Up All Night

Up All Night is an NBC comedy starring Christina Applegate, Will Arnett, and Maya Rudolph.

Actor Allusion: Episode 17 has Will Arnett's character make the same chicken sound as when he played Gob.
Artifact Title: Potentially, if the show goes on for two or three seasons and they don't have another child.
Beta Couple: Ava and Kevin.
Bumbling Dad: Averted HARD! Will Arnett, in an out of character role, plays a very competent father. Reagan is portrayed as a somewhat clueless mother.
Evil Matriarch: Played with in episode named "Parents". Reagen dreads a visit from her mother, and is annoyed by her. Also, Reagen's mother is proud of how she brought up Reagen and even writes a book about it, which annoys Reagen even more. Averted by the end of the episode, because Reagen's mother realizes what she was doing wrong after she has a Heart to heart talk with Reagen and becomes more supportive.
Happily Married: Chris and Regan Brinkley.
Laugh Track: One of a number of current NBC series that doesn't have one.
No Celebrities Were Harmed: Ava = Oprah (denied by Maya Rudolph, however)
Playing Against Type: Will Arnett playing a loving, caring husband and father is far removed from the selfish jerks he normally is known to play.
Screaming Birth: Reagen is adamant about following a birth plan, and after trying to push unsuccessfully for a while, she tries to intimidate the doctor after he wants to do a C-section
Shout Out: the airline in episode 15 is Oceanic
Sitcom Arch Nemesis: Amy and Roger to Reagan and Chris.