In the Motherhood: Season 1

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ABC | Season Premiere Date: March 26, 2009

Starring: Megan Mullally, Horatio Sanz, RonReaco Lee

Summary: In this comedy based on a Web serial and real-life stories, Cheryl Hines, Megan Mullally, and Jessica St. Clair are mothers with very different parenting methods.

Creator: Alexandra Rushfield and Jennifer Konner

Genre(s): Comedy, Health & Lifestyle

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Season 1 Episodes

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S1:E7. In Sickness and Health
Air Date: July 9, 2009
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S1:E6. Where There's a Will, There's a Wake
Air Date: June 12, 2009
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S1:E5. Shepfather
Air Date: June 5, 2009

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Tom Shales

Long story short: These girls are golden. Read full review

Troy Patterson

The show rises to mediocrity on the strength of the occasional snappiness of the dialogue. Read full review

Tim Goodman

Even though In the Motherhood may have universal appeal, overly familiar premises can lead to lameness, so ABC better hope the rest of the episodes play more like the one on Thursday and less like the one a week later. Read full review

Mary McNamara

In the Motherhood worked as a Web series based on real-life stories but not, it would seem, as a television series based on overused stereotypes. Read full review

Brian Lowry

The result is tonally uneven, too-rarely funny and rehashes material that isn't as relatable as it should be to the average parent. Read full review

Emily Nussbaum

If series like In The Motherhood are designed as Trojan horses for product placement, they won’t have much impact if they’re as weakly written as this Frankensteinian mulch of mommy-war cliches and "Santa is dead" gags. Read full review

Alan Sepinwall

It is really, really atrocious. Not so-bad-it's-good. Just bad. Plain bad. Why am I watching this?-level bad. Read full review

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suesanj

Apr 4, 2009

I have been a huge fan of the web show. This remake of the fabulous web show was horrible. I could only stand to watch half of the tv show because I felt it was a disservice to the actresses and the stories on the web show. If you have only watched the tv program, do yourself a huge favor I have been a huge fan of the web show. This remake of the fabulous web show was horrible. I could only stand to watch half of the tv show because I felt it was a disservice to the actresses and the stories on the web show. If you have only watched the tv program, do yourself a huge favor and watch the show on line. The original actresses are hilarious unlike the tv show which seemed forced and unnatural.… Expand

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[Anonymous]

Mar 27, 2009

Terrible show! Why is no one mentioning that it is on during prime time? Which means kids are still up! Why mention the "santa" situation during that time? What about the sex/date talk? At 7pm CST? Really? I was so excited for this show. What a huge disappointment!

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