Ted Baxter
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Ted Baxter is a vain, bumbling, and egotistical TV news anchor who serves as a major comic figure on the classic sitcom "The Mary Tyler Moore Show."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ted Baxter canonical | 5 |
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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sitcom character ⓘ television character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Mary Tyler Moore Show ⓘ |
| appearsInGenre | workplace comedy ⓘ |
| broadcastFormatOfSeries | half-hour sitcom ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
bumbling
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cowardly ⓘ egotistical ⓘ incompetent ⓘ pompous ⓘ self-absorbed ⓘ status-conscious ⓘ vain ⓘ |
| comicArchetype | buffoonish anchorman ⓘ |
| countryOfOriginOfSeries |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| createdFor | The Mary Tyler Moore Show ⓘ |
| employerInFiction | WJM-TV news department ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceSeries |
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
ⓘ
surface form:
The Mary Tyler Moore Show Season 1
|
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre | situation comedy ⓘ |
| hairStyle | silver hair ⓘ |
| inspiredCharacterType | stereotypical vain news anchor ⓘ |
| jobTitleInSeries | anchorman at WJM-TV ⓘ |
| knownFor |
booming announcer voice
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mangled news reports ⓘ on-air blunders ⓘ |
| languageOfSeries | English ⓘ |
| medium | television ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | comic relief ⓘ |
| networkOfSeries | CBS ⓘ |
| occupation |
TV news anchor
ⓘ
newsreader ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Ted Knight ⓘ |
| relationship |
colleague of Lou Grant
ⓘ
colleague of Mary Richards ⓘ colleague of Murray Slaughter ⓘ friend of Georgette Franklin ⓘ |
| roleInSeries | major comic figure ⓘ |
| seriesDebutYear | 1970 ⓘ |
| seriesEndYear | 1977 ⓘ |
| settingCity | Minneapolis ⓘ |
| spouse | Georgette Franklin Baxter ⓘ |
| worksAt | WJM-TV ⓘ |
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.