If the word “fat” makes you uncomfortable, “American Housewife” is either going to leave you squirming in your seat or getting over that bashfulness pretty darned quickly. Because by the end of the 22-minute pilot the word is used what has to be a record number of times for a TV series, establishing that this is a show about a woman who is not overweight, out-of-shape, plump or heavyset, but plain old fat.
And she may or may not be okay with that. Katy Mixon, whom viewers will recognize as Melissa McCarthy‘s onscreen sister on “Mike & Molly” or as the love interest on “Eastbound and Down,” finally breaks out as the star she’s meant to be, as leading lady Katie Otto in ABC’s latest comedic offering.