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Kyra Sedgwick is best known for her dramatic work on shows like The Closer and Ten Days in the Valley but she has also appeared in comedy series like Brooklyn Nine-Nine. How will her newest show, Call Your Mother, perform in the ratings for ABC?  Will Call Your Mother be cancelled or renewed for season two? Stay tuned. Status Update Below.

A multi-camera sitcom, the Call Your Mother TV show stars Sedgwick, Rachel Sennott, Joey Bragg, Emma Caymares, Austin Crute, Patrick Brammall. The story begins with Jean Raines (Sedgwick), a mother from Iowa with two adult children -- Freddie (Bragg) and Jackie (Sinnott) -- who have moved away to start lives of their own 2,000 miles away. She misses being an integral part of their lives and, when she doesn't hear from them, hops on a plane to Los Angeles to make sure that they're...

Will Jean and her kids find the right balance in the first season of the Call Your Mother TV show on ABC? As we all know, the Nielsen ratings typically play a big role in determining whether a TV show like Call Your Mother is cancelled or renewed for season two. Unfortunately, most of us do not live in Nielsen households. Because many viewers feel frustration when their viewing habits and opinions aren't considered, we invite you to rate all of the first season episodes of Call Your Mother here. Status Update Below.

An ABC multi-camera sitcom, the Call Your Mother TV show stars Kyra Sedgwick, Rachel Sennott, Joey Bragg, Emma Caymares, Austin Crute, Patrick Brammall. The story begins with Jean Raines (Sedgwick), a mother from Iowa with two adult children -- Freddie (Bragg) and Jackie (Sinnott) -- who have moved away to start...

Network: ABC

Episodes: 13 (half-hour)

Seasons: One

TV show dates: January 13, 2021 -- May 19, 2021

Series status: Cancelled

Performers include: Kyra Sedgwick, Rachel Sennott, Joey Bragg, Emma Caymares, Austin Crute, and Patrick Brammall.

TV show description:

A multi-camera sitcom, the Call Your Mother TV show follows an empty-nester mother who makes a big change.

The story begins with Jean Raines (Sedgwick), a mother from Iowa with two adult children who have moved away to start lives of their own 2,000 miles away. Jean was widowed when the kids were young and she misses being an integral part of their lives.

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ABC placed five titles on the chopping block on Friday. Among the five were Kyra Sedgwick-starrer Call Your Mother and the Nicholas Pinnock-fronted legal drama For Life.

The two stars shared their reactions on social media Friday following the news.

Sedgwick broke the news that the sitcom, from Kari Lizer, will not return to ABC for a sophomore season on Twitter. In the same tweet, she thanked the series’ fan base and alerted them that the upcoming episode will be its last.

“You guys have been so wonderful to tune in every week, or every other week or every took weeks,” she said. “The rollout was nuts!”

Written and executive produced by The New Adventures of Old Christine creator Lizer, Call Your Mother centers on an empty-nester mom, Jean Raines (Sedgwick), who wonders how she ended up alone while her children live their best lives thousands of miles away.

Jean's kids may still need her and but ABC doesn't want Call Your Mother for the 2021-22 season. The alphabet network has cancelled the freshman comedy series so there won't be a second year.

A multi-camera sitcom, the Call Your Mother TV show stars Kyra Sedgwick, Rachel Sennott, Joey Bragg, Emma Caymares, Austin Crute, Patrick Brammall. The story begins with Jean Raines (Sedgwick), a mother from Iowa with two adult children -- Freddie (Bragg) and Jackie (Sinnott) -- who have moved away to start lives of their own 2,000 miles away. She misses being an integral part of their lives and, when she doesn't hear from them, hops on a plane to Los Angeles to make sure that they're okay. A fish-out-of-water in LA, Jean rents a guest house from newly-divorced therapist Danny (Brammall). She and her kids soon realize...

ABC will not be dialing Call Your Mother again.

The network has officially canceled the Kyra Sedgwick comedy after one low-rated season.

Sedgwick revealed the news on Twitter, while also taking a swipe at the way ABC scheduled the series.

"Before it goes out there in the world I want my fans to be the first to know that next Wednesday will be the last episode of Call Your Mother," the actress wrote. 

"You guys have been so wonderful to tune in every week, or every other week or every two weeks! The rollout was nuts!"

Indeed, the rollout was not great, with the first five episodes airing without interruption.

The scheduling of the next seven episodes has been all over the place, but it could be attributed to the pandemic, which has changed the way TV is produced.

The ratings have not been good, with the series averaging just...

Kari Lizer’s multi-camera comedy Call Your Mother, headlined by Kyra Sedgwick, will not see a second season on ABC.

