History Trivia / AmericanHousewife

* ProductionPosse: Rick Wiener and Kenny Schwartz, executive producers and showrunners of ''American Housewife'', are also the co-creators of ''Series/TwoGuysAGirlAndAPizzaPlace'', which co-starred Creator/NathanFillion. Which is how they were able to get him to make his AdamWesting guest appearance at the end of season 2. (Note that he name checks ''Two Guys and a Girl'' alongside ''Series/{{Castle}}'' and ''Series/{{Firefly}}'' as a show people might know him from... [[SelfDeprecation but probably]] ''[[SelfDeprecation Castle]]'').

* TheOtherDarrin:
** Taylor was played by Johnny Sequoyah in the pilot episode, and by Creator/MegDonnelly in all subsequent episodes.
** Anna-Kat was played by Julia Butters in the first four seasons, and subsequently by Giselle Eisenberg. This makes Daniel [=DiMaggio=] the only actor to play one of the Otto children throughout.

* WrittenInInfirmity: After Timothy Omundson suffered a stroke, Stan was initially written out by divorcing Chloe for a woman half their age. A couple years later he wanted to get back into acting despite now walking with a cane and having a paralyzed left arm, so Stan suffers a stroke that causes his new wife to ditch him, so he comes crawling back to Chloe.

* ActorAllusion: Greg's TakeThat against ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'' gets a bit funnier when you remember that Creator/DiedrichBader previously voiced [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold Batman]].
** A cross-actor version: Taylor wants to attend Carnegie Mellon, which is Creator/KatyMixon's alma mater.

* WrittenInInfirmity: After Timothy Omundson suffered a stroke, Stan was initially written out by divorcing Chloe for a woman half their age. A couple years later he wanted to get back into acting despite now walking with a cane and having a paralyzed left arm, so Stan suffers a stroke that causes his new wife to ditch him, so he comes crawling back to Chloe.

* FanNickname: The gatherings of Katie, Doris, and Angela are referred to by fans as the "Second Breakfast Club", which has been acknowledged by the show's social media accounts.

** Even little Anna-Kat was initially played by an age appropriate actress, as she and Julia Butters were both born in 2009; however her replacement Giselle Eisenberg was born in 2007. Evan O'Toole, who plays Franklin, was also born in 2007, making his casting as Franklin (who is "nine-and-a-half" in 2019) a borderline example. Given the change in Anna-Kats and O'Toole hitting puberty ''hard'' between the fourth and fifth season, both Franklin and Anna-Kat were quietly aged up to be 12 years old at the end of 2020, making Eisenberg and O'Toole now just a year older than their characters, consistent with Donnelly and [=DiMaggio=].

* FridayNightDeathSlot: The show was moved here for the beginning of its fourth season, but when ratings held up better than expected it was moved back to Wednesday nights mid-season, where it has remained ever since.

* Three actors appeared in every episode: Creator/KatyMixon (Katie), Creator/DiedrichBader (Greg), and Daniel [=DiMaggio=] (Oliver). Meg Donnelly (Taylor) has appeared in every episode after the pilot.

* Three actors have appeared in every episode: Creator/KatyMixon (Katie), Creator/DiedrichBader (Greg), and Daniel [=DiMaggio=] (Oliver). Meg Donnelly (Taylor) has appeared in every episode after the pilot.
* The show has aired in a new timeslot with each season, and often ''multiple'' timeslots in a single season. It has aired in ''three'' different Wednesday timeslots (8:30, 9:00, and 9:30) over its run, and the show has aired on a Wednesday for at least part of every season except for its first.

* HostilityOnTheSet: Carly Hughes, who plays Angela, exited the show after season 4 because of, in her words, the "toxic environment" and "discrimination" that existed on the set. (Her appearance in the season 5 premiere had already been filmed before the COVID shutdown.) In the wake of her departure, a probe was launched which resulted in the show's creator Sarah Dunn stepping down from an active production role, the line producer being fired, and the showrunners having to undergo sensitivity training.

