father. >> reporter: it's sunday morning on cbs, and here again is charles osgood. >> osgood: allison janney the hit cbs series "mom". it's a role shaped by janney's real-life experiences as lee cowan shows us in this sunday profile. >> the only way you get through anything in life is through laughter. it's the key. >> and there you go. >> that's comedy right there. >> reporter: allison janney's career is so bright of late, she really doesn't need light. >> ready and action. >> reporter: her latest emmy, her seventh, by the way, came for a performance in a show that is decidedly unique. >> got to go. my mother has a canoe. >> reporter: we're not saying that just because it's mother's day and the show happens to be called "mom" or because it airs here on cbs, we're saying it because this particular sitcom is actually a pretty noble experiment. >> nice. she's sleeping at your house tonight. >>we don't shy away from real le affecting these characters, even though it's a comedy. >> reporter: janney plays a recovering addict, helping her daughter christie, played by anna ferris, who is also strug

>> reporter: on tv allison janney plays a mom with a host of problems, not the least of which she's iny. >> i know being an actor is you basically lie. you do things you haven't done before, but there are certain things i don't feel like i have a right to. >> reporter: with this role, allison janney says she does have a right to, but it comes with pain she may never lose. the story ahead on "sunday morning." >> osgood: bei bei is a different sort of mother's day story from our rita braver. >> >> reporter: okay, moms, if you think you have a lot of family photos, well everything these giant pandas do is recorded. did the zoo have any idea how popular the panda cams would be? >> i don't think anybody could predict the incredible popularity, but what i love is that this is science in real life, in real time. >> reporter: later on "sunday morning," panda >> -monium. >> osgood: mo rocca has the story of a decision to return home. conor knighton is on the trail to petrified forest national park. gary hart signs off on one very tal order and more, but first the headlines this morning, the 8th

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now stick around for james corden and his guest, allison janney. good night!der today. >> we ordered sushi. >> salmon or spicey tuna. >> spicey tun blanca dam dammity, that's not good. >> the rock sounds completely

now stick around for james corden and his guest, allison janney. good night!der today. >> we ordered sushi.