Series regulars or semi-regulars in 'The Mary Tyler Moore Show' from 1970-1982:
- Edward Asner as Lou Grant (1970-1977)
- Gavin MacLeod as Murray Slaughter (1970-1977)
- Mary Tyler Moore as Mary Richards (1970-1977)
- Ted Knight as Ted Baxter (1970-1977)
- Cloris Leachman as Phyllis Lindstrom (1970-1975)
- Valerie Harper as Rhoda Morgenstern (1970-1974)
- Betty White as Sue Ann Nivens (1973-1977)
- Georgia Engel as Georgette Franklin Baxter (1973-1977)
1970-1982 Episode Guide for 'The Mary Tyler Moore Show':
(Episodes with dates prior to 1970 aired as reruns.)
Season 1, episode 1
W: Allan Burns, James L. Brooks D: Jay Sandrich
With Lisa Gerritsen (Bess Lindstrom), Angus Duncan (Bill), David Morick (Locksmith). Situation comedy about a girl who leaves behind a four-year romance to seek a new life. She arrives in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area and applies for a job as secretary in a local TV newsroom but is hired instead as associate producer. In the first episode, she encounters a frustrated mother (guest star Cloris Leachman) in the apartment house.
Season 1, episode 2
W: Treva Silverman D: Jay Sandrich
With Richard Schaal (Howard Arnell), Jack De Mave (Armand Lynton), David Hayward (Mailroom Boy), Sheila Wells (Nancy Lynton). Mary and friend Rhoda push the panic button at being 30 and single and decide to do something about it. Making up a list of available men, they get only two!
Season 1, episode 3
W: John D.F. Black D: Jay Sandrich
With Lisa Gerritsen (Bess Lindstrom). Mary comes face to face with the generation gap when she plays substitute mother to a precocious 12-year-old, whose actions upset all the established rules for "baby sitting".
Season 1, episode 4
W: Treva Silverman D: Alan Rafkin
With Shelley Berman (Dr. Walter Udall), Jane Connell (Karen Norris), Pat Finley (Sparkie), Gino Conforti (Roy), Dave Ketchum (Hal), Vernon Weddle (Richie). Rhoda talks Mary into accompanying her to a club for divorced persons, even though it means they both must pretend to have been married.
Season 1, episode 5
W: Steve Pritzker D: Alan Rafkin
With John Schuck (Frank Carelli), Timothy Brown (Himself). An ex-pro football player turned insurance salesman brings confusion into the life of Mary, who tries to get him a sportscaster job on television.
Season 1, episode 6
W: Allan Burns, James L. Brooks D: Alan Rafkin
With Nancy Walker (Ida Morgenstern). Rhoda's overly possessive mother arrives to visit her daughter, but when Rhoda refuses to see her because they always fight, mother moves in with Mary and showers her with substitute-mother love.
Season 1, episode 7
W: Gordon Mitchell, Lloyd Turner D: Jay Sandrich
With Hamilton Camp (Eric Matthews), Robert Rothwell (Floor Manager). Mary is attracted to a visiting author but is embarrassed to date him because he is shorter than she.
Season 1, episode 8
W: Lorenzo Music, David Davis D: Jay Sandrich
With Richard Schaal (Chuckles the Clown), Ivor Francis (Father Flint), Robert Rothwell (Floor Manager), Mimi Kirk (Phone Girl). Mary Richards produces her first television news show despite the obstacles of a rebellious crew and a tote board that breaks down.
Season 1, episode 9
W: Bob Rodgers D: Peter Baldwin
With Dick Patterson (Emcee), Henry Corden (Mr. Hartunian), Greg Mullavey (Bob). Rhoda's new boyfriend falls for Mary and threatens the girls' friendship.
Season 1, episode 10
W: Treva Silverman D: Peter Baldwin
With John Amos (Gordy Howard). Mary is swamped by work in the newsroom and is given permission to hire an assistant, but against her better judgement she's talked into giving her nutty neighbor a crack at the job.
Season 1, episode 11
W: Lorenzo Music, David Davis D: Jay Sandrich
With Paul Sand (Robert C. Brand), Gloria Lord (Waitress), David Hayward (Delivery Boy). Mary Richards' income tax return is being audited and it's time to press the panic button. She proves to be so honest and helpful that the auditor invites her out to dinner -- if she will loan him $10.
