Kevins Can Score Improbably Attractive TV Wives
A new AMC+ satire mocks the family sitcom cliché of schlubby husbands paired with beautiful wives. Here are a few of the more egregious examples.
Kevin James and Leah Remini in “King of Queens.” In one episode, James’s character plots to keep his wife thin.Credit.CBS
June 9, 2021Updated 11:08 a.m. ET
In 1998, during the second episode of the CBS sitcom “The King of Queens,” the husband, Doug (Kevin James), learns that the women in his wife’s family put on weight as they age. So even though Doug is fat “I look like I’m in my twelfth trimester,” he says he plots to keep Carrie (Leah Remini, a knockout then and now) slim.