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{{Infobox television
| image                = Maya 1967 TV series.jpg
| caption              =
| genre                = Adventure<Br>Drama
| creator              = 
| director             = 
| creative_director    = 
| developer            = 
| presenter            = 
| starring             = [[Jay North]]<br>[[Sajid Khan]]<br>Sudesh Issar
| voices               = 
| narrated             = 
| theme_music_composer = [[Hans J. Salter]]
| opentheme            = 
| endtheme             = 
| composer             = 
| country              = United States
| language             = English
| num_seasons          = 1
| num_episodes         = 18
| list_episodes        = 
| executive_producer   = 
| producer             = Frank King
| editor               = 
| location             = United States<br>[[India]]
| camera               = 
| runtime              = 60 mins
| network              = [[NBC]]
| company              = [[King Brothers Productions]]<br>[[MGM Television]]
| first_aired          = {{start date|1967|9|16}}
| last_aired           = {{end date|1968|2|10}}
| related              = ''[[Maya (1966 film)|Maya]]'' 
}}

'''''Maya''''' is an American hour-long adventure television series that aired on [[National Broadcasting Company|NBC]], Saturdays from 7:30&nbsp;p.m. to 8:30&nbsp;p.m., from September 16, 1967 until February 10, 1968.<ref name="B&M">Brooks, Tim & Marsh, Earle, The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows 1946–present, Ballantine, 1979</ref> The series is a follow-up to the 1966 [[Maya (1966 film)|film of the same name]], with [[Jay North]] and [[Sajid Khan]] reprising their roles. Set in the Indian jungle, the series centered on an American boy searching for his missing father, a big game hunter.<ref name="Woolery">{{cite book |last1=Woolery |first1=George W. |title=Children's Television: The First Thirty-Five Years, 1946-1981, Part II: Live, Film, and Tape Series |date=1985 |publisher=The Scarecrow Press |isbn=0-8108-1651-2 |pages=330–331}}</ref>

==Synopsis==
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The series starred teenage [[Jay North]] (famous for starring as [[Dennis the Menace (1959 TV series)|''Dennis the Menace'']] as a child) as Terry Bowen, and Indian actor [[Sajid Khan]] (also prominent in his homeland from his child-acting background) as Raji, a native boy who joined up with the lead. Raji's elephant, Maya, gave the series its name. Maya was Terry and Raji's source of transportation, as well as providing help when flight or rescue was needed.<ref name="B&M" />

