''Maggie'' is an American

sitcom A sitcom, a portmanteau of situation comedy, or situational comedy, is a genre of comedy centered on a fixed set of characters who mostly carry over from episode to episode. Sitcoms can be contrasted with sketch comedy, where a troupe may use ...

broadcast on

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from October 24, 1981, to May 21, 1982.

Premise

Miriam Flynn Miriam Flynn (born June 18, 1952) is an American voice and character actress. She is best known as Cousin Catherine in the ''National Lampoon's Vacation'' and Grandma Longneck in ''The Land Before Time'' franchises. She has acted in other films ...

stars as Maggie Weston, a

Dayton, Ohio Dayton () is the sixth-largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Montgomery County. A small part of the city extends into Greene County. The 2020 U.S. census estimate put the city population at 137,644, while Greater D ...

, housewife. Based on the humorous books of

Erma Bombeck Erma Louise Bombeck (''née'' Fiste; February 21, 1927 – April 22, 1996) was an American humorist who achieved great popularity for her newspaper humor column describing suburban home life, syndicated from 1965 to 1996. She also published 15 b ...

, this sitcom portrayed the life of a harried housewife, Maggie Weston, as she coped with her husband and her three children in the suburbs outside of Dayton, Ohio. L.J. was the 16-year-old son of the Westons who was referred to but never seen or heard on the program because he was always in the bathroom.

Doris Roberts Doris May Roberts ( Green; November 4, 1925 – April 17, 2016) was an American actress whose career spanned seven decades of television and film. She received five Emmy Awards and a Screen Actors Guild award during her acting career, which bega ...

co-starred as Loretta, Maggie's friend and hairdresser.

Cast

as Maggie Weston * James Hampton as Len Weston *

as Loretta Davenport *

Judith-Marie Bergan Judith-Marie Bergan was an American film, television and stage actress, known for starring in the Joseph Zito films '' Abduction'' and '' Bloodrage''. She appeared in the television series, ''Brothers'', and had a recurring role in ''Soap'' and i ...

as Buffy Croft * Margie Impert as Chris *

Billy Jayne William Jayne Jacoby (born April 10, 1969), known professionally as Billy Jayne and previously Billy Jacoby is an American actor. His siblings, Robert Jayne, Susan Jayne, Laura Jacoby, as well as his half-brother Scott Jacoby are also actors. ...

as Mark Weston *

Christian Jacobs Christian Richards Jacobs (born January 11, 1972) is an American musician, television producer, and actor. He is perhaps most recognized as the co-creator of the award-winning Nick Jr. TV show ''Yo Gabba Gabba!'', on which he additionally serves a ...

as Bruce Weston

Episodes

External links

* {{IMDb title, 0081897, Maggie 1981 American television series debuts 1982 American television series endings 1980s American sitcoms English-language television shows Television shows set in Dayton, Ohio American Broadcasting Company original programming Television shows based on books American Broadcasting Company sitcoms