''Maybe This Time'' is an American

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television series which aired on

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from September 15, 1995, to February 17, 1996. It was created by Michael Jacobs and Bob Young. The series stars

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as a mother and recent divorcee running the family bakery with her mother (

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) while raising her 11-year-old daughter ( Ashley Johnson). The show's supporting cast includes

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and

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, who joined the cast midway through its run.

Synopsis

The series revolved around two elements, the relationships between three generations of women and the

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which the elder two owned and operated in

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, a suburb of

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. Thirtysomething Julia Wallace (Osmond), recovering from a divorce, puts her work running the bakery with her mother Shirley (White) and raising her daughter Gracie (Johnson) over trying to find romance once again. Julia's take comes much to the objection to the man-obsessed Shirley (a variation of White's Sue Ann Nivens from ''

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'') and the pre-adolescent Gracie who was waiting for her first kiss at the series outset. Outside of the opposite sex, the dynamics of the relationships between the three characters are explored. Julia and Shirley were helped at the bakery by Scottish émigré Logan McDonough (Ferguson) whose views complemented those of his bosses. The most frequently seen customer on the series was Kay Ohara (Hill), owner of the pawn shop down the street from the bakery. Assorted other townspeople also came in and out of the bakery as well.

Additions

Midway through the run, two other characters were added. Kyle (Cook), the quarterback of the football team at an unnamed local college, came in to help out at the bakery while Gracie gained an on-again, off-again boyfriend in the streetwise Nicky (

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). The introduction of Nicky coincided with Julia dating his father, Nick Sr. (

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) though their date did not progress any further unlike their children.

Cast and characters

as Julia Wallace *

as Shirley Wallace * Ashley Johnson as Gracie Wallace *

as Kay Ohara *

as Logan McDonough *

as Nicky *

as Nick Sr. *

as Kyle

Episodes

Production

''Boy Meets World'' connection

The episode "Acting Out" featured

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and

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making cameo appearances as Cory Matthews, Shawn Hunter and George Feeny, their characters from Michael Jacobs's other ABC sitcom ''

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''. However, the two series do not exist in the same

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as they appeared in the form of television characters in a fictional episode of ''Boy Meets World'' being watched by Gracie, who later had a waking dream about them.

Cancellation

The series initially entered the Top 20 with the debut of its preview episode on September 15, 1995, but later ranked #47 in its Saturday night timeslot. ABC canceled the series after 18 episodes.

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* *{{epguides, MaybeThisTime 1995 American television series debuts 1996 American television series endings 1990s American sitcoms American Broadcasting Company original programming English-language television shows Television series by ABC Studios Television shows set in Philadelphia Television series created by Michael Jacobs