American Housewife: The Guardian


7:30 pm - 8:00 pm, Friday, November 21 on Country Music Television Canada HDTV ()

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The Guardian

Season 5, Episode 11

Katie and Greg secretly put Kathryn through a series of tests to see if she would make a good guardian for Anna-Kat in the unlikely event something should happen to them. Meanwhile, after tracking down J.D.'s potential egg donors, Tami and Katie scheme to learn more about them.

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Cast & Crew
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Katy Mixon (Actor) .. Katie Otto
Diedrich Bader (Actor) .. Greg Otto
Meg Donnelly (Actor) .. Taylor Otto
Daniel DiMaggio (Actor) .. Oliver Otto
Giselle Eisenberg (Actor) .. Anna-Kat Otto
Ali Wong (Actor) .. Doris
Holly Robinson Peete (Actor) .. Tami
Jake Choi (Actor) .. J.D.
Evan O'toole (Actor) .. Franklin
Madison Thompson (Actor) .. Lindsey
Abigail Klein (Actor) .. Mimi
Jim Rash (Actor) .. Walker Montgomery
Wendie Malick (Actor) .. Kathryn
Melissa Greenspan (Actor) .. Stephanie

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Did You Know..
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Katy Mixon (Actor) .. Katie Otto
Born: March 30, 1981
Birthplace: Pensacola, Florida, United States
Trivia: Before moving to Los Angeles, actress Katy Mixon studied at the Carnegie Mellon University's School of Drama, and later appeared in the Utah Shakespeare Festival. She began her onscreen career with a role in the 2005 thriller The Quiet, and subsequently continued to find herself on camera, appearing in films like Four Christmases and State of Play. In 2009 she landed a lead role in the HBO comedy series Eastbound & Down. She had a memorable supporting turn in Take Shelter, and also appeared in the Nicolas Cage vehicle Drive Angry.
Diedrich Bader (Actor) .. Greg Otto
Born: December 24, 1966
Birthplace: Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Trivia: An actor whose tall, rangy build and boyish good looks have made him a natural for comic roles, Diedrich Bader was born in Alexandria, VA, on Christmas Eve 1966; his father, William Bader, was Chief of Staff of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee during the Carter administration, and his mother, Gretta Bader, was a sculptor of note. When Bader was two, he and his family moved to Paris, France, where the boy was exposed to a steady diet of classic American comedies; young Bader was especially fond of Charlie Chaplin, and appeared on-stage for the first time at the age of four, imitating the Little Tramp at a revival theater during an unexpected intermission after a rare Chaplin film jammed in the projector. Bader and his family returned to the United States in time for him to enter high school, and he later attended the North Carolina School for the Arts. While vacationing in Santa Fe, NM, during spring break, Bader met a casting agent who lined up an audition for a small role in a television pilot. Bader ended up winning the leading role instead, and while the pilot never sold, it did prompt Bader to relocate to Los Angeles and begin pursuing an acting career full-time. He began landing guest spots on episodic television shows, including Cheers, The Fresh Prince of Bel Air, and Star Trek: The Next Generation. In 1993, Bader was cast as the Searcher on the television series Danger Theater, a short-lived spoof of action-adventure programs. Penelope Spheeris, who directed the Danger Theater episodes, remembered Bader when casting for her film The Beverly Hillbillies (1993), based on the popular sitcom of the '60s and '70s. Bader won the role of cheerful but slow-witted Jethro Bodine, and his performance was one of the comic highlights of the film. The movie significantly raised Bader's visibility, and in 1995 he was cast as the logically challenged Oswald on The Drew Carey Show. Bader's success on The Drew Carey Show led to notable supporting roles in motion pictures, such as Office Space and Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back; he also began doing voice work for a number of animated television projects, including Pepper Ann, Buzz Lightyear of Star Command, and Kim Possible. In his private life, Bader married actress Dulcy Rogers in 1998. As his run on The Drew Carey Show continued, he also appeared regularly in feature film such as The Country Bears, Napoleon Dynamite, Eurotrip, and Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous, as well as animated films like Ice Age and Bolt. In 2010 he landed a recurring role on the short-lived NBC sitcom Outsourced.
Meg Donnelly (Actor) .. Taylor Otto
Born: July 25, 2000
Birthplace: New York, New York, United States
Trivia: Was raised in Peapack, New Jersey.Won a cheerleading camp award at age four.Studied acting, dance and voice at Annie's Playhouse School of Performing Arts since age six.In 2013, was Louisa von Trapp's understudy in NBC's The Sound of Music Live!Released a Japanese version of her first single "Smile."Speaks Japanese.
Daniel DiMaggio (Actor) .. Oliver Otto
