The Mothers-In-Law (1967)

Name: The Mothers-In-Law
Genre: Comedy
Rating: 7.3
Cast: Eve Arden, Kaye Ballard, Herbert Rudley, Richard Deacon, Deborah Walley

Comedy

The Mothers-in-Law is an American sitcom starring Eve Arden and Kaye Ballard as two matriarchs who were friends and next-door neighbors whose children's elopement rendered them in-laws. The show aired on NBC from September 1967 to April 1969. Produced by Desi Arnaz, the series was created by Bob Carroll, Jr., and Madelyn Davis.

IMDb rating: 7.3 (770 votes)
Episode average: 7.4 +0.1 vs IMDb
Seasons: 2
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 2 seasons indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (1967)

7.35 avg 30 episodes 7.3 → 7.5 30 min avg

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	On Again, Off Again, Lohengrin	7.3	63
2	Everybody Goes on a Honeymoon	6.8	48
3	All Fall Down	7.1	39
4	A Night to Forget	7.8	50
5	The Newlyweds Move In	8.0	36
6	The Career Girls	7.5	42
7	Who's Afraid of Elizabeth Taylor?	6.5	41
8	My Son, the Actor	6.6	32
9	How Do You Moonlight a Meatball?	7.9	34
10	I Thought He'd Never Leave	7.2	37
11	The Great Bicycle Race	7.2	32
12	Through the Lurking Glass	7.4	33
13	Divorce: Mother-in-Law Style	7.7	33
14	The Not-Cold-Enough War	6.8	31
15	You Challenge Me to What?	6.7	28
16	Everybody Wants to Be a Writer	7.4	29
17	The Kids Move Out	7.9	32
18	The Hombre Who Came to Dinner: Part 1	6.6	36
19	The Hombre Who Came to Dinner: Part 2	6.3	32
20	Don't Give Up the Sloop	7.6	25
21	I'd Tell You I Love You, But We're Not Speaking	7.8	29
22	Herb's Little Helpers	7.9	33
23	Bye, Bye Blackmailer	7.5	25
24	The Wig Story	7.3	30
25	It's Only Money	7.6	29
26	I Haven't Got a Secret	7.9	26
27	Jerry's Night Out with the Boys	7.5	28
28	The Long, Long Weekend	7.5	24
29	Jealousy Makes the Heart Grow Fonder	7.6	28
30	How Not to Manage a Rock Group	7.5	30

Season 2 (1968)

7.43 avg 26 episodes 7.4 → 7.5 30 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Here Comes the Bride, Again	7.4	35
2	The Match Game	7.8	30
3	A Little Pregnancy Goes a Long Way	6.9	25
4	Love Thy Neighbor - If You Can't Get Him to Move	7.4	25
5	I Didn't Raise Myself to Be a Grandmother	7.6	24
6	Even Mothers-In-Law Have Mothers-In-Law	8.2	27
7	The Matador Makes a Movie	5.2	26
8	It's a Dog's Life	6.0	27
9	The First Anniversary Is the Hardest	7.5	24
10	The Birth of Everything But the Blues	7.8	27
11	Nome, Schnome, I'd Rather Have It at Home	7.6	22
12	Hail, Hail, the Gang's Still Here	6.9	24
13	Didn't You Use to Be Ossie Snick?	7.9	23
14	Make Room for Baby	7.2	22
15	Haven't You Had That Baby Yet?	7.7	23
16	And Baby Makes Four	8.0	23
17	Nanny, Go Home	7.5	21
18	Double Trouble in the Nursery	7.8	24
19	Void Where Prohibited by In-Laws	7.8	28
20	Guess Who's Coming Forever	6.4	29
21	Every In-Law Wants to Get Into the Act	7.1	22
22	Two on the Aisle	7.9	21
23	Take Her, He's Mine	8.0	25
24	Show Business Is No Business	8.2	24
25	The Charge of the Wife Brigade	7.9	21
26	The Not-So-Grand Opera	7.5	23

The Mothers-In-Law (1967)

Cast

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