Maude (TV series)

Maude
GenreSitcom
Created byNorman Lear
Directed by
Starring
Theme music composer
Opening theme"And Then There's Maude"
Performed by Donny Hathaway
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons6
No. of episodes141 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producerNorman Lear
Producers
Production locations
Running time30 minutes
Production companyTandem Productions
Original release
NetworkCBS
ReleaseSeptember 12, 1972 (1972-09-12) –
April 22, 1978 (1978-04-22)
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Maude is an American television sitcom that was originally broadcast on the CBS network from September 12, 1972, until April 22, 1978. The show was the first spin-off of All in the Family, on which Bea Arthur had made two appearances as Maude Findlay, Edith Bunker's favorite cousin. Like All in the Family, Maude was a sitcom with topical storylines created by producers Norman Lear and Bud Yorkin.

Maude stars Bea Arthur as Maude, an outspoken, middle-aged, politically liberal woman living in suburban Tuckahoe, New York with her fourth husband, household appliance store owner Walter Findlay (Bill Macy). Maude embraces the tenets of women's liberation, always votes for Democratic Party candidates, and advocates for civil rights and racial and gender equality. Her overbearing and sometimes domineering personality often gets her into trouble when speaking about these issues.

Unusually for an American sitcom, several episodes (such as "Maude's Night Out" and "The Convention") featured only the characters of Maude and her husband Walter, in what amounted to half-hour "two-hander" teleplays. In the season four episode "The Analyst" (sometimes referred to as "Maude Bares Her Soul"), Arthur as Maude, speaking to an unseen psychiatrist, was the sole actor on screen for the entire episode.[1]

The show's theme song, "And Then There's Maude", was written by Alan and Marilyn Bergman and Dave Grusin, and performed by Donny Hathaway.

  1. ^ "Maude: Maude Bares Her Soul (Tv)". Paleycenter.org. 1975-11-10. Retrieved 2022-08-29.