''Maybe This Time'' is an American

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television series created by Michael Jacobs and Bob Young for ABC. It premiered on September 15, 1995, and ended on February 17, 1996, with a total of 18 episodes over the course of 1 season. The series stars

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as a mother and recent divorcee running the family bakery with her mother (

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) while raising her 11-year-old daughter (

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). The show's supporting cast includes Amy Hill,

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and

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, who joined the cast midway through its run.

Synopsis

The series revolved around two elements, the relationships between three generations of women and the

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which the elder two owned and operated in

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, a suburb of

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. Thirtysomething Julia Wallace (Osmond), recovering from a divorce, puts her work running the bakery with her mother Shirley (White) and raising her daughter Gracie (Johnson) over trying to find romance once again. Julia's take comes much to the objection to the man-obsessed Shirley (a variation of White's Sue Ann Nivens from ''

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'') and the pre-adolescent Gracie who was waiting for her first kiss at the series outset. Outside of the opposite sex, the dynamics of the relationships between the three characters are explored. Julia and Shirley were helped at the bakery by Scottish émigré Logan McDonough (Ferguson) whose views complemented those of his bosses. The most frequently seen customer on the series was Kay Ohara (Hill), owner of the pawn shop down the street from the bakery. Assorted other townspeople also came in and out of the bakery as well.

Additions

Midway through the run, two other characters were added. Kyle (Cook), the quarterback of the football team at an unnamed local college, came in to help out at the bakery while Gracie gained an on-again, off-again boyfriend in the streetwise Nicky ( Ross Malinger). The introduction of Nicky coincided with Julia dating his father, Nick Sr. (

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) though their date did not progress any further unlike their children.

Cast and characters

as Julia Wallace *

as Shirley Wallace *

as Gracie Wallace * Amy Hill as Kay Ohara *

as Logan McDonough * Ross Malinger as Nicky *

as Nick Sr. *

as Kyle

Episodes

Production

''Boy Meets World'' connection

The episode "Acting Out" featured

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, Rider Strong and William Daniels making cameo appearances as Cory Matthews, Shawn Hunter and George Feeny, their characters from Michael Jacobs's other ABC sitcom ''

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''. However, the two series do not exist in the same

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as they appeared in the form of television characters in a fictional episode of ''Boy Meets World'' being watched by Gracie, who later had a waking dream about them.

Cancellation

The series initially entered the Top 20 with the debut of its preview episode on September 15, 1995, but later ranked #47 in its Saturday night timeslot. ABC canceled the series after 18 episodes.

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* *{{epguides, MaybeThisTime 1995 American television series debuts 1996 American television series endings 1990s American multi-camera sitcoms American English-language television shows Television series by ABC Studios Television shows set in Philadelphia Television series created by Michael Jacobs (producer) American Broadcasting Company sitcoms