* Three actors have appeared in every episode: Creator/KatyMixon (Katie), Creator/DiedrichBader (Greg), and Daniel [=DiMaggio=] (Oliver).

** A cross-actor version: Taylor wants to attend Carnegie Mellon, which is Katy Mixon's alma mater.

** Taylor was born in 2001 and is played by an actress one year older. (Johnny Sequoyah, who had played Taylor in the pilot, was a year ''younger''.) Her first boyfriend Eyo is played by Amarr M. Wooten, who actually was born in 2001. Her second boyfriend Trip, apparently one year older than her[[note]]He's a senior in season 3, but has to repeat a grade (as he predicted he would) in season 4, putting him in the same year as Taylor; Anna-Kat also comments that she'll be 32 when he's 41 - as in, there's a nine-year age difference between them - whereas Anna-Kat and Taylor are only eight years apart[[/note]], is a borderline case, as he is played by Peyton Meyer, born in 1998.

* Three actors have appeared in every episode: Katy Mixon (Katie), Creator/DiedrichBader (Greg), and Daniel [=DiMaggio=] (Oliver).

** Taylor was played by Johnny Sequoyah in the pilot episode, and by Meg Donnelly in all subsequent episodes.

* Four actors have appeared in every episode: Katy Mixon (Katie), Creator/DiedrichBader (Greg), Daniel [=DiMaggio=] (Oliver), and Creator/AliWong (Doris).

* The show has aired in a new timeslot with each season, and often ''multiple'' timeslots in a single season. It has aired in ''three'' different Wednesday timeslots (8:30, 9:00, and 9:30) over its run, and the show has aired on a Wednesday in every season except for its first.

** Even little Anna-Kat was initially played by an age appropriate actress, as she and Julia Butters were both born in 2009; however her replacement Giselle Eisenberg was born in 2007, without the character being aged up accordingly. Evan O'Toole, who plays Franklin, was also born in 2007, making his casting as Franklin (who is "nine-and-a-half" in 2019) a borderline example.

** Oliver was born on January 17, 2004; Daniel [=DiMaggio=], who plays him, is just six months older. His best friend Cooper (who is the same age as him) is played by Logan Pepper, just one year older. The effects of casting age-appropriate actors is evident with these two: in season one Cooper towers over the prepubescent Oliver but by season four ''both'' actors have grown considerably and Oliver is now slightly taller.

* BigNameFan: Of all people, Creator/QuentinTarantino, who came across ''American Housewife'' in search of the right young actress (excuse me, ''actor'') to play Trudi Fraser in ''Film/OnceUponATimeInHollywood''. According to Julia Butters, he even referred to her as "Anna-Kat" upon meeting her when she auditioned.

* HostilityOnTheSet: Carly Hughes, who plays Angela, exited the show after season 4 because of, in her words, the "toxic environment" and "discrimination" that existed on the set. (Her appearance in the season 5 premiere had already been filmed before the COVID shutdown.) In the wake of her departure, a probe was launched which resulted in the show's creator Sarah Dunn stepping down from an active production role,the line producer being fired, and the showrunners having to undergo sensitivity training.

* HostilityOnTheSet: Carly Hughes, who plays Angela, exited the show after season 4 because of, in her words, the "toxic environment" and "discrimination" that existed on the set. (Her appearance in the season 5 premiere had already been filmed before the COVID shutdown.) In the wake of her departure, a probe was launched which resulted in the show's creator Sarah Dunn stepping down from an active production role, and the line producer being fired.

* HostilityOnTheSet: Carly Hughes, who plays Angela, exited the show after season 4 because of "the toxic environment" and "discrimination" that existed on the set. In the wake of her departure, a probe was launched which resulted in the show's creator Sarah Dunn stepping down from an active production role, and the line producer being fired.