Season 1, episode 12
W: Lorenzo Music D: Jay Sandrich
With Bob Duggan (Clock Man), Bill Fiore (Dave Curson). Phyllis asks Mary to use her influence with a TV news personality to be the guest speaker at a ladies' club meeting, unaware that the guy needs help to write his name.
Season 1, episode 13
W: Bob Rodgers D: Jay Sandrich
With Wes Stern (Allen Stevens). Mary has misgivings after inviting a young cameraman to her house for dinner after he was almost fired. The "kid" turns out to be very advanced for his age.
Season 1, episode 14
W: Allan Burns, James L. Brooks D: Jay Sandrich
With Ned Wertimer (Fred), Henry Corden (Charlie). Mary's plans to spend the holidays with her family are thwarted when she learns that she has to work in the newsroom on both Christmas eve and Christmas day -- alone.
Season 1, episode 15
W: Treva Silverman D: Jay Sandrich
With Richard Schaal (Paul Arnell), Henry Jones (Mr. Arnell), Mary Jackson (Mrs. Arnell). Mary Richards is attracted to a man whose brother she used to date, and finds herself in an awkward situation with the brothers' parents.
Season 1, episode 16
W: Martin Cohan D: Jay Sandrich
With John Amos (Gordy Howard), Richard Clair (Bob Freelander). Mary is offered a better job at better pay but hates to leave her friends at the station, despite their plans to hold a farewell party to end all such affairs.
Season 1, episode 17
W: Allan Burns, James L. Brooks D: Bruce Bilson
With Joyce Bulifant (Marie Slaughter), Monte Markham (John Corcoran), Gloria Lord (Woman in Restaurant). A handsome war correspondent, fresh from the Vietnam front, pays a visit to the television newsroom where he used to work and makes a big play for Mary.
Season 1, episode 18
W: Steve Pritzker D: Jay Sandrich
With Bob Dishy (Officer Larry Tully), Vic Tayback (Officer Jackson), Burt Mustin (Old Man), James McCallion (Ed Sprinkle). When her apartment is burglarized, not once but twice, Mary finds her remaining possessions consist of only of what she happened to be wearing at the time.
Season 1, episode 19
W: Gail Parent, Kenny Solms D: Jay Sandrich
With Joyce Bulifant (Marie Slaughter), Elliott Street (Milt). Murray's play, "All Work and No Play", is finally produced but his happiness is short-lived when he discovers that the leading role will be played by Ted.
Season 1, episode 20
W: Treva Silverman D: Jay Sandrich
With Pat Carroll (Loretta Kuhne), Bruce Kirby (Bert), Lynn Wood (Nurse), Robert Casper (Anesthesiologist), Arthur Abelson (Attendant). Mary checks into the hospital for a tonsillectomy and finds out that her nasty-tempered roommate gives her more trouble than the operation.
Season 1, episode 21
W: Lorenzo Music, David Davis D: Jay Sandrich
With John Amos (Gordy Howard), Paul Micale (Waiter). Mary can't seem to understand why her boss keeps turning down her dinner invitation. A phone coversation with his wife clears the air.
Season 1, episode 22
W: Susan Silver D: Jay Sandrich
With Pat Finley (Twinks McFarland). One of Mary's childhood friends from summer camp days turns up as the new receptionist at the television station and wastes no time in re-establishing the friendship.
Season 1, episode 23
W: Steve Pritzker D: Jay Sandrich
With Michael Callan (Chuck Pelligrini). A man falls in love with Rhoda, but she's worried about his business connections. With no visible means of income, his wardrobe and flashy foreign sports car indicate a possible link with the underworld.
Season 1, episode 24
W: George Kirgo D: Herbert Kenwith
With John Amos (Gordy Howard), Richard Roat (Barry Phelps), Sidney Clute (Everett Edwards), Richard Libertini (Big Chicken), Slim Pickens (Wild Jack Munroe). When Mary learns that her boss is about to lose his job because the ratings of the station have gone down, she decides to take matters into her own hands. She visits the owner of the station, an eccentric millionaire.
September 18, 1971: The Birds . . . And . . . Um . . . Bees
Season 2, episode 1
W: Treva Silverman D: Jay Sandrich
With Lisa Gerritsen (Bess Lindstrom), John Amos (Gordy). The second season begins with Mary getting trapped into talking to a young girl about the birds and the bees when the girl's mother admits she can't cope with the situation.
