or average reviews - based on 25 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 25
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 25
  3. Negative: 3 out of 25
  1. The Atlantic
    Reviewed by: Megan Garber
    Oct 12, 2016
    50
    Mixon’s casting would have been much more meaningful had her show more frequently let her form speak for itself. American Housewife’s star, so far, is Katie’s weight--and a number is a pretty boring premise for a story.
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  2. The Daily Beast
    Reviewed by: Kevin Fallon
    Oct 11, 2016
    70
    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).
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  3. Salon
    Reviewed by: Melanie McFarland
    Oct 11, 2016
    50
    [Katy Mixo's] talent may be the key to buying this new comedy some patience with the audience as it figures out what it wants to be.
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