5 HOTTEST HOLLYWOOD TV WIVES WITH UGLY HUSBANDS!!!

ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT

Tobias Funke and Lindsay Bluth are one of television’s all-time oddest couples. The characters, portrayed byDavid Cross (a stand-up and sketch comedian most notably known for his work with Bob Odenkirk on the influential 90s HBO sketch show Mr. Show) and Portia De Rossi (an incredibly young actress who you may know as Ellen Degeneres‘ wife) respectively, couldn’t be more different and are clearly bound for disaster.

Tobias is a creepy, bald never-nude (look it up) who at one point was actively trying to join the Blue Man Group. Lindsay, his inordinately hot wife, is the heir to an empire whose matriarch has recently fallen on hard times

THE FRESH PRINCE OF BEL-AIR

Phil and Vivian “Aunt Viv” Banks are the generous, affluent aunt and uncle who take in Will Smith‘s character on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. Phil and Vivian are a perfect example of the hot wife/ugly husband trope. In fact, James Avery, the burly actor who played uncle Phil, had two different wives on the show. After three seasons, the original Aunt Viv, Janet-Hubert Witten, was ousted from the show and replaced with Daphne Maxwell Reid for the remaining three seasons. Most people agree that they preferred the original Aunt Viv and were surprised by her abrupt departure from the incredibly successful TV show. Actress Janet Hubert-Witten still blames Will Smith for her firing.

GROUNDED FOR LIFE

Grounded for Life aired for five seasons on Fox in the early 2000s. It was an endearing comic portrayal of a rowdy, unconventional family. Parents Sean (Donal Logue) and Claudia Finnerty (Megyn Price) are simply trying to rein in the madness that is their lives. Megyn Price and Donal Logue are definite examples of the hot wife/ugly husband trope – just look at them. During the show, the Finnerty clan consisted of Sean, Claudia, their three kids (later four) and Sean’s father and brother. A great, often overlooked sitcom of the era, the show ran for 91 episodes before ultimately being cancelled in 2005.

ACCORDING TO JIM

According to Jim was an ABC sitcom based on the life of Jim Belushi, John’s less talented younger brother. The show lasted for eight seasons that saw ratings drop progressively lower and lower. Cheryl (Courtney Thorne-Smith), Jim’s wife on the show, is so far out of his league that it’s almost laughable. Belushi plays a particularly oafish, lazy character that is clearly at least semi-autobiographical. Much like Jim, the character likes blues music and local Chicago sports teams. Jim and Cheryl have three children (later five). The show obviously hoped to boost slumping ratings with the introduction of a cute pair of twins and a bunch of inconsequential, ancillary friends and neighbors, but to no avail. Since being cancelled, the show has been syndicated in a ton of foreign countries.

THE GEORGE LOPEZ SHOW

This is another ABC sitcom that ran in the early 2000s. It’s also another great example of the hot wife/ugly husband dynamic. George Lopez, the famed Latino comic, plays a character that is based on and named after him. On the show, Lopez’s character works at a factory while raising his two children with his wife, Angie (Constance Marie). The show is a pretty predictable example of the type of multi-cam, studio audience in a soundstage production that used to typify American sitcoms. The show ran from 2001-2007 and, much like According to Jim, enjoyed a great deal of success with syndication.

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