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Over time, CBS Mom evolved into a smart buddy comedy centering on a group of friends working together to keep their sobriety - Wendy (Beth.
Over time, CBS Mom evolved into a smart buddy comedy centering on a group of friends working together to keep their sobriety - Wendy (Beth Hall), left, Bonnie (Allison Janney), Tammy (Kristen Johnston), Jill (Jaime Pressly) and Marjorie (Mimi Kennedy) - while exchanging insults softened by an underlying love for each other.Robert Voets, Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.
While some shows jump the shark – making crazy changes when they run out of ideas, as exemplified by the ridiculous sight of leather-jacketed Fonzie water-skiing over a shark on Happy Days – Mom, from sitcom king Chuck Lorre, effectively reversed that process, employing creative revisions that helped prolong its run as an entertaining series. (However, the disappearance of Christy s kids, while explained, proved awkward.)