Season 2, episode 2
W: David Davis, Lorenzo Music D: Jay Sandrich
With Michael Constantine (Mike Cooper), Shizuko Iwamatsu (Mama Moto). A middle-aged bachelor friend of Lou Grant's who is intrigued by Mary's telephone voice asks Lou to fix him up with a date.
Season 2, episode 3
W: Allan Burns D: Jerry Paris
With John Amos (Gordy Howard), Frank Ramirez (Gustavo), Annette Molen (Jackie). Mary and Rhoda take an unplanned vacation to Mexico but have to do a favor for a Mexican restaurant owner in order to get reservations.
Season 2, episode 4
W: Susan Silver D: Jay Sandrich
With Michael Tolan (Dan Whitfield), Val Bisoglio (Mr. De Forest), Florida Friebus (Mrs. Marshall). Mary and Rhoda enroll in a night school course in journalism and Mary begins dating the lecturer.
Season 2, episode 5
W: David Davis, Lorenzo Music D: Jay Sandrich
With Lisa Gerritsen (Bess Lindstrom), Nancy Walker (Ida Morgenstern). Still unable to bridge the generation gap, Rhoda and her mother remain at odds until Mrs. Morgenstern talks to Phyllis and decides to test her theory of being a pal instead of just a mother.
Season 2, episode 6
W: Treva Silverman D: Jay Sandrich
With Jack Cassidy (Hal Baxter). The brother of TV news anchorman Ted Baxter becomes a rival when he visits the station and shows an interest in Mary.
Season 2, episode 7
W: Allan Burns D: Jay Sandrich
With Richard Schaal (Howard Arnell), Jack Riley (Eldon Golfax), Ron Masak (Ed Mims), Pippa Scott (Estelle). When Mary Richards goes home for a high school reunion, the class president needles her for not having found a husband yet.
Season 2, episode 8
W: Martin Cohan D: Jay Sandrich
With John Amos (Gordy Howard), Dick Balduzzi (Al), Larry Gelman (Herb). When a newswriters union goes on strike, Mary Richards and Lou Grant are left to prepare and deliver the six o'clock news.
Season 2, episode 9
W: Steve Pritzker D: Jay Sandrich
With Jed Allan (Rod Porter), William Woodson (Big Voice Man). Ted Baxter is despondent when his vacation replacement is an immediate hit with the viewers and everyone expects him to be replaced permanently.
Season 2, episode 10
W: David Davis, Lorenzo Music D: Jerry Paris
With Jack De Mave (Armand Lynton), Gino Conforti (Roy Martoni). Mary receives a chain letter from her boss -- of all people -- and doesn't know how to avoid passing it on.
Season 2, episode 11
W: Treva Silverman D: Jay Sandrich
With Lawrence Pressman (Bill Phelps), Elizabeth Berger (Patti Woods). Because he's lonely while the wife is out of town, Lou takes Mary and Rhoda to a movie and is startled to find his married son-in-law there with a strange girl.
Season 2, episode 12
W: Susan Silver D: Jay Sandrich
With Beverly Sanders (Waitress). When friend Rhoda loses her window-decorator position, Mary tries to help her find another job.
Season 2, episode 13
W: Susan Silver D: Jay Sandrich Lou Grant asks Mary to help him find an inexpensive decorator to do his living room as a surprise for his wife.
Season 2, episode 14
W: David Davis, Lorenzo Music D: Peter Baldwin
With Arlene Golonka (Betty Bowerchuck). Ted Baxter shows symptoms of love when he starts giving roses to the daughter of Chuckles the Clown.
Season 2, episode 15
W: Pat Nardo, Gloria Banta D: Jay Sandrich Mary gets excited about dating a handsome politician who is one of the governor's top aides, until she's stood up five times in a row.
Season 2, episode 16
W: Dick Clair, Jenna McMahon D: Peter Baldwin
With Barbara Sharma (Randy), Barbara Barnett (Doreen Skinner), Jack Manning (Restaurant Manager). Mary Richards inadvertently becomes the benefactor of an inept waitress with ambitions to become a lousy secretary.
Season 2, episode 17
W: Rick Mittleman D: Peter Baldwin
With Joyce Bulifant (Marie Slaughter). Murray is moonlighting at an extra job in order to buy his wife an expensive anniversary gift, but his diligence gets him in trouble.
Season 2, episode 18
W: Treva Silverman D: Jay Sandrich
With Lisa Gerritsen (Bess Lindstrom), Joshua Bryant (Anton Styrakowski), Leslie Graves (Dee-Dee). Mary agrees to baby-sit with Bess for the weekend but gets a phone call from a former boy friend who'll be in town for only one night, so Lou Grant pinch-hits for Mary as Bess' sitter.
