American Housewife
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| Genre | Sitcom |
| Created by | Sarah Dunn |
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| Narrated by | Katy Mixon |
| Composer(s) | Erica Weis Orr Rebhun Jonathan Sadoff |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 15 (list of episodes) |
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| Camera setup | Single-camera |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Eight Sisters Productions Weiner & Schwartz Productions Kapital Entertainment ABC Studios |
| Distributor | Disney–ABC Domestic Television |
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| Original network | ABC |
| Original release | October 11, 2016 – present |
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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.
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.
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".
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