# HouseBroken (animated sitcom)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/housebroken-animated-sitcom/952761>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** cartoons-animation\
**Created:** [October 19, 2021, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/housebroken-animated-sitcom/952761 "2021-10-19T13:57:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2021, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/housebroken-animated-sitcom/952761/1 "2021-10-19T13:57:00Z")

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Has anyone else watched the Fox animated show HouseBroken (about household pets having group therapy sessions)? I hadn’t even heard anything about it until it had finished airing, but I thought it was really funny, with a good mix of relationship humour and pet humour. And it had some very funny comedians in it (Lisa Kudrow, Sam Richardson, Tony Hale, Sharon Horgan, Will Forte).

Any other fans out there? Apologies if I missed an existing thread, but I swear I searched for one.

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**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2021, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/housebroken-animated-sitcom/952761/2 "2021-10-19T14:23:17Z")

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We watched it too. It was decent. We really like the character of Chief, such a real dog. 😄

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**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2021, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/housebroken-animated-sitcom/952761/3 "2021-10-19T21:15:33Z")

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I’ve watched a couple of episodes. The jokes just didn’t land for me. The jokes they used were jokes pet owners have been hearing for years. Nothing new or fresh in there.

I gave up on it.

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**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2021, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/housebroken-animated-sitcom/952761/4 "2021-10-19T21:46:45Z")

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> [@hogarth](#):
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> Lisa Kudrow

Does she play a smelly cat?

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**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2021, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/housebroken-animated-sitcom/952761/5 "2021-10-19T21:47:55Z")

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> [@Richard\_Pearse](#):
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> Does she play a smelly cat?

Alas, she plays a poodle therapy dog.

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**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2021, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/housebroken-animated-sitcom/952761/6 "2021-10-19T21:49:04Z")

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That is probably far better than having a lame meta-joke.

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**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2021, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/housebroken-animated-sitcom/952761/7 "2021-10-19T21:50:48Z")

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> [@kenobi\_65](#):
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> Alas, she plays a poodle therapy dog.

Just to be clear: a dog that acts like a psychologist, not a “therapy animal” (although there is one of those in the show as well).