| 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 | English |
| No. of seasons | 5 |
| Production | |
| Producer | Paul Burford |
| Production locations | CFTO-TV Studios Scarborough, Toronto, Ontario |
| Production companies | Just Like Mom Productions Fergie Olver Productions |
| Original release | |
| Network | CTV |
| Release | 1980 – 1985 |
| Related | |
| ‘’Just Like Mom and Dad’’ | |
| Infobox instructions (only shown in preview) | |
Just Like Mom is a Canadian television game show that ran from 1980 to 1985 on CTV. A total of 595 episodes were taped at CFTO-TV Studios in the Toronto suburb of Scarborough, 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 the launch schedule for YTV in 1988, and on GameTV from 2008 to 2010.[1]
Fergie Olver shared on the Toronto Mike'd Podcast that a young Jim Carrey was once considered as a potential host for the program, although he was never invited to audition.[2]
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.[3][4] In 2017, the new show was picked up by Yes TV in Canada and BYU TV in the United States for broadcast in 2018.[5]