The Mary Tyler Moore Show: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

The Mary Tyler Moore Show was one of the most literate, realistic, and enduring situation comedies of the 1970s. Mary Richards was the idealized single career woman. She had come to Minneapolis after breaking up with a man she had been dating for four years. Ambitious, and looking for new friends, she moved into an older apartment building and went to work as an assistant producer of the local news show on television station WJM-TV. In her early 30s, Mary symbolized the independent woman of the 1970s.

Series details

• Title: The Mary Tyler Moore Show
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Comedy
• Premiere date: 1970-09-19
• Final broadcast date listed: 1977-03-19
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: CBS
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 7.9/10
• TVMaze ID: 4050

Cast and credited roles

• Mary Tyler Moore — Mary Richards
• Gavin MacLeod — Murray Slaughter
• Edward Asner — Lou Grant
• Ted Knight — Ted Baxter
• Valerie Harper — Rhoda Morgenstern
• Georgia Engel — Georgette Franklin Baxter
• Betty White — Sue Ann Nivens

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1970-09-19; final listed air date 1971-03-06; episode order: 24.
• Season 2: premiered 1971-09-18; final listed air date 1972-03-04; episode order: 24.
• Season 3: premiered 1972-09-16; final listed air date 1973-03-03; episode order: 24.
• Season 4: premiered 1973-09-15; final listed air date 1974-03-02; episode order: 24.
• Season 5: premiered 1974-09-14; final listed air date 1975-03-08; episode order: 24.
• Season 6: premiered 1975-09-13; final listed air date 1976-03-06; episode order: 24.
• Season 7: premiered 1976-09-25; final listed air date 1977-03-19; episode order: 24.

Source and licence

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