Just Like Mom
| Just Like Mom | |
|---|---|
| Created by | Catherine Swing |
| Directed by |
Sidney M. Cohen Michael Hooey Ian Murray Rick Watts |
| Presented by |
Stephen Young (1980-1981) Fergie Olver (1981-1985) Catherine Swing (1981-1985) |
| Narrated by | Fergie Olver (1980-1981) |
| Country of origin | Canada |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 5 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Paul Burford |
| Location(s) |
CFTO-TV Studios Toronto, Ontario |
| Production company(s) | Just Like Mom Productions Fergie Olver Productions |
| Release | |
| Original network | CTV |
| Picture format | 480i (SDTV) |
| Original release | 1980 – 1985 |
Just Like Mom is a Canadian television game show which ran from 1980 to 1985 on CTV. A total of 595 episodes were taped at CFTO-TV in Toronto, Ontario. It was hosted by Stephen Young during the show's first season, but from the second season on, it was hosted by the husband-and-wife duo of Fergie Olver and the show's creator Catherine Swing. Olver announced the series during its first season. The format was to determine which child and mother knew each other the best through answer-matching as well as the memorable Bake-off Challenge. Three teams, consisting of a young child and his or her mother (or occasionally father), competed on each episode. Repeats aired on GameTV from 2008 to 2010.
On September 22, 2009, marblemedia announced they acquired the rights to Just Like Mom and plan to create a new and updated version called Just Like Mom... and Dad.
The parents were secluded offstage while the children answered several questions. Early in the show's run, they would choose from one of five categories for the questions, while later in the run, a specific question was pre-assigned to each team. Each host would alternate between asking each child, making two cycles of the three children. Afterwards, the parents would come back and they would be posed the same questions to see if they could match the answers their children gave, using a format similar to The Newlywed Game. A correct match on the first questions earned 10, and the second was worth 15.
For the second question round, the process repeated with the parents answering first and the children trying to match. Correct matches in this round were worth 20 points for the first question, and 25 for the second.
Between the two question rounds, the children had a bake-off to complete a given recipe, which came from the Robin Hood Just Like Mom Cookbook, in 60 seconds. (There were some episodes where the time limit was 90 seconds but it was later changed back). They were given all the basic ingredients (as well as some unorthodox ones) and were allowed to use whatever they wanted in their creations.
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