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Sitcom

Beef House
Genre Sitcom
Created by Tim & Eric
Starring Tim HeideckerEric WareheimJamie-Lynn Sigler
Country of origin United States
Original language English
No. of seasons 1
No. of episodes 6
Production
Executive producers Tim Heidecker Eric Wareheim Dave Kneebone Vera Drew[a] Andrew Porter[a] Keith Crofford[b] Walter Newman[b]
Producer Mark Costa[c]
Running time 11 minutes
Production companies Abso Lutely ProductionsWilliams Street
Original release
Network Adult Swim
Release March 30 (2020-03-30) –May 4, 2020 (2020-05-04)

Beef House is an American sitcom created by and starring Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim. The series premiered on Adult Swim on March 30, 2020.[1][2][3] The series is described as a parody of 1980s and 1990s American family sitcoms, featuring Wareheim and Jamie-Lynn Sigler as a married suburban couple who live with the former's best friend (Heidecker) and a trio of eccentric men.

On January 1, 2021, Tim and Eric hosted a watch-along of Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie. As part of it, they mentioned that they had already written a second season of Beef House, but that any potential production would be delayed indefinitely due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4] On August 8, 2021, Heidecker announced that although scripts have been written, Adult Swim has no plans in renewing the series for a second season.[5] In September 2025, Heidecker and Wareheim said on Tim Heidecker's podcast Office Hours that the show is fictitious and does not exist.[6]

Eric Wareheim plays Eric, a put-upon suburbanite who is married to Detective Megan (Sigler), a high-strung police detective with whom he shares a largely one-sided and acrimonious relationship characterized by her openly expressing her disdain for him and her attraction to other men. Living with Eric are his best friend, Tim (Heidecker), an Army veteran and aspiring rock musician, and a trio of middle-aged to elderly men: foul-mouthed handyman Ron Austar, psychic Tennessee Luke, and pervert Ben Hur. Each episode functions as a parody of the conventions of the traditional American family sitcom, beginning with traditional plotlines and story setups—such as an old friend coming to visit or trying to impress a neighbor—that are subverted as the episodes descend into absurdity and chaos.[_citation needed_]

Reviewing series premiere "Army Buddy Brad", Randall Colburn of The A.V. Club gave the episode an A−, praising the aesthetic and its storytelling for capturing the absurdity of 1990s American family sitcoms.[14]

  1. ↑ Greg Evans (January 15, 2020). "Adult Swim Announces New Tim & Eric Sitcom 'Beef House'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved March 15, 2020.

  2. ↑ Dan Snierson (February 12, 2020). "Tim and Eric: First look at Adult Swim comedy Beef House". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved March 15, 2020.

  3. ↑ "Tim & Eric's New Show Beef House Premieres a Week Early". Pitchfork. March 22, 2020. Retrieved March 28, 2020.

  4. ↑ Tim & Eric's Billion Dollar Movie New Years Day Hungover Hunks Watch-A-Long

  5. ↑ @timheidecker (August 8, 2021). "We would do it in a second. Even have..." (Tweet) – via Twitter.

  6. ↑ Office Hours Live with Tim Heidecker (September 27, 2025). Tim & Eric: Beef House Isn’t Real!. Retrieved October 31, 2025 – via YouTube.

  7. ↑ "Beef House – Listings". The Futon Critic. Retrieved March 15, 2021.

  8. ↑ "UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 3.29.2020". Showbuzz Daily. March 31, 2020. Archived from the original on April 2, 2020. Retrieved April 3, 2020.

  9. ↑ "UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 4.5.2020". Showbuzz Daily. April 7, 2020. Archived from the original on April 7, 2020. Retrieved April 9, 2020.

  10. ↑ "UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 4.12.2020". Showbuzz Daily. April 14, 2020. Archived from the original on April 15, 2020. Retrieved April 16, 2020.

  11. ↑ "UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 4.19.2020". Showbuzz Daily. April 21, 2020. Archived from the original on April 21, 2020. Retrieved April 23, 2020.

  12. ↑ "UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 4.26.2020". Showbuzz Daily. April 28, 2020. Archived from the original on April 28, 2020. Retrieved May 1, 2020.

  13. ↑ "UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 5.3.2020". Showbuzz Daily. May 5, 2020. Archived from the original on May 5, 2020. Retrieved May 7, 2020.

  14. ↑ Colburn, Randall (March 29, 2020). "Tim and Eric's Grotesque Sitcom Beef House Is Cooked to Perfection". The A.V. Club. Retrieved March 29, 2020.

  15. 1 2 Vera Drew and Andrew Porter are co-executive producers.

  16. 1 2 Keith Crofford and Walter Newman are executive producers for Williams Street.

  17. ↑ Mark Costa is producer for Williams Street.