Molloy is an American sitcom television series that aired on Fox from July 25, 1990, until August 15, 1990. It starred Mayim Bialik as a carefree Los Angeles-native preteen girl, whose life is turned upside down when her mother dies and her divorced father moves her to New York upon remarrying. Only 4 of the 7 episodes shot were ever aired.
On July 5, 1990, two weeks before Fox's premiere of Molloy, NBC aired the Blossom special to high ratings. With both projects riding on each other's misfortune for survival, it was up to the Fox series to do well-which it didn't. After lackluster ratings in its tryout run, Fox cancelled Molloy with two unaired episodes. The cancellation of Molloy then allowed the NBC the option to put Blossom into production as a regular series, where it ran for 5 seasons.