How ABC’s Call Your Mother Balances Heart with Humor

By Zach Johnson

Mother knows best… most of the time, anyway.

The new sitcom Call Your Mother, premiering tonight at 9:30|8:30c on ABC, follows Jean Raines (Kyra Sedgwick), an empty nester in Iowa who wonders how she ended up alone while her kids, Jackie (Rachel Sennott) and Freddie (Joey Bragg), live their best lives thousands of miles away in California. She…