THE MARY TYLER MOORE SHOW

19707.7 RATING7 SEASONS168 EPISODESCOMEDY

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.

PRINCIPAL CAST

MARY TYLER MOOREMary Richards

ED ASNERLou Grant

GAVIN MACLEODMurray Slaughter

TED KNIGHTTed Baxter

SERIES GUIDE

SEASONS & EPISODES

SEASON

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S01 E01

1970-09-19 / 25 MIN

LOVE IS ALL AROUND

The classic series begins its classic 7-year run in Mary's apartment. Mary Richards, a 30-year-old single woman, has left her long-time boyfriend, Bill, to be with her old friend, Phyllis Lindstrom, in Minneapolis. (Mary originally lived in Roseburg, MN.) Why did Mary leave Bill? After promising to her that he would marry her right after his internship at the hospital, he said, ""Why rush into things???"" Meanwhile, she's already having troubles with her new apartment--a bitter upstairs neightbor, Rhoda Morgenstern, insists that she owns Mary's apartment!

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S01 E02

1970-09-26 / 25 MIN

TODAY I AM A MA'AM

Mary is worried now that she's outside the 15-29 demographic group which the station classifies as 'young', and the mailboy has called her 'Ma'am'. Rhoda persuades her into calling an old boyfriend for a get-together.

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S01 E03

1970-10-03 / 25 MIN

BESS, YOU IS MY DAUGHTER NOW

When Phyllis's husband Lars takes ill, she asks Mary to babysit Bess for a few days. Bess decides she wants to stay permanently with Mary, to Phyllis's dismay.

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S01 E04

1970-10-10 / 25 MIN

DIVORCE ISN'T EVERYTHING

Mary and Rhoda find out that divorcees at the Better Luck Next Time club can get group rates on cruises and decide to join. However, Mary proves a hit with the club's members and gets elected to its board.

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S01 E05

1970-10-17 / 25 MIN

KEEP YOUR GUARD UP

A football player turned insurance salesman applies for a job as a sportscaster and attaches himself to Mary. Mary and Rhoda discover that he hasn't had much success at anything and encourage him to pursue his dreams.

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S01 E06

1970-10-24 / 25 MIN

SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL MOTHER

Rhoda's mother, Ida, comes visiting and Rhoda refuses to see her. Ida stays with Mary but drives her crazy.

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Toulouse-Lautrec is One of My Favorite Artists still

S01 E07

1970-10-31 / 26 MIN

TOULOUSE-LAUTREC IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE ARTISTS

Mary begins seeing an author who appeared as a guest on WJM-TV's Scrutiny, and becomes extremely self-conscious after discovering he is several inches shorter than her.

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S01 E08

1970-11-07 / 25 MIN

THE SNOW MUST GO ON

A snowstorm leaves Mary producing her first program, broadcasting the results of the local elections. The show has to remain on until a winner is declared and no word is received at the newsroom.

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S01 E09

1970-11-14 / 25 MIN

BOB & RHODA & TEDDY & MARY

Mary is nominated for her first Television Editors' Award (the ""Teddies""), but at home Rhoda's boyfriend Bob takes more of an interest in Mary than in Rhoda.

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