10/11/16

Three Family Comedies Tonight on ABC

Two family favorites return to ABC tonight - the second season of The Real O'Neals and the third season of Fresh Off the Boat. And if you have more time, you may want to add ABC's new show American Housewife to your Tuesday recordings. 

Here is a little more in the new series:

Katie Otto, a confident, unapologetic wife and mother of three, raises her flawed family in the wealthy town of Westport, Connecticut, filled with "perfect" mommies and their "perfect" offspring. Katie's perfectly imperfect world is upended when her neighbor's decision to move notches her up from her ideal social standing and sets her on a path to ensure that doesn't happen, regardless of the consequences.

What isn't said is that the "ideal social standing" relates to Katie's weight.  I'm not sure if this family issues matches ABC's other families who deal with gay, Asian, African-American, and disability issues. That said, this can be seen as a problem in a society still upset about Trump's comments on overweight women.

Hence, a lesser issue just became more prominent. And best if all, after the first episode the stories become more rounded (sorry). 

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