Season 2, episode 19
W: Steve Pritzker D: Jay Sandrich
With Jack Bender (Michael Lee), Yvonne Wilder (Barbara Gardner). Mary and Rhoda are at cross purposes with Phyllis. They don't want Ted Baxter to move into the vacant apartment in their building -- for their own peace of mind -- and Phyllis wants a "celebrity" in the building.
Season 2, episode 20
W: Dick Clair, Jenna McMahon D: Jay Sandrich
With Lisa Gerritsen (Bess Lindstrom), John Locke (Sam Turner), Brad Trumbull (Mr. Mitchell). Young Bess Lindstrom writes a composition in school about "care and feeding of parents", and her mother wants Mary to use her influence to try to get it published.
Season 2, episode 21
W: Martin Cohan D: Peter Baldwin
With John Amos (Gordy Howard), Michael Bell (Fireman). When a fire breaks out in Rhoda's apartment and she loses all her possessions, Mary insists she move in with her for a few days.
Season 2, episode 22
W: Martin Cohan D: Jay Sandrich
With Bradford Dillman (Matt Bryan), John Rubinstein (Matt Bryan Jr.), Beverly Sanders (Waitress). Mary begins dating an architect and is astonished to learn that his son is only six years younger than she is.
Season 2, episode 23
W: Steve Pritzker D: Peter Baldwin
With Mary Frann (Joanne Forbes). Mary's long friendship with Rhoda is threatened when a new friend, Joanne, makes no secret of the fact she doesn't like Rhoda.
Season 2, episode 24
W: Jim Parker, Arnold Margolin D: Jay Sandrich
With Bill Daily (Pete Peterson), Janet MacLachlan (Sherry Wilson), Carol Androsky (Jennifer Riley), Wally Taylor (Walter Ellis), Isabel Sanford (Mrs. Wilson). A newly-elected councilman is eager but unprepared to appear when invited to be on Ted Baxter's news program.
September 16, 1972: The Good-Time News
Season 3, episode 1
W: James L. Brooks, Allan Burns D: Hal Cooper
With John Amos (Gordy Howard), Robert Hogan (Jack Stoneham), Patrick Campbell (Bartender). The third season starts with Lou Grant being bypassed by the station manager for the 6 p.m. news spot. Mary gets the assignment and plunges ahead with bold plans for giving the show a lighter, more informal look.
Season 3, episode 2
W: Susan Silver D: Jerry Belson
With Peter Haskell (Mark Williams). A handsome newspaper writer interviews Mary about her newsroom, asks her for a date and then tries to take unfair advantage of the situation.
Season 3, episode 3
W: Martin Cohan D: Jay Sandrich
With Joan Tompkins (Mrs. Thorn). Lou Grant is promoted to program manager at the TV station and he must decide whether to give his old job as boss of the news room to Mary or Murray.
Season 3, episode 4
W: Martin Cohan D: Jay Sandrich
With Nancy Walker (Ida Morgenstern), Harold Gould (Martin Morgenstern). Rhoda's mother pays another visit to Minneapolis and this time brings her husband along. After a few days she informs Mary and Rhoda that her marriage is on the rocks.
Season 3, episode 5
W: Martin Donovan D: Jay Sandrich
With John Amos (Gordy Howard), Joyce Bulifant (Marie Slaughter), Patrick Campbell (Bartender). A snowstorm keeps Lou Grant from joining some gambling pals in Las Vegas, so he insists Mary set up a poker game at the TV station.
Season 3, episode 6
W: Treva Silverman D: Jay Sandrich Rhoda has lost 20 pounds and looks great, but inside she still feels fat and Mary is determined to help her realize how attractive she's become.
Season 3, episode 7
W: Steve Pritzker D: Jay Sandrich
With Nanette Fabray (Dottie Richards), Bill Quinn (Walter Richards). Mary's parents move to Minneapolis from their small town to be near their daughter, but they move too close for comfort.
Season 3, episode 8
W: Ed Weinberger D: Peter Baldwin
With Jerry Van Dyke (Wes Callison), Rudy Deluca (Nightclub Manager), Ethel Leopold (Woman). A comedy writer quits his job and, with Mary's encouragement, tries to make it big as a nightclub comedian.
