No name has more cachet at CBS than Chuck Lorre’s. He’s given the network The Big Bang Theory, 2 1/2 Men and Mike & Molly, and hopes are high that his MOM, taking over the Monday 9:30PM timeslot this fall, can join those at the top of the ratings heap. The network’s behind-the-scenes featurette, naturally, paints the show in the best possible light.
Mom looks like the kind of down-the-middle comedy that’s bread and butter for CBS. It’s not necessarily the kind that all of us adore, but there’s no denying its success. This one has the advantage of a very strong cast, not just Anna Faris in the lead, but a supporting cast that includes Allison Janney as her mother, Nathan Corddry as her (married, but to a bitch) love interest and French Stewart as a co-worker. There’s no reason to think it won’t work for fans of its lead-in 2 Broke Girls, and the only real question is whether it can break out to become the next generation of CBS anchor comedy once How I Met Your Mother and, eventually, 2 1/2 Men are done. Based on the fragments of footage here, the answer is “maybe.”
Related Posts
-
The Sked: PROMO WATCH
>ShowBuzzDaily’s PROMO WATCH will return tomorrow with updated numbers and rankings updated through Tuesday and Wednesday night’s network programming.
-
THE SKED 2013 UPFRONTS: CBS Featurette – “Intelligence”
In the CBS featurette for its new midseason action-adventure INTELLIGENCE (it’ll take over the Monday 10PM timeslot from Hostages), the show is variously compared to Mission: impossible, Frankenstein, The Six Million Dollar Man and James Bond. Curiously, the one they left out was Chuck, for which this show’s concept…
-
THE SKED 2013 UPFRONTS: CW Promo – “Star-Crossed”
The final bit of Upfronts material released by CW is a brief clip from its midseason series STAR-CROSSED, about an alien and a human in love. A group of nervous, ostracized teens (presumably the aliens) are bused into a high school, and guy alien locks eyes with girl human,…
-
THE SKED 2013 UPFRONTS: CW Promos – “Reign”
CW has released a :30 promo and a little more than a minute of REIGN, the teen Mary, Queen of Scots soap that will have the showcase spot on its schedule next fall, Thursday 9PM after The Vampire Diaries. Here’s what we’ve got: Promo Clip Well, there’s Mary all…
-
PROMO WATCH Coming Soon
>PROMO WATCH, updated with on-air promo activity in last night’s sample of shows, will be posted soon this morning.
About the Author
Mitch Salem
MITCH SALEM has worked on the business side of the entertainment industry for 20 years, as a senior business affairs executive and attorney for such companies as NBC, ABC, USA, Syfy, Bravo, and BermanBraun Productions, and before that, at the NY law firm of Weil, Gotshal & Manges. During all that, he has more or less constantly been going to the movies and watching TV, and writing about both since the 1980s. His film reviews also currently appear on screened.com and the-burg.com. In addition, he is co-writer of an episode of the television series "Felicity."
More articles by
Mitch Salem »
