The Education of Max Bickford

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The Education of Max Bickford
The Education of Max Bickford cast
Genre	Drama
Created by	Dawn Prestwich Nicole Yorkin
Written by
Starring	Richard Dreyfuss Marcia Gay Harden Katee Sackhoff Helen Shaver
Composers	David Was Don Was
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	22
Production
Executive producers	Keith Addis Joe Cacaci Rod Holcomb Dawn Prestwich Nicole Yorkin
Production locations	New York City Wagner College
Running time	60 minutes
Production companies	Sugar Mama Productions Joe Cacaci Productions Regency Television CBS Productions 20th Century Fox Television
Release
Original network	CBS
Picture format	720p (HDTV)
Original release	September 23, 2001 (2001-09-23) – June 2, 2002 (2002-06-02)

The Education of Max Bickford is an American drama television series that aired Sundays at 8:00 pm (EST) on CBS from September 23, 2001, to June 2, 2002, during the 2001–02 television season. After a strong initial launch, the show's audience 'dropped sharply afterward' despite its prime time slot following 60 Minutes.^[1] Within a month, two of its three executive producers were removed and reports claimed the show was being 'overhauled', though CBS denied this, preferring the term 'creative adjustments'.^[2] In May 2002, Touched by an Angel was returned to its Sunday 8:00 pm slot, bumping the second-to-last episode of The Education of Max Bickford to Monday.^[3] In June 2002, the final episode aired and the show was not renewed.

Overview[]

The series starred Richard Dreyfuss as the title character, a college professor of American Studies at Chadwick College, an all-women's school in Massachusetts. Also starring was child actor, , who portrayed the young Lester Bickford, Max's son. Max's colleagues included Marcia Gay Harden as Andrea Haskell, his former student (and lover) who had recently joined the faculty, and Helen Shaver as his best friend, Erica, previously known as Steve before her transition. Max's daughter, Nell, played by Katee Sackhoff, attended the college.

Cast[]

Main[]

• Richard Dreyfuss – Max Bickford
• Marcia Gay Harden – Andrea Haskell
• Regina Taylor – Judith Bryant
• Helen Shaver – Erica Bettis
• Katee Sackhoff – Nell Bickford
• – Lester Bickford
• – Brenda Vanderpool
• – Lorraine Tator
• Stephen Spinella – Rex Pinsker
• David McCallum – Walter Thornhill

Recurring[]

• Jayne Atkinson – Lyla Ortiz
• – Anna
• Natalie Venetia Belcon – Rose Quigley
• – Adam
• Brennan Brown – Ron Zinn
• Lynn Collins
• Angel Desai – Jardie
• – Isabelle
• Angela Goethals – Danielle Hodges
• Donna Murphy – Esther Weber
• Coté de Pablo – Gina
• Ellen Parker – Noleen Bettis
• Kristen Schaal – Valerie Holmes
• Chris Stack – Alec
• Kellee Stewart – Yolanda

Episodes[]

References[]

External links[]

• The Education of Max Bickford at IMDb
• The Education of Max Bickford at epguides.com