History Series / AmericanHousewife

** Logan Pepper, who plays Cooper Bradford, has appeared in every season and though initially his appearances were infrequent, he appeared in half the episodes in season 4 and then his character ''moves in with the Ottos'' in season 5. Despite this, the actor retains the same low guest billing he got in season 1.
** Creator/PeytonMeyer, who joined the cast in season 2 as Taylor's boyfriend Trip, has appeared in more episodes with each successive season, including more than half of season 4, but continues to be billed as a guest star in the end credits. Notably he's appeared in more episodes than anyone ''not'' named in the opening credits.

* {{Cliffhanger}}: The fifth season ends on one with [[spoiler: Oliver announcing he may drop out of high school, Taylor and Trip announcing their engagement, and Katie revealing that she's pregnant.]]

** Katie's loner status in the community gets hit with this in the second season premiere. [[spoiler: After she attempts an online apology for faking her pregnancy to the other mothers, one of them confronts her and states that the real reason they have so many problems with her is because of how she treats them; her judgment and resentment toward their lifestyle, healthy eating habits and volunteering for things at school has been rubbing them the wrong way for a long while. Katie attempts yet again to make amends, but has to resort to volunteering for a Gala after failing to make a proper apology.]]
** [[spoiler: Oliver's status as a SpoiledBrat is also taken apart. Not only does Katie defend him to a snotty ballet teacher who thinks this, but by him showing a genuine interest and effort in ballet, Oliver becomes the only kid in the Otto family willingly doing anything related to school/extra-curricular activities.]]

* {{Foreshadowing}}: In season two, one of the moms that bully Katie tells another mom that her diet pills are actually speed and to calm down. In the finale, [[spoiler: it's revealed that her drugs are making her sabotage the other moms' work on the spring gala.]]

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** Cooper Bradford was mentioned in several episodes before finally appearing in the middle of season 1. His ''parents'', the richest couple in Westport, have never been seen in person, to emphasize his isolation from them. [[spoiler: Cooper's father Doyle Bradford finally appears in the fifth season finale.]]

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler: Greg and Katie get paranoid about Taylor spending all of her free time with a new guy instead of her boyfriend and think that he is trying to ruin the relationship. They then feed their paranoia to him, which leads to him yellng at Taylor and demanding that she quit the play. She dumps him instead.]]
** [[spoiler: Even worse? Greg turns out to be right in the end!]]

* OverprotectiveDad: Initially intending on spying on Anna-Kat during her solo walk to the library, Greg gets distracted and crashes the drone into Taylor when he sees her with her boyfriend, Eyo.

** Anna-Kat's OCD is portrayed realistically, subverting the SuperOCD trope. Her condition is treated by the school therapist, averting ThereAreNoTherapists, and she is shown growing out of it as she ages and gets the treatment she needs.

* SuperOCD:
** Anna-Kat has OCD and the condition is presented realistically, albeit humorously. The Ottos moved to Westport because the local school has a special needs program that provides Anna-Kat with the extra attention she needs and Katie is often helping her daughter with various coping exercises so Anna-Kat won't completely fall into her rituals.
** If Greg gets interrupted while working, he has to start his ritual described under EndearinglyDorky all over again. In the episode where this was shown he had to reboot so many times, he got too drunk to work.

* AdultFear: The main plot in "Bigger Kids, Bigger Problems" concerns Taylor getting birth control. Katie freaks, especially since Taylor is now legally an adult and can't be easily controlled anymore. Greg tries to be more relaxed, but the idea of his daughter having sex unnerves him.

