The Harper House

The Harper House is an American adult animated television series created by Brad Neely for Paramount+ and starring Rhea Seehorn, Jason Lee, Ryan Flynn, and Tatiana Maslany. The ten-episode series, premiered on September 16, 2021. A week after the release of the final episode, Neely announced that the series was cancelled after only one season and quietly removed from the service at the end of January 2023.

Premise
The series follows the Harpers and focuses on the matriarch and bread-winner Debbie Harper as she is forced to move her family to the poor side of River Creek, Arkansas. Despite their less than ideal living conditions in an old dilapidated house, Debbie does everything she can to reclaim their lost status.

Cast and crew

 * Rhea Seehorn as Debbie Harper, working mother
 * Jason Lee as Freddie Harper, stay-at-home father
 * Tatiana Maslany as Ollie Harper, 11-year-old daughter and Todd's twin
 * Ryan Flynn as Todd Harper, 11-year-old son and Ollie's twin
 * Gabourey Sidibe as Shauna Bradley, classmate of Ollie and Ryan
 * Gary Anthony Williams as Gbenge Bradley, bookshop co-owner and Shauna's father
 * Nyima Funk as Katrina Bradley, bookshop co-owner and Shauna's mother
 * VyVy Nguyen as Gwen Dang, JimJoe's mother
 * Lance Krall as JimJoe Dang, classmate of Ollie and Ryan
 * Roberta Colindrez as Tonya Acosta, Debbie's friend who works as a veterinarian
 * Tessa Skara as Brenna, Debbie's obnoxious younger sister
 * John "Spud" McConnell as Daddie Dan, Debbie's disapproving but loving father
 * Chris Diamantopoulos as Dr.Morocco, school principal
 * Joanna Hausmann as Ms.Gonzalez, new teacher
 * Kelley Frakes, the mayor of River Creek who despises the ethnic community and lower class
 * Johnny Frakes, Kelley's son who is the owner of the gated community and has a obsession with Debbie since high school

Episodes
All episodes were written by Brad Neely.

Production


On January 12, 2020, CBS All Access announced that it had given a series order to The Harper House. The series is executive produced by Brad Neely and Katie Krentz. Brian Sheesley serves as supervising director. On October 20, 2020, CBS announced that Ryan Flynn, Rhea Seehorn, Jason Lee, and Tatiana Maslany would star as the Harper family, with Roberta Colindrez, Chris Diamantopoulos, Nyima Funk, Joanna Hausmann, Lance Krall, John "Spud" McConnell, VyVy Nguye, Gabourey Sidibe, Tessa Skara, and Gary Anthony Williams also voicing characters in the series. The 10-episode first season premiered on September 16, 2021.