Breeders: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Breeders explores the paradox that every parent knows but never admits: you would willingly die for your children, but quite often you also want to kill them.

Paul and Ally are juggling full-time careers, aging parents, a mortgage, upheavals in their relationship and the unenviable curveballs of parenting their young children, Luke and Ava. When Ally's estranged father Michael appears on their doorstep, the family essentially takes on a third child — but this one comes with baggage and opinions. Paul's own parents, Jackie and Jim, are on hand to help out, but their generation does parenting a little differently…

Series details

• Title: Breeders
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama, Comedy, Family
• Premiere date: 2020-03-02
• Final broadcast date listed: 2023-09-25
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: FX
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 32 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 6.1/10
• TVMaze ID: 39113
• IMDb ID: tt8129450
• TVDB ID: 363777

Cast and credited roles

• Martin Freeman — Paul
• Daisy Haggard — Ally
• Michael McKean — Michael

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2020-03-02; final listed air date 2020-04-27; episode order: 10.
• Season 2: premiered 2021-03-22; final listed air date 2021-05-17; episode order: 10.
• Season 3: premiered 2022-05-09; final listed air date 2022-07-11; episode order: 10.
• Season 4: premiered 2023-07-31; final listed air date 2023-09-25; episode order: 10.

Source and licence

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