The Hotwives

The Hotwives
The Hotwives of Orlando title card
Genre	Parody, Satire
Created by	Dannah Phirman Danielle Schneider
Directed by	Alex Fernie
Starring	Casey Wilson Danielle Schneider Tymberlee Hill Andrea Savage Angela Kinsey Kristen Schaal
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	TBA
Production
Executive producers	Paul Scheer Jonathan Stern
Running time	22 minutes
Production companies	Paramount Pictures Abominable Pictures
Original release
Network	Hulu
Release	July 15, 2014 (2014-07-15)

The Hotwives of Orlando is an upcoming Hulu comedy series starring Casey Wilson, Danielle Schneider, Tymberlee Hill, Andrea Savage, Angela Kinsey, and Kristen Schaal. The series will premiere on July 15, 2014.

The series was created by Dannah Phirman and Danielle Schneider. Paul Scheer and Jonathan Stern serve as executive producers. It is part of Hulu's initiative to produce original scripted programming.

Premise

The show is a scripted parody of the reality television franchise The Real Housewives on Bravo. The series depicts the purportedly exclusive and glamorous world of six "hot housewives" in Orlando, Florida. The show follows the women as they fight over everything except for their love of shoes, plastic surgery, and the pursuit of spending all of their husbands' money.

Cast

• Casey Wilson as Tawny St. John: "The Trophy Wife" – The self-obsessed, gold digging trophy "hotwife" who's cheating on her much older husband Phil with her fitness trainer, Heath. She defends her actions by claiming that her husband is dying. She seemingly has no real marketable skills other than attending charity events, partying, and making music videos. Though she has recently attempted to release her own cosmetic products such as her new line of "eyebrow extensions".
• Danielle Schneider as Shauna Maducci: "The Bankrupt Overspender" – The brassy Italian-American "hotwife" with anger control problems. She is addicted to shopping and is constantly fighting with everyone from her husband Anthony to her "best friend" Tawny. She and her husband are on the verge of bankruptcy, which she is single-handedly responsible for because of her overspending habits.
• Tymberlee Hill as Phenomenon "Phe Phe" Reed: "The Entrepreneur" – The flashy African-American "hotwife" known for "speaking her mind" and referring to herself in the third person and coining catchphrases involving her name such as "I'm just bein' Phe Phe!". Her "entrepreneurial" pursuits include: lawyer, foot model, aspiring taxidermist, among other careers.
• Andrea Savage as Veronica Von Vandervon: "The Cougar" – A wealthy and classy woman who is known for her vulgar sense of humor and is always on the prowl for younger men. She often insists on explaining her overly suggestive jokes. The British-born, sex-obsessed Veronica is an independent businesswoman and the heiress to the "Hot Holes, Heavy Putting" mini-golf fortune.
• Angela Kinsey as Crystal Simmons: "The Religious Zealot" – A devout Christian and local Orlando weather girl. Though she claims to not have actually read the bible because “it’s written in Jewish.” She is known for her "holier than thou" attitude and being judgmental of everyone, especially of her younger sister Amanda.
• Kristen Schaal as Amanda Simmons: "The Drug Addled Former Child Star" – Crystal's younger sister and a former child star who made her claim-to-fame as the "Florida Prune Juice girl" in a number of commercials as a child. She claims her substance abuse issues are behind her. She is not technically a wife as she is chronically single, but has hopes being on the show will help her regain her fame.

Supporting and recurring cast

• Paul Scheer as Matty Green – The show's executive producer who appears in every episode to plug his after-show "The Hotwives Cooldown".
• Joey McIntyre as Heath – Tawny's fitness trainer with whom she's having an affair while her husband is on his deathbed.
• Stephen Tobolowsky as Phil – Tawny's much older wealthy husband, who she thinks is dying, or she hopes is dying anyway.
• Matt Besser as Anthony – Shauna's husband. He and Shauna are constantly fighting and both appear to hate each other.
• Jerry Minor as Rodney – Phe Phe's husband. He works as a sports mascot.
• Seth Morris as T.J. – Crystal's husband.
• Dannah Phirman as Alli – A woman who often hangs out with the ladies but isn't a "hotwife", but likes to tell everyone she could be.

Other guest appearances in the first season include "Weird Al" Yankovic, Jeff Hiller, Kate Walsh, Rich Fulcher, Melissa Rauch, Kulap Vilaysack, and Horatio Sanz.

Real Housewives counterparts

• Tawny St. John (Casey Wilson) is largely based on a mash-up of The Real Housewives of Orange County's Tamra Barney and Gretchen Rossi.
• Shauna Maducci (Danielle Schneider) is largely based on The Real Housewives of New Jersey's Teresa Giudice.
• Phenomenon "Phe Phe" Reed (Tymberlee Hill) is largely based on a mash-up of The Real Housewives of Atlanta's Nene Leakes and Phaedra Parks.
• Veronica Von Vandervon (Andrea Savage) is largely based on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills's Lisa Vanderpump.
• Crystal Simmons (Angela Kinsey) is largely based on The Real Housewives of Orange County's Alexis Bellino.
• Amanda Simmons (Kristen Schaal) is largely based on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills' Kim Richards.

The entire cast represent members of the Real Housewives series. Paul Scheer also co-stars as producer Matty Green, a parodic version of "Real Housewives" maven Andy Cohen.

External links

• Official website
• The Hotwives on Twitter
• The Hotwives at IMDb