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The Haunted Hathaways
Genre	Sitcom
Created by	Robert Peacock
Starring	Amber Montana Curtis Harris Benjamin Flores Jr. Breanna Yde Ginifer King Chico Benymon
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	21 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Robert Peacock Boyce Bugliari Jamie McLaughlin
Production locations	Paramount Studios Hollywood, California
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	22 minutes
Production companies	Bugliari/McLaughlin Productions Nickelodeon Productions
Original release
Network	Nickelodeon
Release	July 13, 2013 (2013-07-13) – present

The Haunted Hathaways is a Nickelodeon sitcom television series that began airing on July 13, 2013. It tells the story of a single mother and her two daughters who move into a home occupied by three ghosts, a single father and his two sons. The two families solve their problems using the ghost powers and normal human ways. The show's first season was originally going to consist of 20 episodes, but on August 21, 2013, the first season was picked up for 6 more episodes, bringing the first season up to 26 episodes. On October 21, 2013, Nickelodeon renewed The Haunted Hathaways for a second season of 22 episodes. The series is filmed at Paramount Studios in Hollywood, California.

Premise

The series tells the story of a mother named Michelle Hathaway moving her two daughters, Taylor and Frankie to New Orleans and they open a bakery. They come to find out that the house is haunted by Ray Preston and his two sons, Miles and Louie as they are actually ghosts. The families learn how to live with each other using their ghost powers and normal human powers.

Cast and characters

Main characters

• Taylor Hathaway, played by Amber Montana, is the daughter of Michelle Hathaway, and the older sister of Frankie Hathaway. As seen in the first episode, she is a talented gymnast who cares about her work and is easily agitated by her family and the Prestons.
• Miles Preston, played by Curtis Harris, is the older son of Ray and is Louie's older brother. He is the most well-mannered of the Preston ghosts, and tries the hardest to socialize with humans, especially Taylor. Miles does his best to help Taylor with her problems, but he tends to do more harm than good.
• Louie Preston, played by Benjamin Flores Jr., is the son of Ray Preston, and is Miles Preston's younger brother. He tends to be rude and a little bit on the sarcastic side. He loves haunting and scaring people, though he hasn't quite mastered it yet. Louie doesn't understand why the Hathaways have to live with them in their house and isn't always so nice to the Hathaways.
• Frankie Hathaway, played by Breanna Yde, is the daughter of Michelle Hathaway, and the younger sister of Taylor Hathaway. She is considered strange by her peers, and embraces the idea of living with ghosts. Frankie doesn't easily get along with her older sister, Taylor, because they both have different ways of dealing with things. Frankie and Louie have a complicated relationship because Frankie is often better at scaring people than he is. It was revealed in Haunted Doll that Frankie's full name is Francesca.
• Michelle Hathaway, played by Ginifer King, is the good-hearted single mother of Taylor and Frankie. She is divorced, and, along with her two daughters, lives with the Prestons. Michelle is a skilled baker who own a cake shop called Pie Squared. Michelle tries to get along with her daughter Taylor, but they always think of things differently and their problems tend to be controversial. Michelle and Ray also find a complicated relationship because of their different styles of parenting.
• Ray Preston, played by Chico Benymon, is the father of Miles and Louie. As seen in the first episode, he plays the saxophone. Ray prefers a laid-back lifestyle, so he isn't very good at disciplining his sons when they misbehave.

Recurring characters

• Lilly, played by Kayla Maisonet, attends the same school Taylor Hathaway attends and is on the school's gymnastics team.
• Emma, played by Brec Bassinger, is a girl on Taylor's gymnastics team and goes to Lilly and Taylor's school who tends to not understand much of what people around her do understand. Emma is also very clumsy and ditsy.
• Clay Bannister, played by Artie O'Daly, is a very well-known food critic who gives reviews on bakeries in the New Orleans area.
• Penelope Pritchard, played by Ava Cantrell, attends the same school as Frankie Hathaway and is known for her crazy obsession with dolls. She is very wealthy and she doesn't like Frankie that much.
• Madame Lebeuf, played by Kim Yarbrough, is a mystical and spiritual woman who makes a living by exorcising unwanted ghosts.

Minor characters

• Sophie, played by Diamond White, is a girl on Taylor's school's gymnastics team.
• Nina, played by Tess Oswalt, is a close friend of Frankie and is also on her volleyball team in "Haunted Volleyball".

Episodes

Reception

Ratings

The series premiered on July 13, 2013 and scored 3.3 million viewers, after a brand new Sam & Cat. The next episode that aired scored 2.8 million viewers. As of January 4, 2014 the most watched episode is Pilot with 3.3 million viewers, the second most watched episode is Haunted Sleepover with 2.8 million viewers and the least watched episode is Haunted Play with 1.6 million viewers. In Australia "Pilot" received 47,000 viewers making it the third most watched Nickelodeon broadcast that day. The same episode received 138,000 viewers in the United Kingdom.

Critical reception

The overall reception has been positive. David Hinckley of the New York Daily News says that it has the traditions of "smashing two very different families together" and "having a normal level of sitcom zaniness compounded by the unexpected appearance of the supernatural." He liked the idea of a traditional sitcom every once in a while. Sonia Saraiya of the A.V Club claims it to be "unique and slightly convoluted" She also said that it has an "interesting" gender and racial breakdown.

Awards and Nominations

Broadcast

The series airs worldwide on Nickelodeon. It premiered in Canada on YTV on October 7, 2013. It premiered in the United Kingdom and Ireland on November 5, 2013. It previewed on November 28, 2013 and premiered on December 2, 2013 in Australia and New Zealand.

References

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6. Kondolojy, Amanda (July 15, 2013). "Nickelodeon's 'The Haunted Hathaways' Bows With More Than 3 Million Total Viewers". TVBytheNumbers.com. Retrieved July 15, 2013. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |work= (help)
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10. Saraiya, Sonia (July 13, 2013). "The Haunted Hathaways debuts tonight on Nickelodeon at 8:30 p.m. Eastern". avclub.com. Retrieved February 13, 2014.
11. "YTV Fast Forwards to Fall with Eight Side-Splitting New Series". newswire.ca. June 27, 2013. Retrieved February 13, 2014.
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External links

• The Haunted Hathaways at IMDb

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