Network: ABC
Episodes: 103 (half-hour)
Seasons: Five
TV show dates: October 11, 2016 — March 31, 2021
Series status: Cancelled
Performers include: Katy Mixon, Diedrich Bader, Meg Donnelly, Daniel DiMaggio, Julia Butters, Giselle Eisenberg, Carly Hughes, and Ali Wong.
TV show description:
Set in Westport, Connecticut, this single-camera comedy series revolves around an average wife and mom who does her best to stand out from the community’s “perfect” housewives and their privileged children.
A confident, unapologetic wife and mother of three, Katie Otto (Katy Mixon) is in her forties. She’s also a woman of a certain size, intelligent, very funny, and loving. Despite her flaws and unconventional ways, Katie ultimately only wants the best for her kids and will fight tooth-and-nail to instill some good old-fashioned values in them, if it’s the last thing she does.
Her husband, who’s a well-educated professor of history, is named Greg (Diedrich Bader). Logical, Greg supports Katie in every way possible but is always grounded. They work to make sure their children do not end up like everyone else in their neighborhood. Unfortunately, that isn’t going to be easy.
Their oldest teenage daughter, Taylor (Meg Donnelly), is already set on the “perfect” path. Gorgeous at 14, her form of rebellion from her parents is her single-minded focus on sports. Athletics come naturally to Taylor, who has no interest in (or aptitude for) school work.
Middle-child Oliver (Daniel DiMaggio) is 12 and is clean-cut, self-assured, articulate, and a self-professed fiscal conservative. He’s the kind of kid who refuses to join in his school’s food drive because it promotes a welfare state. Deep down, he’s a good kid and uses his wits to find ways to help people and develop his portfolio.
Anna Kat (Julia Butters then Giselle Eisenberg) is the youngest of the Otto clan and sometimes needs a little extra help navigating life. She has OCD, which results in some strange behavior — she has to stand still when the clock is 13 minutes past the hour, she has one ritual for going upstairs and another for everything else in her life, and she is compelled to pee exclusively in the back yard.
Katie’s friends, Angela (Carly Hughes) and Doris (Ali Wong), help keep her struggles all in perspective and are the allies she needs in a town where “keeping it real” is not a compliment.
Episode #103 — The Election
Katie pushes Cooper (Logan Pepper) to share his passion for the culinary arts and ambition of becoming a chef with his autocratic father, Doyle Bradford (Joel McHale). Meanwhile, Greg and Principal Ablin (Jerry Lambert) go head-to-head when the election results offer an interesting twist, and the Otto family gets the surprise of a lifetime on the season finale.
First aired: March 31, 2021.
What do you think? Do you like the American Housewife TV show? Do you think it should have been cancelled or renewed for a sixth season?
So disappointed!! I wanted to see pregnant Katie. I don’t understand why the good shows always get canceled and then replaced with the same kind all the other channels so all the shows on TV are all basically the same. That’s why I watch old shows on Hulu.
It seems like all the good shows you guys canceled all the time the ones that families love to watch
If any one from ABC network would read these comments maybe they can get an idea of what viewers are looking for. ABC & CBS seem to keep making bad choices on what shows get cancelled. This year you took her friend dynamic, changed it which was disappointing. This show had some really funny comedy lines. Loved when Wendie Malick would appear on episodes as her mom. My friends & I could relate to Katy Mixon character. Totally getting the because I am the mom theory that is how we grew up . Great cast of actors all the way… Read more »
American Housewife needed the support of its network. It was a superior sitcom which was brilliantly written, impeccably casted and highly entertaining. I can think of plenty of other shows ABC should have canceled instead. Don’t let this gem go, reconsider and uncancel it.
You throw an unexpected pregnancy in the season finale, which ends up being the series finale, at us and then just cancel this great show! Uncancel it!!
I love the show so much. Please bring it back.
Please do not cancel American Housewife. It is a family oriented show that I watch with my grandchildren. We laugh , cry, and talk about school bullying, others being snobbish, being kind, losing a friend or family member to death, having to give away an animal such as AnaKat’s pig and being responsible and mature. This is a very good show for families. My grandchildren look forward to watching it weekly with me. Please reconsider. There are not many shows that can be watched as a family and be beneficial in our daily lives. Please have a heart. This old… Read more »
Don’t cancel American Housewife!!! It’s one of my favorites!! And we just found out that Katie is pregnant!!
Bring back American Housewife!!!!
I really like this show. It is well casted and very good writing. Always a highlight of the week! Please renew this show! Thanks
I Really like this show . But this year i am so disappointed that Katie’s friend group is changed what happened to Angela & Doris i loved that trio her new group is ok but i really miss the other 2.
Love it!!
What happened with Julia Butters in the series American Housewife,. Has she been replaced? Why?