# Maybe This Time (TV series)

Maybe This Time is an American sitcom 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 Marie Osmond as a mother and recent divorcee running the family bakery with her mother (Betty White) while raising her 11-year-old daughter (Ashley Johnson). The show's supporting cast includes Amy Hill, Craig Ferguson and Dane Cook, who joined the cast midway through its run.

## Synopsis

The series revolved around two elements, the relationships between three generations of women and the bakery which the elder two owned and operated in Haverford, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Philadelphia. 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 The Mary Tyler Moore Show) 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. (Robert Cicchini) though their date did not progress any further unlike their children.

## Cast and characters

* Marie Osmond as Julia Wallace
* Betty White as Shirley Wallace
* Ashley Johnson as Gracie Wallace
* Amy Hill as Kay Ohara
* Craig Ferguson as Logan McDonough
* Ross Malinger as Nicky
* Robert Cicchini as Nick Sr.
* Dane Cook as Kyle

## Episodes

| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | Viewers (millions) |
| 1 | "Please Re-Lease Me" | David Trainer | Susan Estelle Jansen | September 15, 1995 (1995-09-15) | 18.0 |
| 2 | "Maybe This Time" | David Trainer | Michael Jacobs & Bob Young & Susan Estelle Jansen | September 16, 1995 (1995-09-16) | 12.9 |
| 3 | "Gracie Under Fire" | David Trainer | Peggy Nicoll | September 23, 1995 (1995-09-23) | 11.7 |
| 4 | "Out, Out, Damn Radio Spot!" | Unknown | Unknown | September 30, 1995 (1995-09-30) | 11.0 |
| 5 | "Snitch Doggy-Dogg" | Unknown | Unknown | October 14, 1995 (1995-10-14) | 9.8 |
| 6 | "Beasy Body" | David Trainer | Susan Estelle Jansen | October 28, 1995 (1995-10-28) | 9.4 |
| 7 | "Julia's Day Off" | David Trainer | Amy Engleberg & Wendy Engleberg | November 4, 1995 (1995-11-04) | 10.8 |
| 8 | "Coach Julia" | Unknown | Unknown | November 11, 1995 (1995-11-11) | 11.6 |
| 9 | "The Other Mother" | Unknown | Unknown | November 25, 1995 (1995-11-25) | 8.4 |
| 10 | "The Catch" | Unknown | Unknown | December 16, 1995 (1995-12-16) | 8.2 |
| 11 | "Judgement Day" | Unknown | Unknown | December 23, 1995 (1995-12-23) | 9.7 |
| 12 | "Nick at Night" | Unknown | Unknown | January 6, 1996 (1996-01-06) | 10.3 |
| 13 | "Break a Leg" | Unknown | Unknown | January 13, 1996 (1996-01-13) | 8.9 |
| 14 | "Lucky Puck" | David Trainer | Steve Young | January 20, 1996 (1996-01-20) | 11.0 |
| 15 | "Acting Out" | Unknown | Unknown | January 26, 1996 (1996-01-26) | 16.1 |
| 16 | "Stand Up Your Man" | Unknown | Unknown | February 3, 1996 (1996-02-03) | 9.9 |
| 17 | "St. Valentine's Day Massacre" | David Trainer | Rick Singer & Andrew Green | February 10, 1996 (1996-02-10) | 7.2 |
| 18 | "Whose Life is it Anyway?" | Unknown | Unknown | February 17, 1996 (1996-02-17) | 7.5 |

## Production
### Boy Meets World connection

The episode "Acting Out" featured Ben Savage, 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 Boy Meets World. However, the two series do not exist in the same fictional universe 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

| Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Result |
| 1996 | Young Artist Awards | Best Performance by a Young Actress - TV Comedy Series | Ashley Johnson | Nominated |
| 1996 | Young Artist Awards | Best Performance by a Young Actor - Guest Starring Role TV Series | Chris J. Miller | Nominated |