The first Australian drama to show a gay couple raising a child.
Filmed in Melbourne, Victoria in Australia.
Set in ST Kilda, Melbourne.
Even though the series was highly popular and was ended due to a screen hours deal, there was talk of another season, but channel 9 shelved the show.
Of House Husbands, Graeme Blundell from The Australian wrote "It's a nice premise for a show, a kind of Aussie Modern Family and, while not as stylish, or stylised for that matter - it's underplayed in a kind of low-key naturalism - its producers similarly lace the family shenanigans with real emotion to balance the humour. Directed with flair by Geoff Bennett, it's a nicely paced character-based comedy-drama constructed from the comings and goings of, as one of the characters says, a bunch of 'useless parents having a crack'." Blundell went on to say that the show is "far removed from the childish shenanigans" of Mon oncle Charlie (2003) and is not as soapy as Packed to the Rafters (2008), a show that it could replace as "TV's favourite family hour". He added "Sure, there's a blokey edge to House Husbands though, so far at least, it's never lascivious, sexist or plain dumb."