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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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
Mama’s Family canonical	20
Mama's Family	17
Mama's Family universe	3
Mama's Family (1983 TV series)	1
Mama's Family (syndicated run)	1
Mama's Family, season 1	1
Mama’s Family (TV series, character creation)	1
Mama’s Family franchise	1
Mama’s Family universe	1

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Predicate	Object
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 ⓘ Iola Boylen ⓘ Naomi Harper ⓘ Sonja Harper ⓘ Thelma Harper ⓘ Vinton Harper ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
creator	Dick Clair ⓘ Jenna McMahon ⓘ
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 ⓘ Eric Brown ⓘ Harvey Korman ⓘ Karin Argoud ⓘ Ken Berry ⓘ Rue McClanahan ⓘ Vicki Lawrence ⓘ
startTime	1983 ⓘ
themeMusicComposer	Peter Matz ⓘ

Referenced by (46)

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Carol Burnett → notableWork → Mama’s Family ⓘ

Vivian Harmon|Rue McClanahan → notableWork → Mama’s Family ⓘ

subject surface form: Rue McClanahan

this entity surface form: Mama's Family

Rue McClanahan → notableWork → Mama’s Family ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mama's Family

Carol Creighton Burnett → notableWork → Mama’s Family ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mama’s Family (TV series, character creation)

Dick Clair → notableWork → Mama’s Family ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mama's Family

Dick Clair → coCreatorOf → Mama’s Family ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mama's Family

Jenna McMahon → notableWork → Mama’s Family ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mama's Family

Jenna McMahon → coCreatorOf → Mama’s Family ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mama's Family

Harvey Korman → televisionShow → Mama’s Family ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mama's Family

Teresa Ganzel → notableWork → Mama’s Family ⓘ

The Family sketch → spinOff → Mama’s Family ⓘ

The Family sketch → introducedFranchise → Mama’s Family ⓘ

Vicki Lawrence → notableWork → Mama’s Family ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mama's Family

Vicki Lawrence → appearedInTVShow → Mama’s Family ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mama's Family

Allan Kayser → notableWork → Mama’s Family ⓘ

Eric Brown → notableWork → Mama’s Family ⓘ

Eric Brown → appearsIn → Mama’s Family ⓘ

subject surface form: Vinton "Buzz" Harper Jr.

Beverly Archer → notableWork → Mama’s Family ⓘ

Beverly Archer → characterIn → Mama’s Family ⓘ

Beverly Archer → appearedIn → Mama’s Family ⓘ

Beverly Archer → wroteFor → Mama’s Family ⓘ

Thelma Harper → appearsIn → Mama’s Family ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mama's Family

Vinton Harper → appearsIn → Mama’s Family ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mama's Family

Vinton Harper → fictionalUniverse → Mama’s Family ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mama's Family

Vinton Harper → firstAppearanceIn → Mama’s Family ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mama's Family (1983 TV series)

Naomi Harper → appearsIn → Mama’s Family ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mama's Family

Naomi Harper → firstAppearance → Mama’s Family ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mama's Family, season 1

Naomi Harper → fictionalUniverse → Mama’s Family ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mama's Family universe

Ellen Harper Jackson → appearsIn → Mama’s Family ⓘ

Ellen Harper Jackson → seriesDebutIn → Mama’s Family ⓘ

Ellen Harper Jackson → partOfFictionalUniverse → Mama’s Family ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mama’s Family universe

Bubba Higgins → appearsIn → Mama’s Family ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mama's Family

Bubba Higgins → firstAppearanceInSeries → Mama’s Family ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mama's Family (syndicated run)

Bubba Higgins → fictionalUniverse → Mama’s Family ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mama's Family universe

Joe Hamilton Productions → notableWork → Mama’s Family ⓘ

Joe Hamilton Productions → produced → Mama’s Family ⓘ

Karin Argoud → notableWork → Mama’s Family ⓘ

Karin Argoud → appearsIn → Mama’s Family ⓘ

subject surface form: Sonja Harper

Buzz Harper → appearsIn → Mama’s Family ⓘ

Ken Berry → notableWork → Mama’s Family ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mama's Family

Ken Berry → characterIn → Mama’s Family ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mama's Family

Sonja Harper → appearsIn → Mama’s Family ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mama's Family

Sonja Harper → partOfFictionalUniverse → Mama’s Family ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mama's Family universe

Iola Boylen → appearsIn → Mama’s Family ⓘ

Iola Boylen → isCharacterOnShow → Mama’s Family ⓘ

Iola Boylen → partOfFranchise → Mama’s Family ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mama’s Family franchise