Season 3, episode 9
W: Martin Donovan D: Jay Sandrich
With Lurene Tuttle (Bella Swann). Ted's contract is up for renewal but, to everyone's surprise, he refuses to sign it unless some special clauses are removed.
Season 3, episode 10
W: Charlotte Brown D: Hal Cooper
With Bert Convy (Jack Foster), Beth Howland (Linda Foster), Dan Keough (Arthur Price). Mary's favorite couple, both long-time friends, are separating and it looks as if Mary is going to be "the other woman".
Season 3, episode 11
W: Steve Pritzker D: Jerry Belson
With Nanette Fabray (Dottie Richards), Bill Quinn (Walter Richards), Beverly Sanders (Waitress). Mary becomes concerned when her newly retired father appears to have no friends in Minneapolis, and tries to take on the role herself.
Season 3, episode 12
W: Ed Weinberger D: Jay Sandrich
With Lisa Gerritsen (Bess Lindstrom), Gerald Michenaud (William Campbell), John Amour (Roger), Jack Manning (Maitre'd). When young Bess Lindstrom's boyfriend meets Mary, he falls madly in love with her and the generation gap has never seemed so wide.
Season 3, episode 13
W: Elias Davis, David Pollock D: Jay Sandrich
With Linda Sublette (Nurse), Florida Friebus (Nun). Lou Grant checks into a hospital for minor surgery and puts Mary in charge of the newsroom while he's gone.
Season 3, episode 14
W: Treva Silverman D: Jay Sandrich
With Jack Riley (Barry Barlow), Robert Casper (Rob), Georgia Engel (Georgette Franklin). Rhoda comes back home from a New York vacation to announce she's accepted a job and plans to leave Minneapolis within the week.
Season 3, episode 15
W: Elias Davis, David Pollock D: Jay Sandrich
With Michael Tolan (Dan Whitfield), Barra Grant (Judy Conrad), Bill Quinn (Walter Richards), Steve Franken (Jonas Lasser), Gordon Jump (Mr. Conrad), Arthur Abelson (Man in Elevator), Molly Dodd (Woman at Party). Mary meets an old boyfriend in a crowded elevator as he's taking his new fiancee to get a marriage license.
Season 3, episode 16
W: Ed Weinberger D: Jay Sandrich
With Dick Balduzzi (Philly), Rhoda Gemignani (Alice). Lou Grant and Ted Baxter buy a neighborhood saloon and everyone in the newsroom develops a drinking problem, just trying to keep the bar from going broke.
Season 3, episode 17
W: Dick Clair, Jenna McMahon D: Jay Sandrich
With Robert Moore (Ben Sutherland), Georgia Engel (Georgette Franklin). Mary's party fits in perfectly with Phyllis' plan for her visiting brother to fall for Mary, but he ruins the scheme by going for Rhoda instead.
Season 3, episode 18
W: Ed Weinberger D: Peter Baldwin
With Georgia Engel (Georgette Franklin). Mary and Rhoda try to encourage Georgette to take a stand for herself after seeing how Ted takes advantage of her.
Season 3, episode 19
W: Jim Mulholland, Mike Barrie D: Peter Baldwin
With Joe Warfield (Peter), Stuart Margolin (Warren Sturges), Bo Kaprall (Lowell), Barbara Brownell (Peggy Stanton). Mary agrees to a blind date as a special favor to Rhoda, whose date, Rhoda admits, is the bore of all time.
Season 3, episode 20
W: Elias Davis, David Pollock D: Jay Sandrich
With Lois Nettleton (Barbara Coleman), Carol Worthington (Doris), Dick Balduzzi (Philly). Lou's new boss is a woman -- and she thinks she's in love with him.
Season 3, episode 21
W: Martin Cohan D: Jay Sandrich Murray becomes depressed when he learns that a former writing classmate has won a Pulitzer Prize in journalism while Murray is still writing one-syllable words for Ted to mispronounce.
Season 3, episode 22
W: Dick Clair, Jenna McMahon D: Jay Sandrich
With Joseph Campanella (Tom Vernon). When one of Mary's ex-boyfriends returns to town she discovers the flames of an old love can be difficult to extinguish.
Season 3, episode 23
W: Marilyn Suzanne Miller, Monica Mcgowan Johnson D: Jay Sandrich
With Steve Franken (Jonas Lasser), Herbie Faye (Dave), Eddie Carroll (M.C.), Art Gilmore (Norman Keller), John Francis (Clown). Mary gets both good news and bad news. After winning an award for her news show, she has a string of bad accidents and misunderstandings.
