''Oh Madeline'' is an American sitcom television series starring

Madeline Kahn Madeline Gail Kahn (''née'' Wolfson; September 29, 1942 – December 3, 1999) was an American actress, comedian and singer, known for comedic roles in films directed by Peter Bogdanovich and Mel Brooks, including '' What's Up, Doc?'' (1972), '' ...

that aired on

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from September 27, 1983 to March 13, 1984. It was based on the British sitcom ''Pig in the Middle'' that aired on

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from 1980 until 1983.

Overview

The show revolves around Madeline Wayne, a housewife bored after 10 years of marriage to Charlie, a sweet but square man who made his living writing steamy romance novels under the name Crystal Love. Madeline's best friend was Doris, a timid divorcee previously married to Charlie's best friend, a middle-aged swinger named Bob. Annie was Charlie's amorous editor. Madeline, bored with her predictable, sedate existence in a middle-class suburb, and wanting to put some zest back in into her life, decides to try every trendy diversion that she can find - such as seaweed-based health foods, exercise clubs, and "ladies only" clubs featuring male strippers. The show contained a lot of slapstick comedy, as well as marital misunderstandings in the tradition of ''I Love Lucy''. The show is notable as the first television show produced by

Carsey-Werner Productions The Carsey-Werner Company (previously known as Carsey-Werner Productions and Carsey-Werner-Mandabach Productions, before that, Carsey Productions and also known as Carsey-Werner Television) is an independent production company founded in 1981 by ...

, which would go on to produce numerous sitcoms with comedians as leads over the next several decades. Kahn would work with Carsey-Werner again on '' Cosby'' (which was also based on a British sitcom '' One Foot in the Grave'') in 1996 until her death in 1999.

Cast

- Madeline Wayne *

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- Charlie Wayne * Louis Giambalvo - Robert Leone *

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- Doris Leone *

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- Annie McIntyre * Randee Heller - Faye

US ratings

Episodes

Syndication

''Oh Madeline'' briefly aired on USA Network in the early 1990s.

Awards and nominations

Kahn was nominated for a

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for Best Actress in a Comedy Series in 1984, losing to Joanna Cassidy for the series ''

Buffalo Bill William Frederick Cody (February 26, 1846January 10, 1917), known as "Buffalo Bill", was an American soldier, Bison hunting, bison hunter, and showman. He was born in Le Claire, Iowa, Le Claire, Iowa Territory (now the U.S. state of Iowa), but ...

''.

References

External links

''Oh Madeline'' @ Carsey-Werner.net (en)

Carsey Werner - ''Oh Madeline''
* {{IMDb title, 0085067 1983 American television series debuts 1984 American television series endings 1980s American sitcoms American Broadcasting Company original programming English-language television shows American television series based on British television series Television series by Carsey-Werner Productions Television shows set in Chicago