The Mary Tyler Moore Show
(1970-1977)
Comedy / Family / Sitcom
30 minutes
Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota. The misadventures, joys, sorrows, and romantic heartaches of Mary Richards, a beautiful young bachelorette.
Stories depict: her home life at 119 North Weatherly, Apartment D, with her friends , Rhoda Morganstern, the upstairs tenant, an interior decorator at Hempel’s Department Store; and Phyllis Lindstrom, a busybody, the owner of the building; and her working life in the newsroom at WJM-TV Channel 12, where, as the associate producer of 'The Six O’Clock News' program, she struggles to function in the man’s world of an irascible producer, Lou Grant ; a softhearted newswriter, Murray Slaughter; and a naricissistic anchorman, Ted Baxter.
Cast:
Mary Richards - Mary Tyler Moore
Rhoda Morganstern - Valerie Harper
Lou Grant - Edward Asner
Ted Baxter - Ted Knight
Murray Slaughter - Gavin MacLeod
Phyllis Lindstrom - Cloris Leachman
Bess Lindstrom, Phyllis’s Daughter - Lisa Gerritsen
Gordon Howard (Gordie), the station weatherman - John Amos
Martin Morganstern, Rhoda ’s father - Harold Gould
Ida Morganstern, Rhoda ’s mother - Nancy Walker
Georgette Franklin, Ted’s romantic interest - Georgia Engel
Sue Anne Nevins, the host of Channel 12’s 'Happy Homemaker Show' - Betty White
Dotty Richards, Mary’s mother - Nanette Fabray
Walter Reed Richards, Mary’s father, a retired doctor - Bill Quinn
Marie Slaughter, Murray’s wife - Joyce Bulifant
Pete, a newsteam staff member - Benjamin Chuley
Edie Grant, Lou’s ex-wife - Priscilla Morrill
Andy Rivers, Mary’s occasional date - John Gabriel
Music: Pat Williams
Theme vocal: 'Love Is All Around' Sonny Curtis
CBS Premiered: September 19, 1970. Spin-off series: “Rhoda ”
168 Episodes aired from September 19, 1970 to March 19, 1977
Season One
1. Love is All Around 9/19/1970
2. Today I Am a Ma'am 9/26/1970
3. Bess, You is My Daughter Now 10/3/1970
4. Divorce Isn't Everything 10/10/1970
5. Keep Your Guard Up 10/17/1970
6. Support Your Local Mother 10/24/1970
7. Toulousse-Lautrec is One of My Favorite Artists 10/31/1970
8. The Snow Must Go On 11/7/1970
9. Bob & Rhoda & Teddy & Mary 11/14/1970
10. Assistant Wanted, Female 11/21/1970
11. 1040 or Fight 11/28/1970
12. Anchorman Overboard 12/5/1970
13. He's All Yours 12/12/1970
14. Christmas and the Hard Luck Kid 12/19/1970
15. Howard's Girl 1/2/1971
16. Party is Such Sweet Sorrow 1/9/1971
17. Just a Lunch 1/16/1971
18. Second Story Story 1/23/1971
19. We Closed in Minneapolis 1/30/1971
20. Hi! 2/6/1971
21. The Boss Isn't Coming to Dinner 2/13/1971
22. A Friend in Deed 2/20/1971
23. Smokey the Bear Wants You 2/27/1971
24. The 45-Year-Old Man 3/6/1971
Season Two
25. The Birds ... and ... um ... Bees 9/18/1971
26. I Am Curious Cooper 9/25/1971
27. He's No Heavy ... He's My Brother 10/2/1971
28. Room 223 10/9/1971
29. A Girl's Best Mother Is Not Her Friend 10/16/1971
30. Cover Boy 10/23/1971
31. Didn't You Used to Be ... Wait ... Don't Tell Me 10/30/1971
32. Thoroughly Unmilitant Mary 11/6/1971
33. And Now, Sitting in for Ted Baxter 11/13/1971
34. Don't Break the Chain 11/20/1971
35. The Six-and-a-Half-Year Itch 11/27/1971
36. ... Is a Friend in Need 12/4/1971
37. The Square-Shaped Room 12/11/1971
38. Ted Over Heels 12/18/1971
39. The Five-Minute Dress 1/1/1972
40. Feeb 1/8/1972
41. The Slaughter Affair 1/15/1972
42. Baby Sit-Com 1/22/1972
43. More Than Neighbors 1/29/1972
44. The Care and Feeding of Parents 2/5/1972
45. Where There's Smoke, There's Rhoda 2/12/1972
46. You Certainly Are a Big Boy 2/19/1972
47. Some of My Best Friends Are Rhoda 2/26/1972
48. His Two Right Arms 3/4/1972
Season Three
49. The Good-Time News 9/16/1972
50. What is Mary Richards Really Like? 9/23/1972
51. Who's in Charge Here? 9/30/1972
52. Enter Rhoda 's Parents 10/7/1972
53. It's Whether You Win or Lose 10/14/1972
54. Rhoda the Beautiful 10/21/1972
55. Just Around the Corner 10/28/1972
56. But Seriously, Folks 11/4/1972
57. Farmer Ted and the News 11/11/1972
58. Have I Found a Guy for You 11/18/1972
