Performing sketches for an audience of kids, selling jokes to New Yorkers on the go and a sitcom screen test are among the challenges that 10 moms face in Nick at Nite’s five-part reality series, Search for the Funniest Mom in America 2, premiering on Tuesday, April 4 at 10 p.m. All times are ET/PT. Actress Katey Sagal (Married…with Children, 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter) is hosting the competition in which 10 finalists live together and compete in a variety of comedic challenges vying for the chance to win the title of “Nick at Nite’s Funniest Mom in America.” The series will culminate with an hour-long finale on Tuesday, May 9 from 9:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m., in which judges Mario Cantone (Broadway’s Laugh Whore, Sex and the City), Carol Leifer (The Larry Sanders Show, Seinfeld) and Alfonso Ribeiro (Fresh Prince of Bel Air, All of Us) select a winner.

Denver’s Just Jay (right) and Rubi Nicholas (below) are among the 10 finalists as Nick at Nite follows them as they live together in a penthouse suite in New York City.

Just Jay is a nine-year veteran comic who has been performing in the Denver area for the past five years and previously in New York. According to Just Jay, she is excited about being selected as one of the top 10 moms for the reality show and says this show is not like the others. “I am looking forward to returning home with the $50,000 prize and enjoying it with my 204-month-old son, Kristian, who attends George Washington High School. And to everyone I owe…get in line!”

Throughout each 30-minute episode, they receive surprise visits from celebrity guests and the series’ host, Katey Sagal, and compete in a variety of comedic challenges, each underscoring the contestants’ talents and personalities. The moms, divided into teams, tackle everything from entertaining an audience of kids, to performances in New York City, to a sitcom screen test challenge. The lowest scoring performers on each challenge will face-off against each other in a head-to-head stand-up comedy battle. Over the course of the series, five moms will be eliminated and the five remaining contestants will compete in the show’s finale, performing stand-up comedy to a packed house on a New York City stage. Judges Mario Cantone, Carol Leifer and Alfonso Ribeiro will select the winner, who will be awarded $50,000, the chance to develop her own show for Nick at Nite, and host a special night of programming on the network.

The episode rollout is as follows:

Tuesday, April 4 at 9:30 p.m.
Semi-finals Casting Special -- After months of comedy club tryouts, the top comic moms from around the country compete at The Laugh Factory in New York City. Ten moms make the cut and arrive at the penthouse suite where they meet each other and the host of the series, Katey Sagal.

Tuesday, April 11 at 9:30 p.m.
Betwixt by Tweens -- Katey gives the moms their first challenge: sketch-writing.  Comedian Tim Meadows comes by the suite to coach the moms who are asked to perform their sketches for an audience of kids. The drama intensifies as one of the moms walks off the show and another is eliminated in the first comedy face-off at Gotham comedy club.

Tuesday, April 18 at 9:30 p.m.
Mallrats -- As the moms prepare for their second challenge, one of the moms faces trouble at home and is forced to leave the competition. Comic Jeff Ross makes an appearance at the Manhattan Mall as the moms try to sell their jokes to the public. The moms who lose the challenge, go back to Gotham for the second comedy elimination, and another mom is sent home.

Tuesday, April 25 at 9:30 p.m.
So You Wanna Be In A Sitcom? -- The women are paired off and prepare for their third and final challenge: acting in a screen test. Actress and TV director Amanda Bearse (Married…with Children) coaches and directs them as they perform for her on a soundstage. The losing moms go up against each other at Gotham and one is sent home. The five remaining women will perform in the finale.

Tuesday, May 2 at 9:30 p.m.
Funniest Mom Re-dux -- This is a recap of the previous episodes which includes new scenes and an in-depth look at the five finalists.

Tuesday, May 9 at 9:30 p.m.
Finale -- The five finalists perform in front of a live audience and for celebrity judges Mario Cantone, Carol Leifer and Alfonso Ribeiro. One woman is crowned the “Funniest Mom in America” and wins $50,000 and the chance to create her own TV show on Nick at Nite.

Darlene Westgor, who was crowned “The Funniest Mom in America” for 2005, has been paired by Nick at Nite with renown comic and screenwriter Carol Leifer (Seinfeld, The Larry Sanders Show) for a pilot that is based on Westgor’s life as a single mom living and working in Minnesota. Leifer recently spent time with Westgor in her home to immerse herself into Westgor’s life to help shape the network’s untitled pilot, which will be shot in Los Angeles this spring.

The other eight moms competing for the title of The Funniest Mom in America are Lisa Alvarado (Los Angeles, CA), Paula Bel (Los Angeles, CA), Nellie Coes (Portland, ME), Sherry Davey (Brooklyn, NY), Donna Lee McBride (Austin, TX), Angela Montgomery (Cincinnati, OH), Donna Murray (St. Louis, MO), and Christine Stedman (St. Louis, MO).

After receiving hundreds of entries from moms around the country, Nick at Nite narrowed its selection down to 21 women. The women were chosen to perform at the semi-finals in January at New York City’s Laugh Factory, where the final 10 moms were selected to appear in the reality series.