Mama's Family

Mama's Family was an American sitcom that aired beginning January 22, 1983 and ended February 24, 1990. The show was first canceled in May 1984, but returned in September 1986 in first-run syndication; between its cancellation and September 1985, NBC aired reruns of the sitcom.

Mama's Family
Genre	Sitcom
Created by	Dick Clair Jenna McMahon
Directed by	Roger Beatty Harvey Korman Dick Martin Dave Powers
Starring	Vicki Lawrence Ken Berry Dorothy Lyman Rue McClanahan Eric Brown Karin Argoud Betty White Beverly Archer Allan Kayser
Theme music composer	Peter Matz
Opening theme	"Bless My Happy Home"
Composers	Peter Matz Dick Walter
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	2 (NBC run) 4 (syndicated run)
No. of episodes	35 (NBC run) 95 (syndicated run) 130 (total) (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer	Joe Hamilton
Producers	Jim Evering Neil Lebowitz Dave Powers Fred Rubin
Production locations	CBS Television City Hollywood, California (1983–84) Metromedia Square Hollywood, California (1986–90)
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	24–25 minutes (NBC episodes) 21–22 minutes (syndicated episodes)
Production company	Joe Hamilton Productions
Original release
Network	NBC (1983–1984) Syndicated (1986–90)
Release	January 22, 1983 (1983-01-22) – April 7, 1984 (1984-04-07) September 27, 1986 (1986-09-27) – February 24, 1990 (1990-02-24)

The show's theme song is "Bless My Happy Home" by Emmy and Grammy award winner Peter Matz (music) and Vicki Lawrence (lyrics). The show's producers chose to use an instrumental version.^[1]

References

1. "Interesting facts about Vicki Lawrence". Findfactsabout.com. Archived from the original on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2013-03-09.

Other websites

• Mama's Family on IMDb
• Mama's Family at TV.com
• The Mama's Family Site Archived 2018-08-28 at the Wayback Machine