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The Mary Tyler Moore Show

  • NR
  • 1970–1977
  • 7 seasons
  • Comedy
  • 7.7

Good night and good news.

30-year-old single Mary Richards moves to Minneapolis to start a new life after a romantic break-up. There she reacquaints with Phyllis who rents her a room, and meets her upstairs neighbor and new best friend Rhoda. Mary unexpectedly lands a job as associate producer at the TV station WJM, where she works alongside her bristly boss, Lou; the comical newswriter, Murray; and the newscast's often-incompetent anchor, Ted.

Episodes

24 episodes
  1. 1Edie Gets Married

    30 minSep 13, 1975

    Lou puts on a brave face when he learns that his ex-wife Edie is remarrying.

  2. 2Mary Moves Out

    30 minSep 20, 1975

    Mary, wanting some change in her life, makes the decision to move to a new apartment.

  3. 3Mary's Father

    30 minSep 27, 1975

    Mary researches a documentary with the help of a priest. He eventually decides to leave the Church, and Mary thinks that he has fallen in love with her.

  4. 4Murray In Love

    30 minOct 4, 1975

    Murray realizes that he's always been in love with Mary and wants desperately to tell her.

  5. 5Ted's Moment of Glory

    30 minOct 11, 1975

    Ted's jocular nature is ideal for hosting a game show in New York, and he successfully auditions for the job. But Mary and Lou wonder if they really want to see him go.

  6. 6Mary's Aunt

    30 minOct 18, 1975

    Mary's high-flying journalist aunt comes for a visit, and Lou finds that he has a rival in her.

  7. 7Chuckles Bites the Dust

    30 minOct 25, 1975

    Chuckles the Clown is crushed to death by a rogue elephant in a parade, which leaves all the newsroom staff in hysterics except Mary.

  8. 8Mary's Delinquent

    30 minNov 1, 1975

    Mary joins a Big Sisters scheme and tries to bring a teenage shoplifter to the side of good. Sue Ann, pursuing an award, decides to "adopt" a little sister as well but finds herself getting influenced.

  9. 9Ted's Wedding

    30 minNov 8, 1975

    Out of pity for Ted, Mary invites him & Georgette over for brunch. While he as an onion ring in his mouth, he proposes to Georgette...again. When, for the first time, Georgette says no, she & Ted have a talk and decide they want to get married now. They invite all their friends: Lou, Murray (with mud on his sweatshirt from his son's football game), and Sue Ann (who, in a spectacularily comedic enterance, brings a veil, flowers, and rice, among several other things). Ted's mom can't make it (she's washing her hair), but the incompetent minister comes straight from his tennis match. Best man Lou helps Ted calm his wedding day jitters. When the minister asks Ted if he takes Georgette to be his lawfully wedded wife, he pauses for a moment. Finally, with a smile on his face, he says, ""I do."" When they are pronounced husband & wife, Sue Ann sings the wedding march...very poorly, of course. Once the wedding ends and Lou, Murray, & Sue Ann leave, Ted asks, as if nothing had happened,

  10. 10Lou Douses an Old Flame

    30 minNov 15, 1975

    Lou meets up with a woman who had sent him a 'Dear John' letter during World War II but is disappointed to learn her motives for doing so.

  11. 11Mary Richards Falls in Love

    30 minNov 22, 1975

    Mary is convinced she has really fallen in love, but her boyfriend seems reluctant in saying those three magic words, 'I love you'.

  12. 12Ted's Tax Refund

    30 minNov 29, 1975

    Ted is overjoyed when he gets a tax refund and splurges out on everyone at the newsroom, but is later shocked when the IRS informs him that he will be audited.

  13. 13The Happy Homemaker Takes Lou Home

    30 minDec 6, 1975

    Sue Ann gets Mary to ask Lou out on a date on her behalf. Lou accepts, not realizing who Mary's 'friend' is.

  14. 14One Boyfriend Too Many

    30 minDec 13, 1975

    Mary's old flame Dan Whitfield, who once proposed to her, returns to Minneapolis and she's forced to choose between him and her current boyfriend.

  15. 15What Do You Want to Do When You Produce?

    30 minDec 20, 1975

    Initially delighted at the chance of producing the Happy Homemaker show, Murray quickly becomes miserable when he realizes the menial tasks he has to do for Sue Ann.

  16. 16Not With My Wife, I Don't

    30 minJan 3, 1976

    Ted and Georgette face marital problems, but Ted refuses to see a counselor unless Lou goes with him.

  17. 17The Seminar

    30 minJan 10, 1976

    Lou and Mary go on a press junket to Washington, DC. Lou was once a correspondent there, but Mary has difficulty believing him about his contacts.

  18. 18Once I Had a Secret Love

    30 minJan 17, 1976

    Lou has spent the night with Sue Ann, and confides in Mary. Their friendship is almost ruined when Mary is unable to keep the secret.

  19. 19Menage-a-Lou

    30 minJan 24, 1976

    Lou almost ruins one of Mary's parties when his old girlfriend, Charlene Maguire, arrives with a date. He tries to make her jealous by taking out one of Mary's neighbors.

  20. 20Murray Takes a Stand

    30 minJan 31, 1976

    Murray is unhappy with the new station owner's policies and tells him off over the phone one evening. However, the station owner fires him the following day.

  21. 21Mary's Aunt Returns

    30 minFeb 7, 1976

    Mary's Aunt Flo and Lou both prepare competing ideas for a TV documentary.

  22. 22A Reliable Source

    30 minFeb 21, 1976

    Mary learns that an old friend seeking re-election to Congress had financial help from the mob. Lou threatens to use the story on the air.

  23. 23Sue Ann Falls in Love

    30 minFeb 28, 1976

    Sue Ann has fallen in love, but her new boyfriend is less scrupulous than he first seems.

  24. 24Ted and the Kid

    30 minMar 6, 1976

    Ted and Georgette decide to adopt a son after Ted is informed he cannot have children.

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Series cast

Mary Tyler MooreMary Richards168 episodes
Ed AsnerLou Grant168 episodes
Gavin MacLeodMurray Slaughter168 episodes
Ted KnightTed Baxter168 episodes
Valerie HarperRhoda Morgenstern97 episodes
Cloris LeachmanPhyllis Lindstrom45 episodes
Georgia EngelGeorgette Baxter30 episodes
Betty WhiteSue Ann Nivens23 episodes
John AmosGordy Howard13 episodes
Lisa GerritsenBess10 episodes
Joyce BulifantMarie Slaughter7 episodes
John GabrielAndy Rivers5 episodes
Priscilla MorrillEdie Grant5 episodes
Nancy WalkerIda Morgenstern4 episodes
Richard SchaalHoward Arnell4 episodes
Henry CordenHarry3 episodes
Beverly SandersWaitress3 episodes
Dick BalduzziFred3 episodes

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