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.
Maggie (Season 1)
The School Conference (Episode 1)
Writer: Erma Bombeck
Air date: 1981-10-24
Runtime: 26 min
Overview: 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 (Episode 2)
Writer: Bill Davenport
Air date: 1981-10-31
Runtime: 26 min
Overview: 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 (Episode 3)
Writer: Erma Bombeck
Air date: 1981-11-07
Runtime: 26 min
Overview: Len considers a career switch after learning that a former colleague has struck it rich outside the teaching profession.
Bruce's Birthday Party (Episode 4)
Writer: Korby Siamis
Air date: 1981-11-14
Runtime: 26 min
Overview: 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 (Episode 5)
Writer: Erma Bombeck
Air date: 1982-04-30
Runtime: 26 min
Overview: 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 (Episode 6)
Writer: Erma Bombeck
Air date: 1982-05-07
Runtime: 26 min
Overview: Maggie returns from a trip to hear nothing but rave reviews of Loretta's housekeeping.
Mark's Shrink (Episode 7)
Writer: Karyl Miller
Air date: 1982-05-14
Runtime: 26 min
Overview: 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 (Episode 8)
Writer: Erma Bombeck
Air date: 1982-05-21
Runtime: 26 min
Overview: 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.)
Seasons
Episodes 8
Episodes 1