Ready Gamer Mum: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Ready Gamer Mum is a high-energy, funny competition series that flips the gaming world on its head. Ten of the country's best bedroom gamers go head-to-head – but there's a catch – their mums will be in charge of the controllers!

They'll need to coach, motivate and somehow transform their mums into champions, but adding to the chaos, each episode features a real-life challenge inspired by that week's videogame – forcing the players and their mums into the real world to recreate what's on screen, with outrageous and hilarious outcomes.

Series details

• Title: Ready Gamer Mum
• Format: Reality
• Language: English
• Premiere date: 2026-05-14
• Status in TVmaze: Running
• Network listed by TVmaze: TVNZ 2
• Network country: New Zealand
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 91802

Cast and credited roles

• Tegan Yorwarth — Host

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2026-05-14; final listed air date 2026-07-02; episode order: 8.

Source and licence

Adapted from Ready Gamer Mum on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.