59. You've Got a Friend 11/25/1972
60. It Was Fascination, I Know 12/2/1972
61. Operation: Lou 12/9/1972
62. Rhoda Morgenstern: Minneapolis to New York 12/16/1972
63. The Courtship of Mary's Father's Daughter 12/23/1972
64. Lou's Place 1/6/1973
65. My Brother's Keeper 1/13/1973
66. The Georgette Story 1/20/1973
67. Romeo and Mary 1/27/1973
68. What Do You Do When the Boss Says, "I Love You"? 2/3/1973
69. Murray Faces Life 2/10/1973
70. Remembrance of Things Past 2/17/1973
71. Put On a Happy Face 2/24/1973
72. Mary Richards and the Incredible Plant Lady 3/3/1973
Season Four
73. The Lars Affair 9/15/1973
74. Angels in the Snow 9/22/1973
75. Rhoda 's Sister Gets Married 9/29/1973
76. The Lou and Edie Story 10/6/1973
77. Hi There, Sports Fans 10/13/1973
78. Father's Day 10/20/1973
79. Son of "But Seriously Folks" 10/27/1973
80. Lou's First Date 11/3/1973
81. Love Blooms at Hemples 11/10/1973
82. The Dinner Party 11/17/1973
83. Just Friends 11/24/1973
84. We Want Baxter 12/1/1973
85. I Gave at the Office 12/8/1973
86. Almost a Nun's Story 12/15/1973
87. Happy Birthday, Lou! 12/22/1973
88. WJM Tries Harder 1/5/1974
89. Cottage for Sale 1/12/1974
90. The Co-Producers 1/19/1974
91. Best of Enemies 1/26/1974
92. Better Late ... That's a Pun ... Than Never 2/2/1974
93. Ted Baxter Meets Walter Cronkite 2/9/1974
94. Lou's Second Date 2/16/1974
95. Two Wrongs Don't Make a Writer 2/23/1974
96. I Was a Single for WJM 3/2/1974
Season Five
97. Will Mary Richards Go to Jail? 9/14/1974
98. Not Just Another Pretty Face 9/21/1974
99. You Sometimes Hurt the One You Hate 9/28/1974
100. Lou and That Woman 10/5/1974
101. The Outsider 10/12/1974
102. I Love a Piano 10/19/1974
103. A New Sue Ann 10/26/1974
104. Menage-a-Phyllis 11/2/1974
105. Not a Christmas Story 11/9/1974
106. What Are Friends For? 11/16/1974
107. A Boy's Best Friend 11/23/1974
108. A Son for Murray 11/30/1974
109. Neighbors 12/7/1974
110. A Girl Like Mary 12/14/1974
111. An Affair to Forget 12/21/1974
112. Mary Richards: Producer 1/4/1975
113. The System 1/11/1975
114. Phyllis Whips Inflation 1/18/1975
115. The Shame of the Cities 1/25/1975
116. Marriage Minneapolis Style 2/1/1975
117. You Try To Be a Nice Guy 2/8/1975
118. You Can't Lose 'em All 2/15/1975
119. Ted Baxter's Famous Broadcasters' School 2/22/1975
120. Anyone Who Hates Kids and Dogs 3/8/1975
Season Six
121. Edie Gets Married 9/13/1975
122. Mary Moves Out 9/20/1975
123. Mary's Father 9/27/1975
124. Murray In Love 10/4/1975
125. Ted's Moment of Glory 10/11/1975
126. Mary's Aunt 10/18/1975
127. Chuckles Bites the Dust 10/25/1975
128. Mary's Delinquent 11/1/1975
129. Ted's Wedding 11/8/1975
130. Lou Douses an Old Flame 11/15/1975
131. Mary Richards Falls in Love 11/22/1975
132. Ted's Tax Refund 11/29/1975
133. The Happy Homemaker Takes Lou Home 12/6/1975
134. One Boyfriend Too Many 12/13/1975
135. What Do You Want to Do When You Produce? 12/20/1975
136. Not With My Wife, I Don't 1/3/1976
137. The Seminar 1/10/1976
138. Once I Had a Secret Love 1/17/1976
139. Menage-a-Lou 1/24/1976
140. Murray Takes a Stand 1/31/1976
141. Mary's Aunt Returns 2/7/1976
142. A Reliable Source 2/21/1976
143. Sue Ann Falls in Love 2/28/1976
144. Ted and the Kid 3/6/1976
Season Seven
145. Mary Midwife 9/25/1976
146. Mary the Writer 10/2/1976
147. Sue Ann's Sister 10/9/1976
148. What's Wrong with Swimming? 10/16/1976
149. Ted's Change of Heart 10/23/1976
150. One Producer Too Many 10/30/1976
151. My Son, the Genius 11/6/1976
152. Mary Gets a Lawyer 11/13/1976
153. Lou Proposes 11/20/1976
154. Murray Can't Lose 11/27/1976
155. Mary's Insomnia 12/4/1976
156. Ted's Temptation 12/11/1976
157. Look at Us, We're Walking 12/25/1976
158. The Critic 1/8/1977
159. Lou's Army Reunion 1/15/1977
160. The Ted and Georgette Show 1/22/1977
161. Sue Ann Gets the Ax 1/29/1977
162. Hail the Conquering Gordy 2/5/1977
163. Mary and the Sexagenarian 2/12/1977
164. Murray Ghosts for Ted 2/19/1977
165. Mary's Three Husbands 2/26/1977
166. Mary's Big Party 3/5/1977
167. Lou Dates Mary 3/12/1977
168. The Last Show 3/19/1977
