'Trophy Wife' Is More Than Just A Pretty Face On ABC
One of the strongest new sitcoms on TV this season has the worst name, but its title, Trophy Wife, was intended to be ironic. The show's creators, Sarah Haskins and Emily Halpern, are self-professed feminists who wanted to take on a type generally scorned in popular culture.
The show's eponymous character, Kate, is a reformed party girl trying to find her place in a family that includes a much older husband, Pete, his two ex-wives and three kids. When Kate inadvertently breaks Pete's nose, the situation is expertly handled by ex No. 1, an intimidating surgeon.
"Kids, look away," she barks before snapping his nose into place.
As for ex No. 2, she's incredibly well-intentioned — but her boundaries are awful.
"I didn't break into your home," she insists to Pete when she's caught in his house. "I used the hide-a-key."
"We don't have a hide-a-key," he replies, confused. It's with just a trace of satisfaction that she responds with, "I do."
This is what happens when you enter a family that's more frappd than it is blended, says co-creator Sarah Haskins. She's two decades younger than her husband and had to learn how to step-parent his two children, ages 9 and 19.
"I didn't realize when I married Jeff, you sort of by default marry everybody," she explains from the Disney office she shares with Halpern in Burbank, Calif. "And you're sort of married to them forever."
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