The Raider Nation is everywhere, even on primetime TV.
Viewers of the CBS hit comedy Mom are well versed with the Plunkett family, led by lovable recovering alcoholic (played by Allison Janney).
Yes, that Plunkett. Your Jim Plunkett (pictured above in December 2019). Then, there’s a (John) Madden, a (Sebastian) Janikowski, (Ken) Stabler), Fred (Biletnikoff), (Marv) Hubbard, (Dave) Casper, (Warren) Wells and (Pete) Banaszak. Coincidence? No, not at all.
I was determined to find out why there was such a constant Raiders references on Mom, so I called CBS and tracked down the show’s executive producer, Nick Bakay (who works alongside creators Chuck Lorre, Eddie Gorodetsky and Gemma Baker).