Pregnant TV Characters

22 Ways TV Shows Bared or Covered Pregnant Bellies

April 30, 2012

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Cover it up! Try as they might, it is not easy for a mama-to-be to hide her pregnancy after the 20-week mark. Actresses may show off their bumps to much fanfare off screen, but on screen it depends on the storyline. While some television shows lend themselves to pregnant characters, others rely on their writers to use creative means to hide their stars' growing midsections or joke about weight gain. Both Sarah Michelle Gellar and Anna Paquin's recent pregnancy announcements have fans of Ringer and True Blood, respectively, wondering how their shows will address their growing midsections. Take a look back at how other shows have handled their characters' burgeoning bellies.

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by Rebecca M Gruber 4

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4 Comments

Assistant Community Manager 1 year 2 weeks

Such a fun slideshow! In some of these cases I didn't even know the actress was pregnant! I love that 30Rock's producer said, "no child should have Jenna Maroney for a mother." - Hilarious! (... and true.)

2 years 16 weeks

Phylicia Rashad, who played Clair Huxtable on the 'Cosby Show' became pregnant and it was not written into the storyline for the show. The kitchen table and island was raised to cover her growing belly, along with using props and loose clothing. On a blooper reel of the Cosby Show, Bill Cosby jokes, "What are we gonna use next... a car in the kitchen to hide her belly?!" Funny!

Annie Scudder 2 years 17 weeks

Fun slideshow!

rossy 3 years 27 weeks

If I remember correctly - For "I Love Lucy", CBS wouldn't allow the word "pregnant" to be used, so "expecting" was used instead. Don't know why, but it was a bad word back then... or something silly like that. - Remember, this was an era of black&white TV with shows where married couples NEVER "slept" in the same bed (if shown) but in single beds spaced far apart. - How times change...