Maggie

26min

Comedy

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.

Episodes

Cast

The School Conference

1. The School Conference

26min

24th Oct 1981

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."

A Tooth for a Tooth

2. A Tooth for a Tooth

26min

31st Oct 1981

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.

Career

3. Career

26min

7th Nov 1981

Len considers a career switch after learning that a former colleague has struck it rich outside the teaching profession.

Bruce's Birthday Party

4. Bruce's Birthday Party

26min

14th Nov 1981

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.

Marriage Encounter

5. Marriage Encounter

26min

30th Apr 1982

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.

Alienation of Affection

6. Alienation of Affection

26min

7th May 1982

Maggie returns from a trip to hear nothing but rave reviews of Loretta's housekeeping.

Mark's Shrink

7. Mark's Shrink

26min

14th May 1982

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.

Maggie the Poet

8. Maggie the Poet

26min

21st May 1982

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.)

First air date

24th Oct 1981

Last air date

21st May 1982

Status

Returning Series

Type

Scripted

Original language

en

Networks