Maggie Winters (1998)
Maggie Winters
1998 / TV-PGMaggie Winters is a short-lived CBS sitcom that ran from 1998 to early 1999. The title character was played by Faith Ford.
Seasons & Episode
Estelle's friends get on Maggie's case because she is in her 30's, single and without children. To prove she can handle those responsibilities she volunteers to watch Robin and Jeff's children while they get away for an evening. With Lisa's ""help,"" Maggie learns what it takes to be a parent, with just a little help from her mother.
Maggie runs into the high school teacher (Mr. Wiehe) that she, Lisa and Robin had a crush on. She gets an invitation to come to a school play, which leads to a date. Even though Maggie wants the date to be solo, Lisa and Robin tag along. Mr. Wiehe, was the only teacher to ever give Maggie a grade of B, so she feels that each time he gives something a rating, he is actually grading. She works hard to try and get a grade of A.
After receiving the employee of the month award, after three weeks of work, Maggie gives in to Rachel's invitation to join her family for dinner that evening. Leaving, Robin, Lisa, Jeff and Tom to be entertained playing a game with Estelle. Rachel's family turns out to be just as bizarre as she is, but Maggie endures the evening and tries to make Rachel shine in the eyes of her family, unfortunately, they only see Maggie.
Maggie needs to ""let her monkey out."" An opportunity arises, when everyone is attending the wedding of Sonny's ex-girlfriend. She agrees to accompany Sonny this event, when she he insists he must attend to obtain closure. The event almost goes off as planned (at one point Sonny introduces Maggie as his fiancé and Miss Nude World) until Maggie says something which re-ignites the old flame between Sonny and his old ex-girlfriend, the ex-bride.
Maggie quickly relearns that she can't remain anonymous in a small town, when she tries to help Tom out with his landlord problem, he can't get his water problem fixed. Her efforts to help Tom, get him evicted and Mr. Stickley, the landlord, also happens to be the representative from the landlord tenant association, amongst his other responsibilities. Meanwhile, Lisa is finding herself attracted to Tom's unkempt, ""skanky different"" look. A solution to Tom's need for an apartment is found above the Winters' garage.
It's girl's night out! Tom's not invited, so Estelle suggests that he have a guy's night out. Maggie plans to take the girls to a place her ex-husband never took her to, so imagine her surprise when they run into him and his girlfriend there. The rest of Maggie's evening is spent reconciling her feelings for Jack. When Tom's arrangements don't go as planned, he winds up spending the evening with Estelle.
To prove she is no longer as competitive as she was when she was younger, Maggie throws a bowling match to boost Rachel's confidence. But Rachel's confidence is boosted through the roof as she begins to gloat, causing Maggie to return to her old ways and demand a rematch.
Tom's living in the Winters' family garage and having free run of their house causes Maggie to feel her space is being invaded. So she schemes to get Tom to move out by fixing him up with Rachel.
Maggie Winters is a short-lived CBS sitcom that ran from 1998 to early 1999. The title character was played by Faith Ford.