Mama’s Family

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American sitcom television series

Mama’s Family is an American sitcom spun off from a popular sketch on The Carol Burnett Show, centered on the loud, sharp-tongued matriarch Thelma “Mama” Harper and her dysfunctional Southern family.

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instanceOf American sitcom ⓘ
television series ⓘ
basedOn The Carol Burnett Show ⓘ
The Family sketch ⓘ
cameraSetup multi‑camera ⓘ
character Bubba Higgins ⓘ
Buzz Harper ⓘ
Ellen Harper Jackson ⓘ
Eunice Harper Higgins NERFINISHED ⓘ
Iola Boylen ⓘ
Naomi Harper ⓘ
Sonja Harper ⓘ
Thelma Harper ⓘ
Vinton Harper ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
creator Dick Clair ⓘ
Jenna McMahon NERFINISHED ⓘ
endTime 1990 ⓘ
executiveProducer Joe Hamilton ⓘ
filmingStyle videotape ⓘ
followedBy syndicated reruns on various cable networks ⓘ
genre comedy ⓘ
sitcom ⓘ
hasMainCharacter Thelma Harper ⓘ
surface form: Thelma “Mama” Harper
laterRunFormat first‑run syndication ⓘ
notableFeature focus on loud, sharp‑tongued matriarch ⓘ
numberOfEpisodes 130 ⓘ
numberOfSeasons 6 ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
originalNetwork NBC ⓘ
first‑run syndication ⓘ
originalRunFormat network television ⓘ
portrays a dysfunctional Southern family ⓘ
productionCompany Joe Hamilton Productions ⓘ
setting fictional city of Raytown ⓘ
spinOffFrom The Carol Burnett Show ⓘ
starring Allan Kayser ⓘ
Betty White ⓘ
Beverly Archer ⓘ
Dorothy Lyman NERFINISHED ⓘ
Eric Brown ⓘ
Harvey Korman ⓘ
Karin Argoud ⓘ
Ken Berry ⓘ
Rue McClanahan ⓘ
Vicki Lawrence ⓘ
startTime 1983 ⓘ
themeMusicComposer Peter Matz ⓘ

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