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My Dead Mom
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GenreComedy
Created byWendy Litner
Written byWendy Litner
Directed byChandler Levack
Starring
Country of originCanada
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes7
Production
Running time11–18 minutes[1]
Production companyLoCo Motion Pictures
Original release
NetworkCrave
ReleaseNovember 1, 2024 (2024-11-01)

My Dead Mom is a Canadian comedy web series, which premiered in 2024 on Crave.[2] The series stars Lauren Collins as Emmy, a Jewish Canadian woman still struggling to move forward in life after the death of her mother Fern, played by Megan Follows, three years earlier. Fern still regularly appears to her in spirit form to criticize and question Emmy's life choices.[3]

The cast also includes Rainbow Sun Francks, David Reale, Daniel Maslany, Jenny Raven, Nadine Djoury, John Stocker, Naomi Snieckus, Daniel Kash, Lynne Griffin, Matt Murray, Tammy Isbell, Brandon Ash-Mohammed, Nigel Downer, Anna Mirodin, Miguel Rivas, Sharjil Rasool, Daniel Kipnis, Riya Malik, and Theo Freeman in supporting roles.

The series was created and written by Wendy Litner, and directed by Chandler Levack.[4]

Awards

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Award Date of ceremony Category Recipient(s) Result Ref.
Canadian Screen Awards 2025 Best Original Program or Series, Fiction Lauren Corber, Palmer Baranek, Wendy Litner Nominated [5]
Best Lead Performance in a Web Program or Series Lauren Collins Nominated
Megan Follows Won
Best Supporting Performance in a Web Program or Series Rainbow Sun Francks Nominated
Daniel Maslany Nominated
Jenny Raven Nominated
Best Picture Editing in a Web Program or Series Maureen Grant, "Shana Tova:" Won
Best Writing in a Web Program or Series Wendy Litner, "Shana Tova" Won
Rockie Award 2025 Best Short Form Series Lauren Corber, Palmer Baranek, Wendy Litner Won [6]
International Emmy Awards 2025 Best Short Form Series Lauren Corber, Palmer Baranek, Wendy Litner Nominated [7]

References

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  1. ↑ "My Dead Mom – Episode List". TVmaze. 2024.
  2. ↑ "My Dead Mom explores grief and dysfunctional parent relationships through comedy". Commotion, November 7, 2024.
  3. ↑ "‘My Dead Mom’ gives the nagging Jewish mother trope a haunting twist". Canadian Jewish News, November 27, 2024.
  4. ↑ "This Toronto writer kept hearing her dead mom's voice. So she made a show about it". CP24, November 1, 2024.
  5. ↑ Samritha Arunasalam, "Here's who is nominated for the 2025 Canadian Screen Awards". CBC News, March 26, 2025.
  6. ↑ "Rockie Awards ★ 2025 Winners & Nominees ★". rockies.playbackonline.ca. Retrieved 2025-10-20.
  7. ↑ "2025 INTERNATIONAL EMMY® AWARDS NOMINEES ANNOUNCED – International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences". Retrieved 2025-10-20.
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