CBS on Monday announced the season finale dates for a total of 19 shows, including the aforementioned series finales as well as one two-hour season ender
CBS’s praised Mom — the network’s longest-running comedy series on the air — will end its run after the current eighth season. Mom‘s series finale has been set for May 6 in its Thursday 9 p.m. time period.
CBS’s comedy Mom will go into its eighth season without one of its two leads. In a surprise move, Anna Faris is exiting the series she has starred in for seven years. Sources tell The Hollywood Reporter her departure is not due to COVID-19 concerns; instead she wanted to pursue other opportunities.
Chuck Lorre’s praised CBS comedy Mom has received a two-season pickup by CBS. The renewal follows the studio Warner Bros. TV securing new deals with stars Anna Faris and Allison Janney. After lengthy negotiations., the two actresses have inked new two-year contracts with major salary increases to continue on Mom, now in its sixth season.
Mom with Anna Faris and Allison Janney is getting a sixth season, while Big Bang, Young Sheldon and freshman drama SWAT also receive good news from the network
CBS is closing in on a deal with Warner Bros. TV to renew the Anna Faris-Allison Janney comedy Mom for a fifth season, Variety reports. The news that a pickup is near comes as the sitcom wrapped production on its fourth season. CBS declined to comment.
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Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution will roll out the show in syndication next fall with the Tribune stations on board. It begins its fourth season on CBS next month.
The sale brings clearances of the show to 71% of the country, including 27 of the top 30 markets.
Chuck Lorre‘s CBS sitcoms Mom and Mike & Molly were each renewed for an additional season on Wednesday, according to an individual with knowledge of both productions.
The female-skewing comedy Mom had been slated to launch its second season next Monday and air behind original Big Bangs for several weeks before CBS’ flagship comedy returns to Thursday after football. Now, CBS will keep back-to-back Big Bang episodes (original at 8 p.m., repeat at 8:30) the the next three Mondays, leading into the new Scorpion. The network is betting on a stronger, more male lead-in to help Scorpion find its footing.
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The top three new comedies of the fall have gotten full-season orders from CBS. The network picked up the back nine episodes for The Millers, The Crazy Ones and Mom after solid weeks for all three shows.
We finally have some comedies to go with those three new dramas that had been picked up so far this fall. As expected, CBS has given back-nine orders to The Crazy Ones, The Millers and Mom.
