The Education of Max Bickford (series)
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- Production country: US
- Creator: Dawn Prestwich , Nicole Yorkin
- Production companies: New Regency Television, CBS Productions, 20th Century Fox Television
- Genre: Drama
- Release date: 9/23/2001
- Release date of last episode: 6/2/2002
- Series status: Ended
- Seasons count: 1 ( List of episodes )
- Episodes count: 22
- Run time: 60, 47 min.
Series description
The Education of Max Bickford is a television drama that aired from 2001 to 2002 on CBS. It starred Richard Dreyfuss as the title character, a college professor of American Studies at Chadwick College, an all-women's school in New Jersey. Also starring was child actor Eric Ian Goldberg, who portrayed the young Lester Bickford, Max's son. Max's colleagues included Marcia Gay Harden as Andrea Haskell, his former student who had recently joined the faculty, and Helen Shaver as his best friend Erica, previously known as Steve before her transition. Max's daughter Nell, played by Katee Sackhoff, attended the college.