Muggsy was a Saturday morning live action television program that aired on NBC in 1976–1977.
[1] Filmed on location in Bridgeport, Connecticut, the show centered on Margaret “Muggsy” Malloy (Sarah MacDonnell), who lived with her older brother Nick (Ben Masters), a cab driver, in a furnished truck converted into an apartment, behind a gas station.
The show followed Muggsy's life in the inner city and the problems she faced growing up, including drugs and gangs.
At the start of the 1976-77 television season, Muggsy was part of a three-hour block of six live action shows that aired Saturday mornings on NBC, alongside Land of the Lost, which was entering its third season, and four other new shows: Monster Squad, McDuff, the Talking Dog, Big John, Little John and The Kids from C.A.P.E.R.
replaced it after being put on hiatus during a shakeup of the lineup in November, 1976, in which McDuff, the Talking Dog was cancelled.