Wednesday, August 21, 2013

Nick At Nite USA To Premiere Tia Mowry-Hardrict's Brand New Family Comedy Series "Instant Mom" On Sunday 29th September 2013; Nickelodeon Orders 7 More Episodes For First Season

The entertainment news website Deadline.com is reporting the exciting Nickelodeon news in the following article that Nick USA will start to premiere and show the brand new original comedy series "Instant Mom", which stars and is produced by Tia Mowry-Hardrict ("Tia & Tamera", Nick UK's "Sister Sister"), from Sunday 29th September 2013 at 8:30pm on Nickelodeon USA's nighttime programming block, Nick at Nite (stylized as nick@nite) and be repeated later the same night on NickMom, Nick Jr. USA's evening programming block (stylized as nickmom)!

At the time of the pilot's pickup to series, it was announced that the sitcom would have its premiere airings on NickMom and then repeat on Nick at Nite.


Deadline.com is also reporting the fantastic news that Nickelodeon has ordered seven additional episodes ahead of the show's premiere, which will bring the number of episodes in "Instant Mom" season one up to 20 episodes!

The half-hour, multi-camera series features Mowry-Hardrict as Stephanie, a party girl who trades in Cosmos for carpools when she marries Charlie (Michael Boatman, "Spin City", "Anger Management"), who already has three kids. In "Instant Mom", Stephanie (Mowry-Hardrict) slowly grows into her role as a full-time stepmom while struggling to maintain some sense of her fun-loving, slightly irresponsible life. Sheryl Lee Ralph ("Moesha") stars as Stephanie's mother Maggie, and rounding out the cast are Charlie's three kids played by Sydney Park ("CSI: NY"), Tylen Williams and Damarr Calhoun.

"Instant Mom" is executive-produced by Howard Gould and Aaron Kaplan. Gould had served as executive producer and head writer of "Cybill" when it won the Golden Globe for Best Comedy Series. He also wrote and directed the feature film "The Six Wives of Henry Lefay", starring Tim Allen, Elisha Cuthbert, Andie MacDowell and Jenna Elfman. Gould's other credits include "FM", "Home Improvement", "The Jeff Foxworthy Show", "Mr. 3000" and "Shrek the Third":

New Nick Comedy ‘Instant Mom’ Gets Launch Date, Order For 7 More Episodes

EXCLUSIVE: New Nick at Nite/NickMom comedy series Instant Mom will premiere September 29 at 8:30 PM on Nick at Nite. Additionally, the family comedy starring Tia Mowry-Hardrict is getting a vote of confidence by the network with an order for seven additional episodes ahead of the premiere. That brings Instant Mom‘s freshman season to 20 episodes. Instant Mom, executive produced by showrunner Howard Gould and Aaron Kaplan, was originally developed for Nick at Nite. At the time of the pilot’s pickup to series, it was announced that the comedy will have its premiere airings on new block NickMom and then repeat on Nick at Nite. Instant Mom will now debut on Nick at Nite and air on NickMom later the same night.

Related: TCA: ‘Instant Mom’ Producers & Stars On Diverse Cast, Live Audience

Instant Mom follows young party girl Stephanie (Mowry-Hardrict) who trades in cosmos for carpools when she marries an older man, Charlie (Michael Boatman), with three kids. Stephanie slowly grows into her role as a full-time stepmom while struggling to maintain some sense of her fun-loving, slightly irresponsible life. Sheryl Lee Ralph stars as Stephanie’s mother Maggie, and rounding out the cast are the three kids played by Sydney Park, Tylen Williams and Damarr Calhoun. This is Kaplan's second series for Nick, following Wendell & Vinnie, which is airing its final six episodes.
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