''Significant Mother'' is an American television

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created by

Erin Cardillo Erin Cardillo (born February 17, 1977) is an American actress, producer, and television writer. Biography Cardillo was born in White Plains, New York. Her father is Catholic and her mother is Jewish. She began her acting career while at Greenwic ...

and Richard Keith. Starring

Josh Zuckerman Joshua Ryan Zuckerman (born April 1, 1985) is an American actor. He is known for playing Mark Cullin in the science fiction TV series ''Kyle XY'', Eddie Orlofsky in ''Desperate Housewives'' and Nate Marlowe in the comedy series '' Significant Mot ...

Nathaniel Buzolic Nathaniel Buzolic ( ; born 4 August 1983) is an Australian actor. He was the host of Nine Network's late-night television quiz show '' The Mint'', and had a regular role on the BBC soap opera ''Out of the Blue'' (2008). He was also a co-host of ...

and

Krista Allen Krista Allen (born April 5, 1971) is an American actress, model and stand-up comic. She is best known for her work in the television series ''Days of Our Lives'', '' Baywatch Hawaii'', and the erotic TV series '' Emmanuelle in Space''. Allen als ...

, it premiered on

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network on August 3 and ended its run on October 5, 2015. On February 16, 2016, Zuckerman said on his Twitter account that the series would not return for a second season. On February 18, 2016, Keith confirmed that.

Plot

Restaurateur Nate Marlowe (Zuckerman) is shocked to discover that his best friend and roommate, Jimmy Barnes (Buzolic), has had sex with his mother, Lydia (Allen). Nate and his father Harrison (

Jonathan Silverman Jonathan Elihu Silverman (born August 5, 1966) is an American actor, known for his roles in the comedy films ''Brighton Beach Memoirs'', ''Weekend at Bernie's'', and its sequel '' Weekend at Bernie's II''. Early life and education Silverman wa ...

) find that they must face the reality that Lydia and Jimmy plan to pursue their relationship.

Cast

Main

as Nathaniel "Nate" Marlowe *

as Jimothy "Jimmy" Barnes, Nate's longtime friend *

as Lydia Marlowe, Nate's mother

Guest

as Harrison Marlowe, Nate's father * Emma Fitzpatrick as Sam Dillinger, Nate's employee at his restaurant *

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as Atticus Adams, Sam's boyfriend, an organic farmer *

Denise Richards Denise Richards (born February 17, 1971) is an American actress, television personality, and former fashion model. Her most recognized roles are Carmen Ibanez in ''Starship Troopers'' (1997), Kelly Van Ryan in '' Wild Things'' (1998) and Bond gir ...

as Pepper Spinner, a notorious

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with whom Nate ends up on a date *

Linda Gray Linda Ann Gray (born September 12, 1940) is an American film, stage and television actress, director, producer and former model, best known for her role as Sue Ellen Ewing, the long-suffering wife of Larry Hagman's character J.R. Ewing on the C ...

as Gammy, Nate's grandmother and Lydia's conservative southern mother. *

Jerry O'Connell Jerry O'Connell (born February 17, 1974) is an American actor and television host. He is known for his roles as Quinn Mallory in the television series '' Sliders'', Andrew Clements in '' My Secret Identity'', Vern Tessio in the film '' Stand by ...

as Bob Babcock, a "slick realtor" *

as Parker, Lydia's nosy lesbian co-worker *

Mircea Monroe Mircea Monroe (born March 11, 1982) is an American model and actress, known for her roles on the TV series ''Episodes'' as Morning Randolph (2011–2017), ''Hart of Dixie'' as Tansy Truitt (2011–2015), '' Impastor'' as Alexa Cummings (2015–20 ...

as Annie, a cute girl Nate meets on the dating app "Get Forked" and begins to date

Episodes

Casting and production

Created by Cardillo and Keith, the half-hour sitcom was developed for the digital platform

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. ''Significant Mother'' was ordered to series for the CW on April 10, 2015, with Zuckerman and Allen attached to star and Silverman, Fitzpatrick and Adams rounding out the cast. On May 1, 2015, Buzolic was announced in the role of Jimmy. Later in May 2015,

was cast as local "

" Pepper Spinner. In June 2015, the CW announced guest stars

as Gammy, Nate's grandmother and Lydia's conservative southern mother, and

as Bob Babcock, a "slick realtor". In August 2015,

Terry Kiser Terry Kiser (born August 1, 1939) is an American actor. Besides portraying the deceased title character of the comedy ''Weekend at Bernie's'' and its sequel, '' Weekend at Bernie's II'', he has more than 140 acting credits to his name, with a ca ...

, Silverman's costar from ''

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'', was cast in a guest role.

Broadcast

''Significant Mother'' premiered on August 3, 2015.

Reception

Brian Lowry of ''

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'' wrote that "while the show does possess some energy thanks to the cast, there’s such a numbing sameness to the gags." On

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, the series has an aggregate score of 25% based on 2 positive and 6 negative critic reviews.

References

External links

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