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  • 2009
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  • 2009
  • TV-PG
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In the Motherhood

Summary Megan Mullally ("Will & Grace") and Cheryl Hines ("Curb Your Enthusiasm") star as single mothers coping with juggling their kids, their careers, and the men in their lives in this ABC half-hour sitcom. The show is based on the 2007 web series of the same name, where real mothers submitted their stories of raising children, which served a...

  • 2009
  • TV-PG
  • ABC
  • 2009
  • TV-PG
  • ABC

In the Motherhood

Season 1 Premiere: Mar 26, 2009
Metascore Generally Unfavorable Based on 21 Critic Reviews
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Summary Megan Mullally ("Will & Grace") and Cheryl Hines ("Curb Your Enthusiasm") star as single mothers coping with juggling their kids, their careers, and the men in their lives in this ABC half-hour sitcom. The show is based on the 2007 web series of the same name, where real mothers submitted their stories of raising children, which served a...

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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable Based on 21 Critic Reviews
36
10% Positive
2 Reviews
43% Mixed
9 Reviews
48% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable Based on 21 Critic Reviews
36
10% Positive
2 Reviews
43% Mixed
9 Reviews
48% Negative
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80
Long story short: These girls are golden.
By Tom Shales FULL REVIEW
50
While the premiere episode holds together well (Emily's son learns there's no Santa and shares that with his fellow kindergarteners, sparking a riot; Jane has a date; Rosemary fakes pregnancy), the follow-up episode--featuring a nanny strike, bad teeth and Jane getting locked out of her house--doesn't hold together.
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40
In the Motherhood worked as a Web series based on real-life stories but not, it would seem, as a television series based on overused stereotypes.
By Mary McNamara FULL REVIEW
40
To stand out from the pablum of domestic sitcoms, the series needs to lose the working-mom cliches and be more willing to be mean.
By Matthew Gilbert FULL REVIEW
30
The result is tonally uneven, too-rarely funny and rehashes material that isn't as relatable as it should be to the average parent.
By Brian Lowry FULL REVIEW
20
The show is so bad, it might be gone anyway, quickly canceled as ABC scrambles to recover from an 0-for-2 comedy start on its new spring schedule.
By Jonathan Storm FULL REVIEW
0
It is really, really atrocious. Not so-bad-it's-good. Just bad. Plain bad. Why am I watching this?-level bad.
By Alan Sepinwall FULL REVIEW

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Production Company:
  • Pointy Bird Productions
  • Mindshare Entertainment
  • ABC Signature
  • SpudTV
Initial Release Date: Mar 26, 2009
Number of seasons: 1 Season
Rating: TV-PG
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Awards

Casting Society of America, USA
• 1 Nomination
ALMA Awards
• 1 Nomination

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