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seventies_sitcoms · 06-23-2005, 03:20 PM

I read a post on hometheaterforum.com that there was a pilot episode shot for a new That's My Mama show called That's my Mama Now. There were ads in the trade papers and a pilot episode shot, but never happened with it. Sony claims today they do not have the pilot anymore. Has anybody heard of this before? Somehow I can't imagine a show called That's My Mama Now!

seventies_sitcoms · 06-23-2005, 03:25 PM

It must be true. Check this out.

http://povonline.com/tvtickets/TVTickets016.htm

TVFactFan · 06-23-2005, 03:30 PM

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Originally Posted by seventies_sitcoms

It must be true. Check this out.

http://povonline.com/tvtickets/TVTickets016.htm

I don;t see anything on that site

Mr. Television · 06-23-2005, 03:31 PM

Yea I heard rumors about that. I read on the JTS website that it was to have starred Ted Lange because Clifton Davis was doing Amen at the time.

seventies_sitcoms · 06-23-2005, 04:18 PM

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Originally Posted by RetroTVCollector

I don;t see anything on that site

There should be a picture of a That's My Mama ticket. There is just a quick mention underneath that says a pilot for a new Mama show was made, but never happened with it.

TVFactFan · 06-23-2005, 04:35 PM

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Originally Posted by seventies_sitcoms

There should be a picture of a That's My Mama ticket. There is just a quick mention underneath that says a pilot for a new Mama show was made, but never happened with it.

I thought you were talking about another pilot show in 1973 which was called something else at the time but didn;t do well. I will tell you the name of that show later. But since the show didn't do well it was renamed That's My Mama

GSU2004 · 06-29-2006, 04:16 PM

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Originally Posted by seventies_sitcoms

I read a post on hometheaterforum.com that there was a pilot episode shot for a new That's My Mama show called That's my Mama Now. There were ads in the trade papers and a pilot episode shot, but never happened with it. Sony claims today they do not have the pilot anymore. Has anybody heard of this before? Somehow I can't imagine a show called That's My Mama Now!

Some articles have made reference to it. This show like Whats Happening, was short lived but proved to be popular in syndication, hence the revival. What's Happening Now started out doing great until Rerun was dropped and they wanted to bring back Thats My Mama in first run syndication but the syndicators rejected the pilot. Since it was rejected, I imagine the creator of the revival series probably still has the script and the taped episode.

TVFactFan · 06-29-2006, 04:35 PM

Well I'm glad it was never shot because the original show was GARBAGE so it defintely didn't need a revival series-lol

GSU2004 · 06-29-2006, 05:27 PM

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Originally Posted by TVResearcher

Well I'm glad it was never shot because the original show was GARBAGE so it defintely didn't need a revival series-lol

LOL, some shows definetely should just remain in the hall of failures, lol.

TVFactFan · 06-29-2006, 05:32 PM

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Originally Posted by GSU2004

LOL, some shows definetely should just remain in the hall of failures, lol.

I',m still mad I wasted $70 on this Crappy ass show back in August of 2005-lol

TV_on_the_Porch · 11-28-2006, 01:05 AM

Well...I'll speak for myself here (and hope it starts a trend...

) I watched the first season of That's My Mama originally, almost from the get-go. I was young enough to have been interested in watching Little House On The Prairie instead, but I had only very recently read several of the "Little House" books when this show was announced--and Pa had a beard! I think that Michael Landon casting himself instead of his pal Victor French (whom a lot of people I knew back then said would have been ideal!) as Pa--that alone was enough to kill my interest. And I know I did watch Tony Orlando & Dawn from time to time when it started, but by early spring of '75 I was making a point to catch That's My Mama every week. I really liked it a lot. Then something odd and a little sad happened in the fall. I went nutty wild for When Things Were Rotten (which preceded TMM beginning in September) and watched it without fail every week. But after a very few short weeks I totally lost interest in That's My Mama. I didn't like the new theme or the tweaks in the format. After WTWR I'd just go do something else. So by December, though I mourned the cancellation of WTWR, I didn't care that TMM was ending at all. And it had been one of my favorite shows just a few short months before. I don't usually go off things that easily, but there ya go. For my money, season one was great and season two was mercifully short.

TVFactFan · 11-28-2006, 01:12 AM

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Originally Posted by TDRyan

Well...I'll speak for myself here (and hope it starts a trend...

) I watched the first season of That's My Mama originally, almost from the get-go. I was young enough to have been interested in watching Little House On The Prairie instead, but I had only very recently read several of the "Little House" books when this show was announced--and Pa had a beard! I think that Michael Landon casting himself instead of his pal Victor French (whom a lot of people I knew back then said would have been ideal!) as Pa--that alone was enough to kill my interest. And I know I did watch Tony Orlando & Dawn from time to time when it started, but by early spring of '75 I was making a point to catch That's My Mama every week. I really liked it a lot. Then something odd and a little sad happened in the fall. I went nutty wild for When Things Were Rotten (which preceded TMM beginning in September) and watched it without fail every week. But after a very few short weeks I totally lost interest in That's My Mama. I didn't like the new theme or the tweaks in the format. After WTWR I'd just go do something else. So by December, though I mourned the cancellation of WTWR, I didn't care that TMM was ending at all. And it had been one of my favorite shows just a few short months before. I don't usually go off things that easily, but there ya go. For my money, season one was great and season two was mercifully short.

I think if this show was more like What's Happening I would have liked it better. Meaning that the Mother on TMM would be seen little and the show would focus on Clifton, Junior and Earl in the Babershop like What's Happening Focused on Rerun, Raj, and Dwayne at the Soda Shop

06-23-2005, 03:20 PM	#1
seventies_sitcoms * Senior Member Join Date: Jan 09, 2005 Posts: 2,244	Is this true? "That's My Mama Now? I read a post on hometheaterforum.com that there was a pilot episode shot for a new That's My Mama show called That's my Mama Now. There were ads in the trade papers and a pilot episode shot, but never happened with it. Sony claims today they do not have the pilot anymore. Has anybody heard of this before? Somehow I can't imagine a show called That's My Mama Now!

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06-23-2005, 03:25 PM	#2
seventies_sitcoms * Senior Member Join Date: Jan 09, 2005 Posts: 2,244	It must be true. Check this out. http://povonline.com/tvtickets/TVTickets016.htm

06-29-2006, 04:35 PM	#8
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11-28-2006, 01:05 AM	#11
TV_on_the_Porch anything good on? Forum Regular Join Date: Oct 18, 2005 Posts: 879	Well...I'll speak for myself here (and hope it starts a trend... ) I watched the first season of That's My Mama originally, almost from the get-go. I was young enough to have been interested in watching Little House On The Prairie instead, but I had only very recently read several of the "Little House" books when this show was announced--and Pa had a beard! I think that Michael Landon casting himself instead of his pal Victor French (whom a lot of people I knew back then said would have been ideal!) as Pa--that alone was enough to kill my interest. And I know I did watch Tony Orlando & Dawn from time to time when it started, but by early spring of '75 I was making a point to catch That's My Mama every week. I really liked it a lot. Then something odd and a little sad happened in the fall. I went nutty wild for When Things Were Rotten (which preceded TMM beginning in September) and watched it without fail every week. But after a very few short weeks I totally lost interest in That's My Mama. I didn't like the new theme or the tweaks in the format. After WTWR I'd just go do something else. So by December, though I mourned the cancellation of WTWR, I didn't care that TMM was ending at all. And it had been one of my favorite shows just a few short months before. I don't usually go off things that easily, but there ya go. For my money, season one was great and season two was mercifully short.