So we've got a clip of Maude telling her best friend that she's pregnant at almost 50 years of age. (SOUNDBITE OF TV SHOW, "MAUDE") BEA ARTHUR: (As Maude Findlay) Vivian, at age 62, I'll be the ...

Maude enjoyed high ratings in its first four years, but in the 5th season, the sitcom dropped from No. 4 to No. 31. Bea Arthur announced she was leaving after the sixth season, but it was well ...

“Jimmy’s next project is going to be recreating the controversial Maude abortion episode. It was explosive when it first aired in 1972 and will be even more explosive today with everything ...

Not so in the two-parter “Maude’s Dilemma,” in which she discovers she’s pregnant at 47 and ultimately decides (with help from a friend played by Arthur’s future Golden Girls co-star Rue ...

The former featured Dulé Hill and Haneefah Wood as part of the live ensemble, while the night’s presentation of “Maude” starred Pamela Adlon as Maude, Phil Rosenthal as her husband, Walter ...

Starring in her own show after appearing in “All in the Family” as the liberal cousin of Archie’s wife Edith (Jean Stapleton), Arthur embodied a ferocious spirit as the titular Maude Findlay ...

TV legend aired an episode of ‘Maude’ in 1972 that was groundbreaking, writes ‘The Daily Show’ co-creator and abortion rights activist Lizz Winstead. Norman Lear Showed Us the Reality of ...

Norman Lear's original "Maude" abortion episode aired in November 1972, two months before Roe v. Wade made it legal in the United States.