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Mama's Family

1983–1990 · 6 seasons

A cozy, laugh-track comfort watch built on barbed insults and family chaos that always resolves harmlessly.

Created by
Jenna McMahon, Dick Clair
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Vicki Lawrence, Ken Berry, Dorothy Lyman
Overview
Thelma Harper and her spinster sister Fran open their home to Thelma's recently divorced son Vinton and his teenage son and daughter. It's quite an adjustment for everyone, especially the cranky, argumentative Thelma.

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Created by
Jenna McMahon, Dick Clair
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Vicki Lawrence, Ken Berry, Dorothy Lyman
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How it feels

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Tone
  • satiricalstrength 3 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • class
  • aging
  • parenthood
  • work
Places
  • suburbs
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
  • ensemble
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour7
Realism6
Romance2
Tension2
Darkness2
Complexity2
Emotional weight3

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Details

Genres
comedy
Created by
Jenna McMahon, Dick Clair
Written by
Jerry Ross, Bill Braunstein, George Mitchell, Katherine Green
Starring
Vicki Lawrence, Ken Berry, Dorothy Lyman, Beverly Archer, Allan Kayser, Rue McClanahan, Eric Brown, Karin Argoud
Length
6 seasons, 130 episodes, 25 min each
Network
NBC, Syndication
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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