Erma Bombeck
Director
Maggie (1981)
Season 1
Based on books by Erma Bombeck, Maggie Weston is a housewife living with husband Len and sons Mark and Bruce outside of Dayton, Ohio. There is a third son, LJ, who is never seen because he's "always in the bathroom." Rounding out the main cast are Maggie's friends.
Released Oct. 24, 1981
Episode 26 min
None+
Genres: Comedy
Keywords: tmdb.housewife, tmdb.sitcom, imdb.character-name-as-series-title, imdb.forename-as-series-title, imdb.one-word-series-title, imdb.housewife, imdb.dayton-ohio + 3 more, imdb.suburb, imdb.vice-principal, imdb.beauty-parlor
Production Companies: Marble Arch Productions
Network: ABC
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S1E1 - The School Conference
Series premiere about the everyday life of a housewife in Dayton, Ohio. In the opening episode, Maggie receives a note from school accusing her 8-year-old son of "borderline obscenity."
Oct. 24, 1981, midnight
S1E2 - A Tooth for a Tooth
Maggie babysits for a friend in hopes of coming up with enough money to cover Mark's braces, but the girl is not the angel Maggie is led to believe.
Oct. 31, 1981, midnight
S1E3 - Career
Len considers a career switch after learning that a former colleague has struck it rich outside the teaching profession.
Nov. 7, 1981, midnight
S1E4 - Bruce's Birthday Party
The girls goad Maggie into throwing a birthday party for Bruce, but Buffy's diamond ring winds up in an unlikely place during the event.
Nov. 14, 1981, midnight
S1E5 - Marriage Encounter
Maggie and her husband Len, on their way to a marriage encounter session, make a wrong turn and wind up stranded when the car runs out of gas.
April 30, 1982, midnight
S1E6 - Alienation of Affection
Maggie returns from a trip to hear nothing but rave reviews of Loretta's housekeeping.
May 7, 1982, midnight
S1E7 - Mark's Shrink
Maggie takes Mark to see a therapist in hopes of curing his problem. The doctor recommends that Len project a more masculine image to his son.
May 14, 1982, midnight
S1E8 - Maggie the Poet
Pressure from her mother leads Maggie to take up poetry again, but after selling her first poem to a newspaper, Maggie suffers writer's block. (Last show of the series.)
May 21, 1982, midnight
ABC
26 min/ep
208 min
Oct. 24, 1981
May 21, 1982, midnight
Returning Series
NR
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