Season 3, episode 24
W: Martin Cohan D: John C. Chulay
With Georgia Engel (Georgette Franklin), Louise Lasser (Anne Adams), Henry Corden (Harry), Bob Ross (Salesman), Robert Karvelas (Bob), Craig T. Nelson (Charlie). Mary lends Rhoda almost $1,200 to start a new venture and worries she may never see her money again. Rhoda postpones repayment, hires Georgette full-time and begins expanding her business.
September 15, 1973: The Lars Affair
Season 4, episode 1
W: Ed Weinberger D: Jay Sandrich
With Betty White (Sue Ann Nivens). The fourth season starts. Mary's neighbor Phyllis discovers that her dermatologist-husband is having an affair with the star of the Happy Homemaker show and demands Mary's help.
Season 4, episode 2
W: Marilyn Suzanne Miller, Monica Mcgowan Johnson D: Jay Sandrich
With Peter Strauss (Stephen), Elayne Heilveil (Saleswoman), Carole Ita White (Girl at Party), Jon Korkes (Beck Wilson). Mary doesn't believe that a woman being seven years older than the man should keep them from having a happy relationship.
Season 4, episode 3
W: Karyl Geld D: Jerry Belson
With Nancy Walker (Ida Morgenstern), Harold Gould (Martin Morgenstern), Liberty Williams (Debbie Morgenstern), Brett Somers (Aunt Rose). Rhoda and Mary fly to New York for the wedding of Rhoda's younger sister, but the credibility gap between Rhoda and her mother widens.
Season 4, episode 4
W: Treva Silverman D: Jay Sandrich
With Priscilla Morrill (Edie Grant), Darrell Zwerling (Mr. Charney). Lou Grant unhappily tells Mary and the newsroom gang that he and wife Edie are having marital problems and have been seeing a marriage counselor.
Season 4, episode 5
W: Jerry Mayer D: Jay Sandrich
With John Gabriel (Andy Rivers), Dick Gautier (Ed Cavanaugh), Gordon Jump (Hank Morton), Chanin Hale (Waitress). When Mary complains to Lou Grant that she wants more responsibility in the newsroom, her boss is only too happy to comply. Mary gets to hire a new sports announcer -- if she will fire the present one.
Season 4, episode 6
W: Ed Weinberger D: Jay Sandrich
With Liam Dunn (Robert Baxter), John Holland (Mr. Caldwell). A phone call from his long-lost father, who had abandoned him as a baby, throws unflappable anchorman Ted Baxter into an emotional turmoil.
Season 4, episode 7
W: Phil Mishkin D: Jay Sandrich
With Jerry Van Dyke (Wes Callison), Mark Gordon (Chuckles the Clown), Randy Kirby (Director), Gavan O'Herlihy (Josh McBride), Benjamin Chulay (Pete). One of Mary's ex-boyfriends gets a job in the newsroom, but his affection for Mary gets in the way of his work.
Season 4, episode 8
W: Ed Weinberger, Stan Daniels D: Jay Sandrich
With Priscilla Morrill (Edie Grant), John Gabriel (Andy Rivers), Florence Lake (Martha Dudley), Larry Wilde (Emcee), Jeff Thompson (Mike Montgomery). With an important banquet coming up, Mary tries to find a date for Lou, who hasn't had a date since his wife Edie left him.
Season 4, episode 9
W: Sybil Adelman, Barbara Gallagher D: Jay Sandrich
With William Burns (Doug Hemple), Barbara Barnett (Dr. Kellogg), Meg Wyllie (Eve Bayless). Rhoda falls madly in love with a man, but he owns the store where she works and she doesn't know how he feels about her.
Season 4, episode 10
W: Ed Weinberger D: Jay Sandrich
With Betty White (Sue Ann Nivens), Irene Tedrow (Rep. Geddes), Henry Winkler (Steve Waldman), Edgar Daniels (Sy Fisher). Mary is in a frenzy when she must stage a last-minute dinner for a Congresswoman.
Season 4, episode 11
W: William Wood D: Nancy Walker
With Priscilla Morrill (Edie Grant). Since being separated from his wife, Lou has dinner every night at Mary's apartment, and Mary is determined to get the Grants back together again -- if only for the sake of her own sanity.
