Maggie (1998 TV series)

*Maggie*
Maggie
Genre	Comedy
Created by	Dan O'Shannon
Directed by	Pamela Fryman
Starring	Ann Cusack ; John Getz ; Morgan Nagler ; John Slattery
Composers	Starr Parodi ; Jeff Eden Flair
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	22
Production
Executive producer	Dan O'Shannon
Producer	David Menteer
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	30 minutes
Production companies	Atomic Television ; Paramount Network Television
Original release
Network	Lifetime
Release	August 18, 1998 ? ; March 13, 1999

Maggie is an American comedy television series starring Ann Cusack . The series premiered August 18, 1998, on Lifetime Television , ^[1] running for one season and airing its final episode on March 13, 1999.

Premise [ edit ]

Maggie Day and Dr. Arthur Day have been married for 19 years, and together they have a 17-year-old daughter, Amanda. Amanda's friend Reg is a budding cartoonist. After Maggie gets a job at an animal clinic and develops a crush on the veterinarian, Richard, she starts seeing a therapist, Kimberly. ^[2]

Cast [ edit ]

Main [ edit ]

Ann Cusack as Maggie Day
John Getz as Dr. Arthur Day
Melissa Samuels as Amy Sherwood
Morgan Nagler as Amanda Day
John Slattery as Richard

Recurring [ edit ]

Todd Giebenhain as Reg
Francesca P. Roberts as Kimberly

Production [ edit ]

The working title for the series was Maggie Day . ^[3]^[4] In November 1998, series creator, writer and executive producer Dan O'Shannon left the series with the episode "Love the One You're Not With", due to creative differences with Lifetime Television. ^[5]

Episodes [ edit ]

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
1	"Pilot"	Pamela Fryman	Dan O'Shannon	August 18, 1998 ( 1998-08-18 )
2	"The Other Woman"	Michael Zinberg	Daphne Pollon	August 25, 1998 ( 1998-08-25 )
3	"Maggie's First Save"	Michael Zinberg	Amy DeBartolomeis & David Warick	September 1, 1998 ( 1998-09-01 )
4	"Liar Liar"	Michael Zinberg	Mike Teverbaugh & Linda Teverbaugh	September 8, 1998 ( 1998-09-08 )
5	"If You Can See What I Hear"	Joe Regalbuto	Dan O'Shannon	September 15, 1998 ( 1998-09-15 )
6	"Cats"	Sheldon Epps	Story by : Mike Teverbaugh Teleplay by : Dan O'Shannon & Daphne Pollon	September 29, 1998 ( 1998-09-29 )
7	"The Maris Syndrome"	Sheldon Epps	Andy Guerdat	October 6, 1998 ( 1998-10-06 )
8	"A Two Story House"	Joe Regalbuto	Dan O'Shannon	October 13, 1998 ( 1998-10-13 )
9	"Ka-Boom"	Joe Regalbuto	Aron Abrams & Gregory Thompson	October 20, 1998 ( 1998-10-20 )
10	"The Greatest Story Ever Told"	Joe Regalbuto	Bill Barol	October 27, 1998 ( 1998-10-27 )
11	"The Ballad of Maggie Day"	Max Tash	Aron Abrams & Gregory Thompson	November 3, 1998 ( 1998-11-03 )
12	"Black and White"	Max Tash	Aron Abrams & Gregory Thompson	December 1, 1998 ( 1998-12-01 )
13	"Just Shoot Him"	Art Dielhenn	Norma Safford Vela	December 8, 1998 ( 1998-12-08 )
14	"Every Little Star"	Joe Regalbuto	Aron Abrams & Gregory Thompson	December 15, 1998 ( 1998-12-15 )
15	"Love the One You're Not With"	Joe Regalbuto	Dan O'Shannon	January 9, 1999 ( 1999-01-09 )
16	"Art History"	Unknown	Unknown	January 16, 1999 ( 1999-01-16 )
17	"Maggie Outs Art"	Unknown	Unknown	January 23, 1999 ( 1999-01-23 )
18	"Remains of the Days"	Matthew Diamond	Brian Hargrove & Jack Kenny	January 30, 1999 ( 1999-01-30 )
19	"The Dawn of a New Maggie Day"	Unknown	Unknown	February 13, 1999 ( 1999-02-13 )
20	"This Is Just a Test"	Unknown	Unknown	February 20, 1999 ( 1999-02-20 )
21	"Don't Quit Your Day Job"	Unknown	Unknown	March 6, 1999 ( 1999-03-06 )
22	"Uh-Oh Baby"	Max Tash	Jana Hunter & Mitch Hunter	March 13, 1999 ( 1999-03-13 )

References [ edit ]

^ Dempsey, John (September 8, 1998). "New Lifetime series on target with demos" . Variety . Retrieved 2009-07-02 .
^ Richmond, Ray (August 18, 1998). "Maggie" . Variety . Retrieved 2009-07-02 .
^ Snow, Shauna (May 21, 1998). "Morning Report" . Los Angeles Times . Retrieved 2009-07-02 .
^ Dempsey, John (May 13, 1998). "Lifetime OKs $160 mil for firstrun programs" . Variety . Retrieved 2009-07-02 .
^ Snow, Shauna (November 6, 1998). "Arts and entertainment reports from The Times, news services and the nation's press" . Los Angeles Times . Retrieved 2009-07-02 .

External links [ edit ]

Maggie at IMDb

[1] Dempsey, John (September 8, 1998). "New Lifetime series on target with demos" . Variety . Retrieved 2009-07-02 .

[2] Richmond, Ray (August 18, 1998). "Maggie" . Variety . Retrieved 2009-07-02 .

[3] Snow, Shauna (May 21, 1998). "Morning Report" . Los Angeles Times . Retrieved 2009-07-02 .

[4] Dempsey, John (May 13, 1998). "Lifetime OKs $160 mil for firstrun programs" . Variety . Retrieved 2009-07-02 .

[5] Snow, Shauna (November 6, 1998). "Arts and entertainment reports from The Times, news services and the nation's press" . Los Angeles Times . Retrieved 2009-07-02 .

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