Trivia: Was roughly 8 years old when he booked his first role in a commercial.Was educated at Los Feliz Charter School for the Arts in Los Angeles.Made his TV debut playing Young Michael Westen in the 2013 episode "Psychological Warfare" of Burn Notice.Played Kal-El, a.k.a. Young Superman, in the 2016 episode "For the Girl Who Has Everything" of the CW series Supergirl.Perhaps most well-known for playing Oliver Otto on American Housewife, which debuted in 2016.
Giselle Eisenberg (Actor) .. Anna-Kat Otto
Ali Wong (Actor) .. Doris
Born: April 19, 1982
Birthplace: San Francisco, California, United States
Trivia: Served as class president in high school. Discovered a love for performing while in UCLA's LCC Theatre, the longest running Asian-American theater company in the U.S. Crammed in up to nine stand-up acts per night when starting out in New York City. Performed at a San Francisco comedy club on the night of her wedding in 2014. Was seven months pregnant while taping her Netflix stand-up hit Baby Cobra. Named her daughter Mari after Marie Kondo, author of one of Wong's favorite books.
Holly Robinson Peete (Actor) .. Tami
Born: September 18, 1964
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Trivia: Holly Robinson Peete began her career in show business in 1969 when she was five years old with an appearance on the children's series Sesame Street, on which her father played non-Muppet cast member Gordon. In adulthood, she would go on to appear on shows like 21 Jump Street and Hangin' with Mr. Cooper, and later on Love, Inc. She became one of the co-hosts of The View knockoff The Talk, and in 2012 she spoofed her breakthrough part by appearing in the big-screen comedy 21 Jump Street. She is married to former NFL quraterback Rodney Peete.
Jake Choi (Actor) .. J.D.
Born: January 14, 1992
Birthplace: Queens, New York, United States
Trivia: Both of his parents are Korean immigrants.Was raised in a working-class home by a single mother.Was co-captain of his high school basketball team and played in the Amateur Athletic Union.Played basketball in the Korean Basketball League.Studied at the Lee Strasberg Institute and T. Schreiber Studio.In 2019, the Human Rights Campaign honored him with the Visibility Award.
Evan O'toole (Actor) .. Franklin
Madison Thompson (Actor) .. Lindsey
Abigail Klein (Actor) .. Mimi
Jim Rash (Actor) .. Walker Montgomery
Born: July 15, 1970
Birthplace: Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
Trivia: Is a member of the Groundlings improv company in Los Angeles. Is sometimes mistaken for the musician Moby. Got his big break playing the role of Dean Pelton in the sitcom Community. Cowrote the screenplay for the film The Descendants (2011).
Wendie Malick (Actor) .. Kathryn
Born: December 13, 1950
Birthplace: Buffalo, New York, United States
Trivia: While savvy television viewers will no doubt recognize prolific small-screen actress Wendie Malick from such popular series as Baywatch, Just Shoot Me, and HBO's smart and sexy comedy Dream On, the late '90s found her feature career warming up in such independent efforts as Manna From Heaven (2001) and Bathroom Boy (2003). A native of Buffalo, NY, who first found work in front of the cameras as a Wilhelmina model in the 1970s, the Ohio Wesleyan University alum would later work for New York congressman Jack Kemp following her graduation. Subsequently gracing the catwalks of New York, Paris, and Madrid, it was a small role in the 1978 comedy How to Pick up Girls that provided the aspiring actress with her first screen break. Though she would appear in a few theatrical releases such as Scrooged (1988) during the 1980s, most of her work came with made-for-television features and such series as Kate and Allie and Anything But Love. Increasingly visible on the small screen during the 1990s, Malick's role as series protagonist Martin Tupper's (Brian Benben) ex-wife on Dream On utilized her comic abilities to maximum effect and netted the actress four Cable ACE awards. Following the final episode of Dream On in 1996, it was only one short year before Malick began a stint on another popular series that would gain her accolades among sitcom junkies, Just Shoot Me. Her background in the modeling industry provided the ideal foundation for her role as former model Nina Van Horn, and Malick (Emmy-nominated for the role) remained with the show until its final episode in 2003, simultaneously taking occasional parts in both made-for-TV and theatrical features. In 1997 Malick took the lead in the little-seen romantic comedy Just Add Love, and following voice work as the egotistical principal in the Disney series Fillmore!, she appeared alongside Valerie Bertinelli, Jane Leeves, and Betty White the Emmy-winning comedy series Hot in Cleveland. In addition to her screen work, Wendie Malick met husband Richard Erickson while building homes for poor families in Mexico, and she also helps the homeless with her work for the Adopt-A-Family organization.
Melissa Greenspan (Actor) .. Stephanie

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