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- Welcome back to
Good Day Stateline.
A new year means new TV shows,
ABC just added the show "Call
with a very familiar
face leading the show.
Emmy and Golden Globe
winner, Kyra Sedgwick,
good morning.
- Good morning.
- So this is a really,
really relatable show.
I've only really seen that 30
second clip that's everywhere,
but it makes me wanna watch it.
It's about an empty-nester
mom who misses her kids
and you wanna jump back
into their lives, right?
- Yeah, yeah that sounds right.
that, you know her son
that there must be something
wrong and he must meet her
after she doesn't hear
from him in four days.
And so she goes to Los Angeles
and she ends up staying there
where her adult children are.
- So you have two kids that,
are they around the
- Yes, they are a little
bit older actually.
And I can totally
relate to this concept
of like, you know
you birth this child
and basically you spend pretty
much every week and minute,
and I don't really think
I'm exaggerating too much.
When I say thinking like
about their wellbeing
how are they, if they're
in your site, how are they
if they're not in your
sight, how are they?
you do your job, right
you essentially get fired
when they're 18 or 19
and like they will walk on
your furloughed or whatever.
And like, you have
to figure out like
what do I do with all
this extra energy?
And like, what do I do with all
this like care-taking skills
and like, who am
I without my kids?
And do they need me?
And then they're also
kind of figuring out like
I need to be independent
but I also need my mom
to be independent.
And sometimes and often
there's like issues
with siblings and like
people's role in the family.
And so this is a family that
has all those fun issues
and complications but also like
desperately love each other
and have a lot more to
learn from each other.
And I think it's a
really perfect time,
I mean, not only
because it's hilarious
and totally relatable
but also, I mean I think that
right now like there isn't,
there very few people
that I know my age
against their family members
in a very acute way right now
with what's been going on in
our world with the pandemic.
like a perfect time.
- I totally agree, and
I think the best part
about being able to watch a
comedy, a TV show about this is,
you get to do the busting
back into your kids' lives
where like all moms watching
maybe really want to do that
and just feel like
maybe they shouldn't.
- Yeah right, exactly.
episodes they'll think
like that was a
really good idea, Jean
and then other episodes
are gonna be like,
you really shouldn't have
done that Jean, yeah.
- So we're wondering if you
filmed this show pre-pandemic
or was it a struggle to get
it off the ground in 2020?
- Yeah, it was a struggle,
I mean, we were supposed
to start early summer
and we didn't end up
starting until late fall
and we're actually still
shooting currently.
Yeah, it's challenging,
you know, but I have to say
that I think that show people,
people that do teach film
and television and plays
there's like this tradition
of taking care of each other
and a tradition of kind
of making, creating family
wherever you go,
and being invested in
each other's wellbeing.
for keeping each other safe,
that sort of building
traditional thing
of like we just take
care of each other
because that's what
this tribe does.
And such so much
of this pandemic
has been how do we take
care of each other you know?
And so we've done
a really good job
of taking care of each other
and making something really fun
and really entertaining and
really relatable in the process.
- That's awesome,
we were very excited
that so many new TV shows
are coming this year
for all of us who have
been at home, you know
watching every little
piece of television
that we could get our hands on.
So we definitely
need something new.
If you had to just
give us one reason
why we should watch
"Call Your Mother"
What would you say?
- I think because you'll
recognize yourself
in one or many of the
characters and it's hilarious.
- I love knowing
that it's hilarious.
I have one last question
for you before we go.
We of course have to talk
about you and your husband.
Hollywood loves you guys,
so we just want to know
what is your favorite
Kevin Bacon movie?
- Oh, Oh gosh, gosh, not a movie
Murder in the First, a movie
called "Murder in the First."
- Well, I've never seen it,
but now I'm gonna
take your suggestion
and watch it some time.
Thank you so much for
joining us today Kyra.
- [Kyra] Thank you
so much, take care.
- If you miss the premiere
of Call Your Mother,
you can catch it on abc.com.
The show airs Wednesday
nights at 8:30.
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