"Mary Tyler Moore" (1970) TV series 1970-1977

User Rating:

8.5/10   

Creators:

James L. Brooks
Allan Burns

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7

Release Date:

19 September 1970 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

The lives and trials of a young single woman and her friends, both at work and at home.

Plot Keywords:

Television | Producer | Single | Single Woman | Unrequited Love

Awards:

Won 3 Golden Globes. Another 36 wins & 69 nominations

Cast

Mary Tyler Moore	...	Mary Richards (168 episodes, 1970-1977)
Gavin MacLeod	...	Murray Slaughter / ... (168 episodes, 1970-1977)
Edward Asner	...	Lou Grant (167 episodes, 1970-1977)
Ted Knight	...	Ted Baxter (166 episodes, 1970-1977)
Valerie Harper	...	Rhoda Morgenstern (92 episodes, 1970-1977)

Also Known As:

The Mary Tyler Moore Show (USA) (promotional title)

Runtime:

30 min (168 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Filming Locations:

CBS Studio Center - 4024 Radford Avenue, Studio City, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

MTM Enterprises

Trivia:

The show was originally planned to be about a divorced woman, but because divorce was still a hot subject in 1970, they settled for a broken engagement instead. Also, the network was afraid people would think that Mary had divorced Rob Petrie, her character's husband on "The Dick Van Dyke Show" (1961), losing the audience's sympathy.

Goofs:

Continuity: Exteriors of Mary's residence show that the apartment with the balcony (which would be Mary's, based on the interior shots of her apartment) is on the top floor, yet Rhoda's apartment is upstairs from Mary's.

Quotes:

Chuckles the Clown: [attributed] A little song, a little dance, a little seltzer down your pants.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Sabrina, the Teenage Witch: Thin Ice (#6.6)" (2001)

Soundtrack:

Love Is All Around

One of the best.

Right up there with the Dick Van Dyke show, in fact directed by some of the same people, this is another great sitcom. It seems they come along once a decade or so, and this is definitely a great one. Mary Tyler Moore is the newly liberated woman at work, dealing with all the same sexist stuff she dealt with in 1961 on the Dick Van Dyke show, but in a totally different way. The supporting cast is marvelous, from Ed Asner to Valerie Harper (as 'Rhoda') to the irrepressible Ted Knight as the vain news anchor. Hysterical stuff.