 "Madman of the People" was produced by Spelling Television.The series stars character actor Dabney Coleman as Jack "Madman" Buckner, an outspoken newspaper columnist who had written a popular column, "Madman of the People", in "Your Times" magazine for 30 years.The premise of the show involves Buckner's daughter, Meg (Cynthia Gibb), being brought in by the publisher to bring Buckner's column into the 1990s.