Season 4, episode 12
W: David Lloyd D: Jay Sandrich
With John Amos (Gordy Howard). Phyllis thinks Ted Baxter wold make an ideal candidate for the city council (with much coaching from her) and his inflated ego needs no further urging.
Season 4, episode 13
W: Don Reo, Allan Katz D: Jay Sandrich
With Tammi Bula (Bonnie Slaughter), Bruce Boxleitner (Rick). Mary gets in trouble with Lou when she hires Murray's teenage daughter to help with filing and typing.
Season 4, episode 14
W: Ed Weinberger, Stan Daniels D: Jay Sandrich
With Gail Strickland (Sister Ann). Georgette visits boyfriend Ted Baxter, only to find him kissing another woman in his dressing room.
Season 4, episode 15
W: David Lloyd D: George Tyne
With Betty White (Sue Ann Nivens), Priscilla Morrill (Edie Grant), John Amos (Gordy Howard). Mary learns it's Lou's birthday and decides to surprise him with a party. What she doesn't learn until too late is that Lou hates birthdays and surprise parties.
Season 4, episode 16
W: Karyl Geld D: Jay Sandrich
With Anthony Eisley (Ross Nelson), Ned Wertimer (Bill Brown), Benjamin Chulay (Pete), Regis Cordic (Marc Williams). Mary starts dating the news anchorman from the top-rated TV station in town and soon finds herself doubling as a spy.
Season 4, episode 17
W: George Atkins D: Jay Sandrich
With David Haskell (David Russell), Michele Nichols (Rena Russell), Robert Riesel (Moving Man). Phyllis, who now has a real estate license and is hungry for clients, zeroes in on Lou Grant as a likely prospect to sell his house.
Season 4, episode 18
W: David Pollock, Elias Davis D: Jay Sandrich
With Betty White (Sue Ann Nivens). Mary and Rhoda's ecstacy at their chance to produce a TV show turns to horror when the bosses decree its stars must be Ted Baxter and Sue Ann Nivens.
Season 4, episode 19
W: Marilyn Suzanne Miller, Monica McGowan Johnson D: Jay Sandrich Rhoda tells Mary's secret that she never graduated from college, as she claimed on her job application, and their friendship is suddenly put at risk.
Season 4, episode 20
W: Treva Silverman D: John C. Chulay
With Jennifer Leak (Erica Jordan). Mary's boss threatens to fire her when some unedited news copy goes on the air.
Season 4, episode 21
W: Ed Weinberger D: Jay Sandrich
With John Gabriel (Andy Rivers), Walter Cronkite (Himself), John Pringle (Male Presenter), Patricia Wilson (Female Presenter), Nanci Beck (Miss "Teddy Award"). Ted Baxter always dreamed that some day he'd meet his idol, Walter Cronkite, and that would lead to fame and fortune. Ted finally gets his chance, but the occasion is not as auspicious as he'd hoped.
Season 4, episode 22
W: Ed Weinberger D: Jerry London
With Betty White (Sue Ann Nivens). Mary has to cancel an important banquet date with Lou because of the flu. Lou reluctantly accepts Rhoda as a substitute, but has a delightful evening.
Season 4, episode 23
W: David Lloyd D: Nancy Walker
With Shirley O'Hara (Mrs. Mallone). Ted joins Mary at a night-school class in creative writing, and winds up plagiarizing her assignment.
Season 4, episode 24
W: Treva Silverman D: Mel Ferber
With Richard Schaal (Dino), Penny Marshall (Toni), Arlene Golonka (Alice), Robert Riesel (Bartender), Randy Kirby (Stage Manager). Mary spends every night for a week at a singles bar researching material for a special news show.
September 14, 1974: Will Mary Richards Go To Jail?
Season 5, episode 1
W: Ed Weinberger, Stan Daniels D: Jay Sandrich
With Barbara Colby (Sherry), James Randolph (Harrison), Mary Ann Chinn (Kim), Darlene Conley (Matron), Charles Woolf (Mr. Everett), Don Macon (Reporter). The fifth season starts with Mary facing a possible term in jail when she refuses to reveal her source of a story about graft in high places.
Season 5, episode 2
W: Ed Weinberger, Stan Daniels D: Jay Sandrich
With Lisa Gerritsen (Bess Lindstrom), Robert Wolders (Paul Van Dillen), Lou Cutell (Little Man). Mary's new romance with a handsome man seems to be doing well until her friends convince her that she's attracted to him just because he's so attractive.
