House Husbands: An Awesome New Australia Dramedy

The Dads and their children on the set of AUSTRALIA Channel 9’s new drama, House Husbands

It’s been a while since I’ve seen a trailer about a new show and gotten goosebumps because it looked so authentic & touching. Would you believe that this heartwarming show is about four families where the man is the primary caregiver in raising the children?

House Husbands! Only in Australia! They’ve created a new dramedy (that aired on Sept 2 – father’s day in Australia) that paints dad as loving, nurturing, and hands-on as well as a loving partner to their wives. Refreshing to see the that the overarching goal here is not to throw dad under the bus for shits & giggles. Check out the clip & let us know what you think. Would this show be successful in the U.S.? (reads: would you watch it?) Well, we read that the new drama series, House Husbands, set a ratings record as the NUMBER ONE new Australia drama launched on that day with nearly 1.4 million viewers! Ironic, because about two years ago there was an awful show titled “House Husbands of Hollywood” – absolutely sucked! Perhaps, if the West Coast version took a page out of Australia’s book, we might have a “House Husbands of NYC” that portrays nurturing, capable, and confident dads….that would star the crew from the NYC Dads Group.

Here is the show description from the channel Nine Network Australia website:

Fresh, funny and entertaining, the series centres on four young families with one thing in common: the men are in charge of raising the kids.

It’s the beginning of a new school year and recently retired Lewis (Gary Sweet) finds himself in the unfamiliar role of stay-at-home dad to Tilda, his daughter with nurse Gemma (Julia Morris).

Gemma works at the hospital with her best friend Abi (Natalie Saleeba) whose husband Mark (Rhys Muldoon) is juggling a return to part-time work and looking after five-year-old Poppy.

Mark’s brother-in-law Kane (Gyton Grantley) is in a relationship with Tom (Tim Campbell), raising Tom’s orphaned niece Stella.

When dropping their daughters off on the first day of school, the three men meet Justin (Firass Dirani), a former AFL star who, thanks to his bad boy ways, has seen his career and family walk out the door. He is now facing the fight of his life to win custody of his twin boys Zac and Jacob and eight-month-old daughter Angie.

Finding themselves severely outnumbered by all the mothers at the school drop-off zone, the four men band together and help each other along as they face the challenges of raising a young family.

Anna McGahan, Leah Di Niese and Nicholas Coghlan round out the stellar Aussie cast in this exciting new series that throws out the rule book and explores the new way modern families are doing things.

Filmed on location in Melbourne, House Husbands was created by Ellie Beaumont and Drew Proffitt, is produced by Drew Proffit and Sue Seeary and executive produced by David Taylor and David Maher for the Nine Network.

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