Mom cast season 7

Mom has become one of the two CBS shows canceled so far in 2021 alongside NCIS: New Orleans. CBS has announced that the sitcom starring Allison Janney as a recovering addict would end at the close of its eighth season.

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The network also announced that the final season would end on Thursday, May 6 at 9 p.m. ET / 8 p.m. CT, after around 170 episodes.

Why Mom has been canceled

The departure of Anna Faris from the show may have been a significant factor in the cancelation of the sitcom, as ratings on the series remain respectable—though around a fifth of viewers have stopped watching the show this season, which began with Faris' character Christy starting at Georgetown Law School on a scholarship.

Faris had surprised many by announcing she was not returning for Season 8 just weeks before production was set to start on the current set of episodes.

In a statement, she announced she was exiting the show to focus on other opportunities, writing: "The past seven years on Mom have been some of the most fulfilling and rewarding of my career.

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