Touched by an Angel
Mother's Day
TV Flash files “Mother's Day” as hour 141 of 211 in the TV Flash guide — Touched by an Angel (1994–2003) on CBS, season 6, episode 25, aired 2000-05-14, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S06E25: listed hour 141 of 211 in the Touched by an Angel guide, hour 25 of 26 in season 6. It aired 2000-05-14 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “A Clown's Prayer” (S06E24). Next is “Pandora's Box” (S06E26).
Viewer FAQ
Where does Mother's Day sit in the Touched by an Angel guide?
S06E25 is listed hour 141 of 211 — hour 25 of 26 in season 6, season 6 episode 25.
When did Touched by an Angel S06E25 air?
Mother's Day aired 2000-05-14 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Is it preachy?
Faith-based comfort drama: weekly crises as ministry, but built to play as appointment TV rather than a lecture you had to sit through.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Angels with case files and handkerchief ratings: Della Reese’s wisdom voice, Roma Downey’s hush, and CBS faith drama as appointment comfort. Spiritual television that treated strangers’ crises as weekly ministry without becoming a lecture you had to sit through. Nineties network sincerity at industrial scale — tearful, sturdy, and proof that grace could still win a mainstream hour.
Flash: angels with case files, handkerchief ratings, Della Reese's wisdom voice already the brand that made a CBS hour feel like a hush you showed up for. Developed primarily under Martha Williamson's stewardship (1994–2003), with John Masius in the creator file, the series made Roma Downey's hush and Reese's voice synonymous with the genre. John Dye's Andrew, later Valerie Bertinelli's Gloria. Angels arrive as ordinary people to help humans through crises with gentle miracles. **Grace as a mainstream hour**, not…
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- John Dye as Andrew
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