Call Your Mother


Call Your Mother is an upcoming American television sitcom that is being co-created, co-written, and co-executive produced by Kari Lizer for ABC Studios and Sony Pictures Television. The multi-camera series will air on ABC as a midseason entry in the 2020–21 television season.

Premise

The series follows an empty nest mother, who decides to be close to her children by moving cross country in order to be with them, much to their chagrin.

Cast

Development

The series was first ordered as a pilot by ABC in September 2019 and was one of many projects that Lizer had under her deal with Sony. On January 23, 2020, the series was given the working title My Village. On March 6, 2020, it was announced that Pamela Fryman would direct the pilot. The series was green-lighted by ABC on May 21, 2020 and was re-titled as Call Your Mother. On June 17, 2020, it was announced that the series would premiere in the fall of 2020 and air on Wednesdays at 9:30 P.M. However, the next day it was announced that it will switch places with Black-ish, and will instead premiere midseason.

Casting

On March 2, 2020, it was announced that Kyra Sedgwick had joined the pilot and would portray as Jean Raines. The same month, Rachel Sennott was cast in the role of Jackie Raines, while Joey Bragg, Patrick Brammall, Emma Caymares and Austin Crute were cast as Freddie Raines, Danny, Celia and Lane, respectively.

Filming

The pilot was originally expected to begin filming in April 2020, however on March 13, 2020, production was delayed as a direct result of the COVID-19 pandemic.