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Mum (2016)

  • Comedy
  • 30 min episodes
  • 3 seasons
  • TV-PG age guide
  • ★ 7.2/10 from 47 ratings

A comedy about a mother at a milestone in her life. We follow her and her family through a year of new beginnings as she rebuilds her life following the death of her husband. Mum is joined by her supportive life-long friend Michael. Through a year of new beginnings she rebuilds her life surrounded by her family: son Jason and his girlfriend Kelly; her brother Derek and his new partner, Pauline; and her in-laws.

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    Grandma's House

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    2010 · 30 min · Comedy

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    Simon Amstell stars as a fictionalised version of himself, a TV presenter who quits his job, leading to family drama, particularly with his mother, Tanya, and her boyfriend, Clive, all unfolding at his grandmother's house.

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    • strong genre and series-style overlap
    • shared network: BBC Two
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    Motherland

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    2017 · 29 min · Comedy

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    Sitcom about navigating the trials and traumas of middle-class motherhood, looking at the competitive and unromantic side of parenting.

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    • strong story and style similarity
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    • a closely matched era
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    black-ish

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    2014 · 23 min · Comedy

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    A family man struggles to gain a sense of cultural identity while raising his kids in a predominantly white, upper-middle-class neighborhood.

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    • strong genre and series-style overlap
    • shared themes: family and sitcom
    • a closely matched era
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    One Day at a Time

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    2017 · 30 min · Comedy

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    In a reimagining of the TV classic, a newly single Latina mother raises her teen daughter and tween son with the "help" of her old-school mom.

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    • strong genre and series-style overlap
    • a closely matched era
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    Single Parents

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    2018 · 22 min · Comedy

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    A group of single parents lean on each other to help raise their 7-year-old kids and maintain some kind of personal lives outside of parenthood.

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    • strong story and style similarity
    • strong genre and series-style overlap
    • shared theme: sitcom
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    The Real O'Neals

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    2016 · 23 min · Comedy

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    A contemporary take on a seemingly perfect Catholic family, whose lives take an unexpected turn when surprising truths are revealed. Instead of ruining their family, the honesty triggers a new, messier chapter where everyone stops pretending to be perfect and actually starts being real.

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    • strong genre and series-style overlap
    • shared themes: family and sitcom
    • a closely matched era
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    The Conners

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    2018 · Comedy

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    This iconic family—Dan, Jackie, Darlene, Becky and D.J.—grapples with parenthood, dating, an unexpected pregnancy, financial pressures, aging and in-laws in working-class America.

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    • strong genre and series-style overlap
    • shared theme: family
    • a closely matched era
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    Instant Mom

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    2013 · 22 min · Comedy

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    Martini Mondays and tequila Tuesdays take a back seat to new step-motherhood when former party girl Stephanie marries Charlie, an older dad with three kids. Becoming an instant mom doesn't come with a rulebook, but it does come with a dose of humor as Stephanie traverses the fine line between being a friend and being a responsible parent.

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    • strong genre and series-style overlap
    • shared themes: family and sitcom
    • a closely matched era
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    Episodes

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    2011 · 30 min · Comedy

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    A British husband-and-wife comedy writing team travel to Hollywood to remake their successful British TV series, with disastrous results.

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    • strong genre and series-style overlap
    • shared theme: sitcom
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    The Kennedys

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    2015 · 30 min · Comedy

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    Multi-generation family sitcom set in the 1970s, loosely based on Emma Kennedy's memoirs. The Kennedy family pursue every opportunity they can to climb the social ladder on their housing estate.

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    • strong genre and series-style overlap
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