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| caption = DVD cover, with Kaye Ballard (left) and Eve Arden

| genre = [[Sitcom|Situation comedy]]

| creator = [[Bob Carroll, Jr.]]<br>[[Madelyn Pugh|Madelyn Davis]]

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[[File:Mothers in law parents.JPG|thumb|Left: Roger C. Carmel, Kaye Ballard; Right: Herbert Rudley, Eve Arden]]

'''''The Mothers-in-Law''''' is an American [[situation comedysitcom]] featuring [[Eve Arden]] and [[Kaye Ballard]] as two women who were friends and next-door neighbors until their children's [[elopement]] made them in-laws. The show aired on [[NBC]] television from September 1967 to April 1969. Executive produced by [[Desi Arnaz]], the series was created by [[Bob Carroll, Jr.]], and [[Madelyn Pugh|Madelyn Davis]].

== Premise ==

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This is one of the rare occasions in which the characters had the same first names as the actors portraying them. In the first season, the notable exception was Deborah Walley who played Suzie. In the second season, Richard Deacon played Roger C. Buell {{ndash}} replacing Roger C. Carmel {{ndash}} and joined Deborah in that distinction.

As well, Kaye Ballard's real name was Catherine Gloria Balotta; the maiden name of the character she played on this show was Katherine Josephina Balotta.

== Production ==

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[[Category:1960s American multi-camera sitcoms]]

[[Category:1967 American television series debuts]]

[[Category:1969 American television series endings]]

[[Category:American English-language television shows]]

[[Category:NBC original programming]]

[[Category:Television series about families]]

[[Category:Television series about television]]