Bad Mothers

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Bad Mothers
Genre Drama
Created by
Written by
  • Rachel Lang
  • Gavin Strawhan
  • Sarah Walker
  • Tim Lee
Starring
ComposerKyls Burtland
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes8
Production
Executive producers
  • Chloe Rickard
  • Phil Lloyd
  • Rachel Lang
  • Gavin Strawhan
Producers
  • Chloe Rickard
  • Steven Zanoski
CinematographyJohn Stokes
Editors
  • Gabriel Dowrick
  • Geoff Hitchins
  • Peter Crombie
Production companies
Original release
Network Nine Network
Release18 February (2019-02-18) 
8 April 2019 (2019-04-08)

Bad Mothers is an Australian television drama series that premiered on the Nine Network on 18 February 2019. [1] The show centres around five women whose lives collide following a series of shocking events and learn that life can get a whole lot more complicated outrageous and fun, than they ever imagined. [2]

Contents

Synopsis

Sarah's suburban bliss is destroyed when her husband has an affair with her best friend, Charlotte, head of the Bedford Mothers’ Club. Ousted from the snooty club, Sarah finds unexpected support among the titular Bad Mothers. The new friends exact revenge on Charlotte that leads to deadly results. [3]

Cast

Episodes

No.TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateProd.
code
Australian viewers
1Episode 1Geoff Bennett Rachel Lang & Gavin Strawhan18 February 2019 (2019-02-18)332393-1691,000 [5]
2Episode 2Geoff BennettRachel Lang & Gavin Strawhan25 February 2019 (2019-02-25)332393-2644,000 [6]
3Episode 3Sian Davies Sarah Walker 4 March 2019 (2019-03-04)332393-3542,000 [7]
4Episode 4Sian DaviesGavin Strawhan11 March 2019 (2019-03-11)332393-4495,000 [8]
5Episode 5 Catriona McKenzie Rachel Lang & Tim Lee18 March 2019 (2019-03-18)332393-5498,000 [9]
6Episode 6Catriona McKenzieRachel Lang25 March 2019 (2019-03-25)332393-6480,000 [10]
7Episode 7Geoff BennettGavin Strawhan1 April 2019 (2019-04-01)332393-7538,000 [11]
8Episode 8Geoff BennettRachel Lang & Gavin Strawhan8 April 2019 (2019-04-08)332393-8605,000 [12]

Ratings

Bad Mothers: AUS viewers per episode (thousands)
SeasonEpisode number
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1691644542495498480538605
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No.TitleAir dateOvernight ratingsConsolidated ratingsTotal
viewers
Ref(s)
ViewersRankViewersRank
1 Episode 1 18 February 2019691,000979,0008770,000 [5] [13]
2 Episode 2 25 February 2019644,000968,0009712,000 [6] [14]
3 Episode 3 4 March 2019542,0001583,00014625,000 [7] [15]
4 Episode 4 11 March 2019495,00016119,00012614,000 [8] [16]
5 Episode 5 18 March 2019498,00016100,00014598,000 [9] [17]
6 Episode 6 25 March 2019480,00016133,00012613,000 [10] [18]
7 Episode 7 1 April 2019538,0001598,00010636,000 [11] [19]
8 Episode 8 8 April 2019605,0001395,00011700,000 [12] [20]

Adaptation

In September 2020, Jungle Entertainment announced they are in active development on creating an adaptation of the series for U.S. audiences. [21] [22]

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