Written and executive produced by The New Adventures of Old Christine creator Lizer, Call Your Mother centers on an empty-nester mom, Jean Raines (Sedgwick), who wonders how she ended up alone while her children live their best lives thousands of miles away. She decides her place is with her family, and as she reinserts herself into their lives, her kids realize they might actually need her more than they thought.

In addition to Sedgwick, cast also includes Rachel Sennott, Joey Bragg, Patrick Brammall, Emma Caymares and Austin Crute.

Call Your Mother is produced by Sony Pictures Television & ABC Studios. ABC Studios is a part of Disney Television Studios, alongside 20th Century Fox Television and Fox 21 Television Studios.

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Airing on the ABC television network, the Call Your Mother TV show stars Kyra Sedgwick, Rachel Sennott, Joey Bragg, Emma Caymares, Austin Crute, Patrick Brammall. The story begins with Jean Raines (Sedgwick), a mother from Iowa with two adult children -- Freddie (Bragg) and Jackie (Sinnott) -- who have moved away to start lives of their own 2,000 miles away. She misses being...

Perhaps it’s because the present moment is so unsettled that “Call Your Mother,” ABC’s new sitcom from “The New Adventures of Old Christine” creator Kari Lizer, manages to feel in its pilot episode more comforting than it otherwise might. The series, about an overbearing mom (Kyra Sedgwick) barging in on the lives of her two children (Joey Bragg and Rachel Sennott), hits in its pilot episode — the only one made available to critics — notes that are alternately too familiar or jarring for the wrong reasons. The show has a pleasant warmth, but it seems to have too little of a sense about what within it works to find its footing.

Sedgwick’s Jean Raines, in the first episode’s early going, ditches Iowa in favor of Los Angeles as a way of dropping in on her son Freddie, who hasn’t picked up the phone for her in (gasp) four days.

Call Your Mother creator Kari Lizer shared that the ongoing coronavirus pandemic has impacted her new ABC sitcom, starring Kyra Sedgwick, in more ways than one.

Written and executive produced by the New Adventures Of Old Christine creator, the new ABC comedy takes place in a world that’s survived the fatal Covid-19 pandemic, which in reality continues to rage across parts of the country. The sitcom’s characters walk freely around without masks or the need to social distance in this post-Covid world – a setting that came out of a desire for some normalcy, Lizer said.

“Covid is part of the world, we just had the decision to start the series after we were all quarantined and in masks because frankly, we had enough of that,” Lizer said during the panel.

Revolving, around Sedgwick’s single, empty nester, who travels across the country to reinsert herself into her children...

Exclusive: Sherri Shepherd (Mr. Iglesias) is set to recur opposite Kyra Sedgwick in ABC’s Kari Lizer comedy series Call Your Mother.

Written and executive produced by The New Adventures of Old Christine creator Lizer, Call Your Mother centers on an empty-nester mom, Jean Raines (Sedgwick), who wonders how she ended up alone while her children live their best lives thousands of miles away. She decides her place is with her family, and as she reinserts herself into their lives, her kids realize they might actually need her more than they thought.

Shepherd will play Sharon, Jean’s salty and salt-of-the-earth best friend from Iowa. Left behind when Jean makes the move to be with her kids in Los Angeles, Sharon faithfully keeps their connection strong and doesn’t let Jean forget where she came from.

2020 ABC Pilots & Series Orders

The cast also includes Rachel Sennott as Jackie Raines, Joey Bragg as Freddie Raines,...

Kyra Sedgwick is returning to ABC. The network just announced they've ordered a new TV show with the Ten Days in the Valley star called Call Your Mother.

The comedy series, formerly known as My Village, "follows an empty-nester mom who wonders how she ended up alone while her children live their best lives thousands of miles away. She decides her place is with her family and as she reinserts herself into their lives, her kids realize they might actually need her more than they thought." The cast includes Sedgwick, Rachel Sennott, Joey Bragg, Patrick Brammall, Emma Caymares, and Austin Crute.

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Rachel Sennott (Shiva Baby), Joey Bragg (Father of the Year), Emma Caymares (Fosse/Verdon) and Austin Crute (Daybreak) are set as series regulars opposite Kyra Sedgwick in My Village, ABC’s multi-camera comedy pilot from The New Adventures of Old Christine creator Kari Lizer, Sony Pictures TV and ABC Studios. Veteran multi-camera comedy director Pam Fryman has been tapped to direct the pilot.

Written and executive produced by Lizer, My Village revolves around an empty-nester mom, Jean Raines (Sedgwick), who wonders how she ended up alone while her children live their best lives thousands of miles away. She decides her place is with her family and as she reinserts herself into their lives, her kids realize they might actually need her more than they thought.

Sennott will play Jackie, Jean’s oldest child. She’s bright, wry and sarcastic, using her wit in place of emotions. She keeps her feelings buttoned up.