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American sitcom created by Chuck Lorre for CBS
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★ 7.3Aan irreverent and outrageous take on true family love‐and dysfunction. Newly sober single mom Christy struggles to raise two children in a world full of temptations and pitfalls. Testing her sobriety is her formerly estranged mother, now back in Christy's life and eager to share passive-aggressive insights into her daughter's many mistakes.
- Aired
- 2013–2021
- Seasons
- 8 · 170 episodes
- Status
- Ended
- Created by
- Eddie Gorodetsky, Gemma Baker, Chuck Lorre
- Network
- CBS
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama
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TV series
- Status
- Ended
- Network
- CBS
- Genres
- Comedy, Family
- Runtime
- 30 min
- TVMaze rating
- 7.6/10
Key facts
- Genre
- Sitcom , Comedy drama
- Created by
- Chuck Lorre Eddie Gorodetsky Gemma Baker
- Showrunners
- Chuck Lorre Gemma Baker
- Starring
- Anna Faris Allison Janney Sadie Calvano Nate Corddry Matt Jones French Stewart Spencer Daniels Blake Garrett Rosenthal Mimi Kennedy Jaime Pressly Beth Hall William Fichtner Kristen Johnston
- Music by
- Jenny Leite
- Opening theme
- "Overture" from Ruslan and Lyudmila by Mikhail Glinka
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English
- Number span no of episodes
- 170 ( list of episodes )
- Executive producers
- Chuck Lorre Eddie Gorodetsky Nick Bakay Gemma Baker Warren Bell
- Producers
- Michael Collier, Kelly-Anne Lee
- Cinematography
- Steven V. Silver
- Editors
- Peter Chakos (pilot), Pat Barnett, Skip Collector, Joe Bella
- Camera setup
- Multi-camera
- Running time
- 18–21 minutes
- Production companies
- Chuck Lorre Productions Warner Bros. Television
- Network
- CBS
- Release
- September 23, 2013 ( 2013-09-23 ) –, May 13, 2021 ( 2021-05-13 )
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Encyclopedic overview
Mom is an American television sitcom created by Chuck Lorre, Eddie Gorodetsky and Gemma Baker that aired for eight seasons on CBS from September 23, 2013, to May 13, 2021. Set in Napa, California, it follows dysfunctional mother/daughter duo Bonnie and Christy Plunkett, who, after having been estranged for years while both struggled with addiction, attempt to pull their lives together by trying to stay sober. It stars Anna Faris and Allison Janney, with Mimi Kennedy, Jaime Pressly, Beth Hall, William Fichtner, Sadie Calvano, Blake Garrett Rosenthal, Matt Jones, French Stewart and Kristen Johnston in supporting roles.
Unlike most multi-camera sitcoms on CBS, Mom utilized serialized storytelling that had overarching storylines that continued over multiple episodes and across multiple seasons, and past events would often be referenced later in the series. The characters often experienced events that contained dramatic emotional weight and experienced character development consequential to the series' plot, making the series more in line with a comedy-drama rather than a traditional sitcom. The series was filmed in front of a live audience and produced by Chuck Lorre Productions and Warner Bros. Television.
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