After receiving a full 22-episode season order on November 4, 2016, ABC ordered an additional episode a month later for a total of 23 episodes. The show was renewed for a second season on May 11, 2017. A third season order was announced on May 11, 2018. The fourth season premiered in its new Friday night time slot on September 27, 2019. Mid-season, the show was announced to be moving to Wednesdays and the timeslot vacated by ''Series/ModernFamily'', airing immediately after it for several weeks starting on March 18, 2020; the 21-episode order was pared down to 20 with the industry-wide cancellation of filming due to the coronavirus outbreak. A fifth season order was announced on May 21. During the off-season, there were a number of cast changes, with Creator/JuliaButters (Anna-Kat) departing to pursue a movie career after her breakout role in ''Film/OnceUponATimeInHollywood'' and, more controversially, Carly Hughes (Angela) leaving due to her complaints about racist behavior and producers creating a "toxic environment". Creator/AliWong, who played the show's only other non-white regular Doris, officially remained part of the cast but appeared only via remote segments (and would stop appearing altogether mid-season). The show notably returned a week after all the other sitcoms in its new night of Wednesday, on October 28, 2020 at 8:30, running for only thirteen episodes (which brought the show over 100 total) before production was cut short for the season, ostensibly due yet again to coronavirus. The final episode aired on March 31, 2021.

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* RealityEnsues: See {{Deconstruction}}.

After receiving a full 22-episode season order on November 4, 2016, ABC ordered an additional episode a month later for a total of 23 episodes. The show was renewed for a second season on May 11, 2017. A third season order was announced on May 11, 2018. The fourth season premiered in its new Friday night time slot on September 27, 2019. Mid-season, the show was announced to be moving to Wednesdays and the timeslot vacated by ''Series/ModernFamily'', airing immediately after it for several weeks starting on March 18, 2020; the 21-episode order was pared down to 20 with the industry-wide cancellation of filming due to the coronavirus outbreak. A fifth season order was announced on May 21. During the off-season, there were a number of cast changes, with Julia Butters (Anna-Kat) departing to pursue a movie career after her breakout role in ''Film/OnceUponATimeInHollywood'' and, more controversially, Carly Hughes (Angela) leaving due to her complaints about racist behavior and producers creating a "toxic environment". Creator/AliWong, who played the show's only other non-white regular Doris, officially remained part of the cast but appeared only via remote segments (and would stop appearing altogether mid-season). The show notably returned a week after all the other sitcoms in its new night of Wednesday, on October 28, 2020 at 8:30, running for only thirteen episodes (which brought the show over 100 total) before production was cut short for the season, ostensibly due yet again to coronavirus. The final episode aired on March 31, 2021.

After receiving a full 22-episode season order on November 4, 2016, ABC ordered an additional episode a month later for a total of 23 episodes. The show was renewed for a second season on May 11, 2017. A third season order was announced on May 11, 2018. The fourth season premiered in its new Friday night time slot on September 27, 2019. Mid-season, the show was announced to be moving to Wednesdays and the timeslot vacated by ''Series/ModernFamily'', airing immediately after it for several weeks starting on March 18, 2020; the 21-episode order was pared down to 20 with the industry-wide cancellation of filming due to the coronavirus outbreak. A fifth season order was announced on May 21. It returned in yet ''another'' new timeslot, Wednesdays at 8:30, on October 28, 2020, before cancelling the show after 5 seasons in May.

After receiving a full 22-episode season order on November 4, 2016, ABC ordered an additional episode a month later for a total of 23 episodes. The show was renewed for a second season on May 11, 2017. A third season order was announced on May 11, 2018. The fourth season premiered in its new Friday night time slot on September 27, 2019. Mid-season, the show was announced to be moving to Wednesdays and the timeslot vacated by ''Series/ModernFamily'', airing immediately after it for several weeks starting on March 18, 2020; the 21-episode order was pared down to 20 with the industry-wide cancellation of filming due to the coronavirus outbreak. A fifth season order was announced on May 21. It returned in yet ''another'' new timeslot, Wednesdays at 8:30, on October 28, 2020.

* {{Cliffhanger}}: The fifth season ends on one with [[spoiler: Taylor and Trip announcing their engagement and Katie revealing that she's pregnant.]]