Maggie
TV ShowReturning Series

Maggie

1981
1 season
8 episodes
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.

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  • Ep 1

    1.The School Conference

    24-10-198126m

    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 obscen...

  • Ep 2

    2.A Tooth for a Tooth

    31-10-198126m

    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.

  • Ep 3

    3.Career

    07-11-198126m

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

  • Ep 4

    4.Bruce's Birthday Party

    14-11-198126m

    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.

  • Ep 5

    5.Marriage Encounter

    30-04-198226m

    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.

  • Ep 6

    6.Alienation of Affection

    07-05-198226m

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

  • Ep 7

    7.Mark's Shrink

    14-05-198226m

    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.

  • Ep 8

    8.Maggie the Poet

    21-05-198226m

    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.)

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