| Genre: | Sitcom |
| Creator: | Tim & Eric |
| Starring: | Tim Heidecker Eric Wareheim Jamie-Lynn Sigler |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
| Num Seasons: | 1 |
| Num Episodes: | 6 |
| Producer: | Mark Costa |
| Runtime: | 11 minutes |
| Company: | Abso Lutely Productions Williams Street |
| Channel: | Adult Swim |
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 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]
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.
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.[6]