The Mary Tyler Moore Show

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American television sitcom sitcom television series

The Mary Tyler Moore Show is a landmark 1970s American sitcom that followed the personal and professional life of a single career woman in a Minneapolis TV newsroom, widely praised for its sharp writing, ensemble cast, and progressive portrayal of women.

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instanceOf American television sitcom ⓘ
sitcom ⓘ
television series ⓘ
awardReceived Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series ⓘ
broadcastFormat half-hour ⓘ
cameraSetup multi-camera ⓘ
character Lou Grant ⓘ
Mary Richards NERFINISHED ⓘ
Murray Slaughter ⓘ
Phyllis Lindstrom ⓘ
Rhoda Morgenstern ⓘ
Sue Ann Nivens ⓘ
Ted Baxter ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
creator Allan Burns ⓘ
James L. Brooks ⓘ
decadeOfSetting 1970s ⓘ
filmingStyle shot on film ⓘ
firstAired 1970-09-19 ⓘ
firstAiredYear 1970 ⓘ
genre sitcom ⓘ
lastAired 1977-03-19 ⓘ
lastAiredYear 1977 ⓘ
leadCharacterOccupation associate producer at TV news station ⓘ
leadCharacterStatus single woman ⓘ
notableFor ensemble cast ⓘ
progressive portrayal of women ⓘ
sharp writing ⓘ
numberOfEpisodes 168 ⓘ
numberOfSeasons 7 ⓘ
openingSequenceFeature Mary Richards tossing her hat in the air in downtown Minneapolis ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
originalNetwork CBS ⓘ
productionCompany MTM Enterprises ⓘ
settingLocation Minneapolis NERFINISHED ⓘ
television newsroom ⓘ
spinOff Lou Grant ⓘ
Phyllis ⓘ
Rhoda ⓘ
starring Betty White ⓘ
Cloris Leachman ⓘ
Ed Asner ⓘ
surface form: Edward Asner

Gavin MacLeod ⓘ
Mary Tyler Moore ⓘ
Ted Knight ⓘ
Valerie Harper ⓘ
theme single career woman ⓘ
television journalism ⓘ
women in the workplace ⓘ

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I Love Lucy → influenced → The Mary Tyler Moore Show ⓘ
TV Land Award → notableRecipient → The Mary Tyler Moore Show ⓘ
Betty White → notableRoleIn → The Mary Tyler Moore Show ⓘ
Betty White → notableWork → The Mary Tyler Moore Show ⓘ
Cloris Leachman → notableWork → The Mary Tyler Moore Show ⓘ
Gavin MacLeod → notableWork → The Mary Tyler Moore Show ⓘ
Mary Tyler Moore → notableWork → The Mary Tyler Moore Show ⓘ
Gavin MacLeod → portrayedIn → The Mary Tyler Moore Show ⓘ