On this day April 1 1987 the short lived drama Mariah premiered on ABC. The series followed the story of Mariah, a young woman navigating personal and professional challenges in the rugged American West during the 19th century.
Mariah ran for just 1 season with a total of 7 episodes before being canceled. While the show aimed to blend frontier storytelling with a strong female lead it struggled to find an audience in a competitive primetime landscape. The series is now mostly remembered as one of the many one season experiments during the mid 80s as networks tested new formats and genres.
80s insight: Mariah was one of the few network dramas at the time that centered on a female lead in a Western setting.