Series such as “Workin’ Moms,” “SMILF” or “The Let Down” have used some of the crasser emotions and situations that come with raising tiny humans for comedic effect, yet they’re largely told through the maternal lens.
But “Breeders” could be the first of the new class to put parenting itself on equal footing by delving into the (sometimes rage-filled) challenges that transform both sides of a loving couple — no social media filter required. “We wanted a show that was pretty even-handed between the father and the mother.
We didn’t want that familiar trope of the father being a completely chaotic numbskull and the wife basically being his mother,” says series co-creator and star Martin Freeman. “Coming in, tidying up after him and just going,
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