Maggie (1981 American TV series)
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Maggie | |
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Genre | Sitcom |
Created by | Erma Bombeck |
Starring | Miriam Flynn James Hampton Doris Roberts Judith-Marie Bergan Billy Jayne Christian Jacobs |
Composer | Patrick Williams |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 8 |
Production | |
Executive producers | Tom Whedon Erma Bombeck |
Running time | 30 minutes |
Production companies | Erma Bombeck Productions Marble Arch Productions |
Release | |
Original network | ABC |
Picture format | NTSC |
Audio format | Stereo |
Original release | October 24, 1981 May 21, 1982 | –
Maggie is an American sitcom broadcast on ABC from October 24, 1981 to May 21, 1982.
Premise[]
Miriam Flynn stars as Maggie Weston, a Dayton, Ohio housewife. Based on the humorous books of Erma Bombeck, this sitcom portrayed the life of a harried housewife, Maggie Weston, as she coped with her husband and her three children in the suburbs outside of Dayton, Ohio. L.J. was the 16-year-old son of the Westons who was referred to but never seen or heard on the program because he was always in the bathroom. Doris Roberts co-starred as Loretta, Maggie's friend and hairdresser.
Cast[]
- Miriam Flynn as Maggie Weston
- James Hampton as Len Weston
- Doris Roberts as Loretta Davenport
- Judith-Marie Bergan as Buffy Croft
- Margie Impert as Chris
- Billy Jayne as Mark Weston
- Christian Jacobs as Bruce Weston
Episodes[]
No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
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1 | "The School Conference" | John Tracy | Erma Bombeck | October 24, 1981 |
2 | "A Tooth for a Tooth" | John Tracy | Bill Davenport & Tom Whedon | October 31, 1981 |
3 | "Career" | John Tracy | Erma Bombeck | November 7, 1981 |
4 | "Bruce's Birthday Party" | John Tracy | Korby Siamis | November 14, 1981 |
5 | "Marriage Encounter" | John Tracy | Erma Bombeck | April 30, 1982 |
6 | "Alienation of Affection" | John Tracy | Erma Bombeck | May 7, 1982 |
7 | "Mark's Shrink" | John Tracy | Karyl Miller | May 14, 1982 |
8 | "Maggie the Poet" | John Tracy | Erma Bombeck | May 21, 1982 |
Programming history[]
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Dates | Broadcast time (ET) |
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October 1981-May 1982 | Saturdays 8:00pm–8:30pm |
External links[]
Categories:
- 1981 American television series debuts
- 1982 American television series endings
- 1980s American sitcoms
- English-language television shows
- Television shows set in Dayton, Ohio
- American Broadcasting Company original programming
- Television shows based on books