A brief history lesson for those who dont know or cant remember: Most Nielson box families in the 90's preferred to watch garbage, because it made them comfortable. As a result we got many low quality shows and some of them even managed to stay on the air for a few seasons. We also had tons of incredibly bad shows being greenlit because network executives were desperate to fill airtime and keep their jobs. This is one such show.
The writing is incredibly bland and generic, either because they were trying to appeal to the bland generic audiences or the writers simply had no good ideas. Everyone says stupid trite things in their petty little trite lives and there is absolutely no plot. A woman is forced to move back home. Thats it. Thats your plot. And its as boring as it sounds. She meets some of the people she left behind and big surprise, none of them has done anything interesting. The women are all jealous and spiteful. The men are all stupid and horny. Some wacky shenanigans ensue, and by wacky I mean she kisses a boy on her front porch, and the petty spiteful women forgive and forget. Maggie can't get a job at the local rag, until she does 10 seconds later, and really nothing else happens. Its kind of sad how lazy a show can be and still get put on the air. I guess they were banking on Faith Ford being a huge draw.
She wasn't.
The jokes are mostly of the cute safe variety you'd probably find on an early 80's family show, and theres no depth or characterization even when Maggie is forced to tell he life story to the people she meets. Its annoying, its plain, and it makes you wish you hadnt wasted 28 minutes of your day on Youtube. I am writing this review to spare you the agony. Do not watch. Not even if you think you love Faith Ford. She had some other shows after Murphy Brown. Go watch one of those instead.
The writing is incredibly bland and generic, either because they were trying to appeal to the bland generic audiences or the writers simply had no good ideas. Everyone says stupid trite things in their petty little trite lives and there is absolutely no plot. A woman is forced to move back home. Thats it. Thats your plot. And its as boring as it sounds. She meets some of the people she left behind and big surprise, none of them has done anything interesting. The women are all jealous and spiteful. The men are all stupid and horny. Some wacky shenanigans ensue, and by wacky I mean she kisses a boy on her front porch, and the petty spiteful women forgive and forget. Maggie can't get a job at the local rag, until she does 10 seconds later, and really nothing else happens. Its kind of sad how lazy a show can be and still get put on the air. I guess they were banking on Faith Ford being a huge draw.
She wasn't.
The jokes are mostly of the cute safe variety you'd probably find on an early 80's family show, and theres no depth or characterization even when Maggie is forced to tell he life story to the people she meets. Its annoying, its plain, and it makes you wish you hadnt wasted 28 minutes of your day on Youtube. I am writing this review to spare you the agony. Do not watch. Not even if you think you love Faith Ford. She had some other shows after Murphy Brown. Go watch one of those instead.