In the first episode teenage Terry Bowen arrives in India to reunite with his father, who he soon learns is missing, presumed killed by a tiger. Facing deportation back to the United States, Terry escapes the authorities, and meets up by chance with orphaned runaway Raji and his pet elephant, Maya; and the two boys decide to team up to go in search of Terry's father, as Terry is hopeful his father is actually still alive. Over the course of the series the duo and the elephant continue their search while facing many side-plots, but never succeed in their quest in the episodes made during the series' short run.
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==Episodes==
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber = 1
 |Title = Blood of the Tiger 
 |DirectedBy = [[Marvin Chomsky]]  
 |WrittenBy = [[Stirling Silliphant]]
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1967|9|16}}
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber = 2
 |Title = The Allapur Conspiracy 
 |DirectedBy = [[Hollingsworth Morse]]  
 |WrittenBy = Mort R. Lewis
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1967|9|23}}
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber = 3
 |Title = Tiger Boy 
 |DirectedBy = Marvin Chomsky 
 |WrittenBy = {{StoryTeleplay|s= Charles Ackerman & Edwin Blum|t= [[Edwin Blum]]}}
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1967|10|7}}
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber = 4
 |Title = The Caper of the Golden Roe
 |DirectedBy = Marvin Chomsky 
 |WrittenBy = Stirling Silliphant
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1967|10|14}}
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber = 5
 |Title = Twilight of Empire
 |DirectedBy = Hollingsworth Morse  
 |WrittenBy = [[Richard J. Collins|Richard Collins]]
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1967|10|21}}
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber = 6
 |Title = Will the Real Prince Please Get Lost?
 |DirectedBy = Marvin Chomsky
 |WrittenBy = Peter Berneis
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1967|10|28}}
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber = 7
 |Title = The Demon of Kalamemi
 |DirectedBy = Herbert Coleman 
 |WrittenBy = Edwin Blum 
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1967|11|4}}
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber = 8
 |Title = The Khandur Uprising
 |DirectedBy = [[Allen Baron]]
 |WrittenBy = {{StoryTeleplay|s= Rik Vollaerts|t= Rik Vollaerts & Norman Katkov}}
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1967|11|18}}
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber = 9
 |Title = A Bus for Ramabad
 |DirectedBy = Marvin Chomsky 
 |WrittenBy = Howard Merrill
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1967|11|25}}
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber = 10
 |Title = The Root of Evil
 |DirectedBy = Allen Baron 
 |WrittenBy = {{StoryTeleplay|s= William Copeland|t= Paul Franklin}}
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1967|12|2}}
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber = 11
 |Title = Deadly Passage
 |DirectedBy = Hollingsworth Morse 
 |WrittenBy = {{StoryTeleplay|s= Loren Dayle|t= Rik Vollaerts}}
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1967|12|9}}
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber = 12
 |Title = Natira
 |DirectedBy = Herbert Coleman 
 |WrittenBy = Kay Lenard
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1967|12|23}}
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber = 13
 |Title = Mirrcan's Magic Circus
 |DirectedBy = Hollingsworth Morse  
 |WrittenBy = Kay Lenard
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1968|1|6}}
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber = 14
 |Title = The Son of Gammu Ghat
 |DirectedBy = Herbert Coleman
 |WrittenBy = Rik Vollaerts & [[Maxwell Shane]]
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1968|1|13}}
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber = 15
 |Title = The Treasure Temple
 |DirectedBy = Herbert Coleman 
 |WrittenBy = [[Lee Erwin (writer)|Lee Erwin]]
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1967|1|20}}
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber = 16
 |Title = The Ransom of Raji
 |DirectedBy = Allen Baron 
 |WrittenBy = {{StoryTeleplay|s= William Hersey & Richard David|t= Richard David & Maxwell Shane & Rik Vollaerts}}
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1968|1|27}}
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber = 17
 |Title = The Witness
 |DirectedBy = Herbert Coleman  
 |WrittenBy = {{StoryTeleplay|s= Lester Cole & Norman Katkov|t= Maxwell Shane & Norman Katkov}}
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1968|2|3}}
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber = 18
 |Title = The Legend of Whitney Markham
 |DirectedBy = Herbert Coleman 
 |WrittenBy = Norman Katkov
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1968|2|10}}
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==Production==
Filmed entirely on location, the series was produced by [[Frank King (producer)|Frank King]], who had also produced the 1966 feature film, ''[[Maya (1966 film)|Maya]]'', which inspired the series and starred Jay North, Sajid Khan, and [[Clint Walker]] as Terry's estranged father, who is never seen in the TV series.<ref>Maltin, Leonard – TV Movies 1981–82 Edition, New American Library, 1980</ref> The series ended after 18 episodes. It featured guest appearances by several noted Indian character actors, such as [[Iftekhar]], [[Prem Nath]] and [[I. S. Johar]].

Japanese singer Rajie got her stage name from the character Raji.

==DVD release==
On August 19, 2014, [[Warner Bros.]] released the complete series on DVD in Region 1 for the very first time via their [[Warner Archive Collection]].  This is a manufacture-on-demand (MOD) release.<ref>[http://tvshowsondvd.com/news/Maya-The-Complete-Series/20144 The 1967 'Complete Series,' Spun Off From the Film, Comes to DVD] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140809171105/http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Maya-The-Complete-Series/20144 |date=August 9, 2014 }}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb title|61278}}

[[Category:NBC television dramas]]
[[Category:1967 American television series debuts]]
[[Category:1968 American television series endings]]
[[Category:Live action television shows based on films]]
[[Category:Television series by MGM Television]]
[[Category:Television shows set in India]]
[[Category:Television series about elephants]]
[[Category:American adventure television series]]