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How to Live With Your Parents (For the Rest of Your Life)

2013 · 1 season

A breezy, good-natured sitcom that coasts on the friction between an anxious adult daughter and her freewheeling parents, easy to dip into and forget.

Created by: Claudia Lonow
Genres: Comedy, Family
Starring: Sarah Chalke, Elizabeth Perkins, Jon Dore

Overview: Polly is a single mom who has recently divorced. The transition hasn't been easy for her, especially in this economy. So, like a lot of young people living in this new reality, she and her daughter, Natalie, have moved back home with her eccentric parents, Elaine and Max.

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Created by: Claudia Lonow
Genres: Comedy, Family
Starring: Sarah Chalke, Elizabeth Perkins, Jon Dore

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Tone: lightstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 1 of 3
earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: family
parenthood
identity
love
work
Places: home
suburbs
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: ensemble
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild

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Humour	7
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Romance	4
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Complexity	3
Emotional weight	4

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Genres: comedy, family
Created by: Claudia Lonow
Written by: Dave Horwitz, Franklin Hardy, David McHugh, Gregg Mettler
Starring: Sarah Chalke, Elizabeth Perkins, Jon Dore, Rachel Eggleston, Stephanie Hunt, Brad Garrett, Greg Eagles, Tyler Nunes
Length: 1 seasons, 13 episodes, 21 min each
Network: ABC
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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