Description:  Maxie's World is an animated series about a popular high school student named Maxie who is a straight-A student, cheerleader, and surfer in the fictional town of Surfside, California. The show follows her and her friends as they deal with typical teenage life, while also solving mysteries through her own after-school TV talk show, Maxie's World. The series was created as a tie-in to the Hasbro "Maxie" fashion dolls and originally aired in the late 1980s.

Main character: Maxie, a high school senior who is both a social butterfly and a budding journalist.

Setting: The fictional seaside town of Surfside, California.

Dual life: In addition to her high school life, Maxie hosts her own TV show where she acts as an investigative reporter, solving mysteries and crimes with her friends.

Themes: The show deals with both everyday teenage issues and more serious topics, with "very special episodes" addressing themes like eating disorders, smoking, and divorce.

Series format: The series was created to promote the Hasbro "Maxie" doll line, a competitor to Mattel's Barbie.