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===Maya Gallo===
The character of Maya Gallo is portrayed by [[Laura San Giacomo]]. In the pilot, Maya is largely characterised as a hot-tempered, sassy [[journalist]] who takes on a job at the fictional glamour fashion magazine ''Blush'', owned by her father [[Jack Gallo]], after she was fired for tampering with an anchorwoman's [[teleprompter]] and making her cry on the air. She is shown to have headstrong smarts despite her naïveté about life. Though she is seen as attractive and uses this if a situation calls for it, Maya frowns upon men looking at women solely as objects of sexual desire, and in keeping with her [[feminist]] views, instead encourages people to admire women for their intelligence or other attributes. However, this view puts her at odds with most of the magazine's staff, thus providing much of the comedic conflict of the series.

She is commonly mistaken for being [[Puerto Rico|Puerto Rican]]. Her birthday is January 1, but her father Jack is unable to remember it. (Ep. "Sweet Charity").

Maya is often seen [[dating]] other characters on the show. She and Elliot are shown as a couple for quite some time, and they are briefly engaged. However, Elliot's fear of commitment causes him to instantly have a panic attack moments after he proposes to her. Among her other dates were Michael Tenzer ([[David Rasche]]), Chris ([[Dean Cain]]), [[Ray Liotta]], and another man named Chris ([[Joe Rogan]]). Although she is involved in several relationships, she is never depicted getting legally married in the series. She is also very skilled at [[Pitch (softball)|pitching]]; when she pitches a baseball to Dennis Finch, he thinks his hand is broken. However, if Maya starts pitching, she can't stop.