Mama's Family

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Mama's Family is an American sitcom television series starring Vicki Lawrence as Mama (Thelma Harper). The series is a spin-off of a recurring series of comedy sketches called "The Family" featured on The Carol Burnett Show (1967–1978) and Carol Burnett & Company (1979). The sketches led to the television film Eunice, and finally the television series. Mama's Family aired for a total of six seasons. It originally aired on NBC for two seasons, debuting for the 1982–1983 season on January 22, 1983. After several time slot changes and moderate ratings, the network cancelled the series; the final episode of this two-season NBC incarnation of the series aired on April 7, 1984. NBC broadcast reruns of the show for another year, until September 1985, which performed well in ratings. Two years after its NBC cancellation, original series producer Joe Hamilton Productions (JHP) revived Mama's Family for new episodes in first-run syndication on local stations across the United States. The revival...

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