Me and Maxx was an American sitcom broadcast on NBC

NBC

The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...

 starting in 1980. The plot involved a young girl, Maxx (Melissa Michaelsen

Melissa Michaelsen

Melissa Michaelsen was an American child actress probably best known for her role as the title character in the James Komack television show Me and Maxx.-Family:...

), moving in with her dad, Norman (Joe Santos

Joe Santos

Joe Santos is an American film and television actor.-Biography:Santos was born Joseph Minieri in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Rose and Joseph Minieri. He began his film acting career in the mid-1960s, appearing in films directed by his cousin, Joseph W...

), who had created a life for himself as a swinging bachelor.

Cast

• Joe Santos
  Joe Santos
  Joe Santos is an American film and television actor.-Biography:Santos was born Joseph Minieri in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Rose and Joseph Minieri. He began his film acting career in the mid-1960s, appearing in films directed by his cousin, Joseph W...
  
   as Norman Davis
• Melissa Michaelsen
  Melissa Michaelsen
  Melissa Michaelsen was an American child actress probably best known for her role as the title character in the James Komack television show Me and Maxx.-Family:...
  
   as Maxx Davis
• Jenny Sullivan
  Jenny Sullivan
  For the Welsh author see Jennifer Sullivan.Jenny Sullivan is an American actress who has starred in films and on television. She has starred in some made for TV movies, her best known role is in the 1983 NBC hit miniseries V as the reporter Kristine Walsh. In 1984, she reprised her role as...
  
   as Barbara
• Denny Evans as Gary
• Jim Weston as Mitch

Casting

Michaelsen and Santos were picked for the roles when a commercial starring Joe aired during one of Melissa's early projects. NBC president Fred Silverman

Fred Silverman

Fred Silverman is an American television executive and producer. He worked as an executive at the CBS, ABC and NBC networks, and was responsible for bringing to television such programs as the series Scooby-Doo , All in the Family , The Waltons , and Charlie's Angels , as well as the...

 saw the commercial while watching Melissa's TV-movie and reportedly said "I want that guy with that girl." Another source gives credit for the role to the daughter of the producer, James Komack

James Komack

James Komack was an American actor, writer and film producer. Komack was in the original cast of the Broadway musical Damn Yankees and also in the film version; in both productions, he was one of the baseball players who perform the song " Heart"...

. Maxx Komack, whom the main character was named after, walked in on the screen tests and saw Melissa playing the role. She supposedly blurted out, "That's her. The little blonde girl. That's Maxx!"

Episodes

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