Season 5, episode 3
W: David Lloyd D: Jackie Cooper Mary comes to regret her advocacy of non-violence when Ted takes advantage of Lou's new image as the office "pussycat".
Season 5, episode 4
W: David Lloyd D: Jay Sandrich
With Sheree North (Charlene Maguire), Helene Winston (Woman at Piano). Lou begins seeing a brassy cocktail lounge singer but becomes uncomfortable about her past.
Season 5, episode 5
W: Jack Winter D: Peter Bonerz
With Richard Masur (Bob Larson). Tensions mount and morale drops when a young consultant, hired by Lou Grant to boost the ratings, begins usurping Mary's responsibilities and even changes Ted Baxter's on-the-air delivery.
Season 5, episode 6
W: Treva Silverman D: Jay Sandrich
With Barbara Barrie (Judith Chandler). Happily married, always reliable Murray considers taking his first fling when he meets a very attractive single woman at one of Mary's parties and begins a seemingly innocent relationship with her.
Season 5, episode 7
W: David Lloyd D: Jay Sandrich
With Linda Kelsey (Gloria Munson), Ron Rifkin (Ed Schroeder). Everyone keeps waiting for the other shoe to drop when Sue Ann plays the "good sport" while a sweet young thing with a terrific figure and no TV experience manages to take over her show.
Season 5, episode 8
W: Treva Silverman D: Jay Sandrich
With John Saxon (Mike Tedesco). The man Phyllis Lindstrom dates for intellectual purposes creates a rather unusual triangle when he begins taking Mary out as well.
Season 5, episode 9
W: Ed Weinberger, Stan Daniels D: John C. Chulay With Mary and the newsroom staff snowed in and fed up, an invitation from Sue Ann Nivens to Christmas dinner in November is the last thing they want, but it's exactly what they get, complete with funny hats and carols.
Season 5, episode 10
W: David Lloyd D: Alan Rafkin
With Noble Willingham (Hal), David Huddleston (Freddy), Robert Karvelas (Waiter), Dan Barrows (Bellhop). Ordered by Lou Grant to attend a Chicago broadcasters' convention, Mary becomes the reluctant companion of Sue Ann Nivens and the two conventioneering morticians Sue Ann digs up for them.
Season 5, episode 11
W: David Lloyd D: Mary Tyler Moore
With Nolan Leary (Walter Tewksbury). Ted Baxter is disturbed over the news that his mother is considering foregoing marriage to just live with her "boyfriend", and is worried about what the arrangement will do to his reputation.
Season 5, episode 12
W: Ed Weinberger, Stan Daniels D: Jay Sandrich
With Joyce Bulifant (Marie Slaughter), John Gabriel (Andy Rivers), Michael Higa (Le Chan), David Fresco (Phil). Murray, the father of three daughters, suddenly decides that he wants a son, a desire that not only creates a rift between Murray and his wife Marie, but between Mary and the men who surround her in the newsroom.
Season 5, episode 13
W: Ziggy Steinberg D: James Burrows, John C. Chulay
With Lisa Gerritsen (Bess Lindstrom), Clifford David (David Boyd), Tom Castronova (Moving Man). Lou moves into Rhoda's old apartment and takes over Mary's private life.
Season 5, episode 14
W: Ann Gibbs, Joel Kimmel D: Jay Sandrich
With Rosalind Cash (Enid Berringer), Judie Stein (College Girl). Lou decides to add a female newscaster to his staff and gives orders to find "a girl like Mary", which leads Mary as well as Sue Ann to audition for the job.
Season 5, episode 15
W: Ed Weinberger, Stan Daniels D: Jay Sandrich Are Mary Richards and Ted Baxter having an affair? Ted is dropping little hints around the newsroom that Mary is denying like crazy.
Season 5, episode 16
W: David Lloyd D: Norman Campbell
With Anthony Holland (Mel Peters), Phillip R. Allen (Gus Brubaker), Fred Festinger (Drunk), Joe Scott (Bartender). Producer of WJM-TV's news program in name only, Mary asks Lou for the chance to actually produce the show on her own, and she gets it -- along with all the last minute problems.
Season 5, episode 17
W: Ed Weinberger, Stan Daniels D: Jay Sandrich
With John Gabriel (Andy Rivers), Tom Pedi (Al). Gambling fever takes over the newsroom when Ted, who knows nothing about gambling, invents a "can't miss" system for betting on football games.
Season 5, episode 18
W: Ed Weinberger, Stan Daniels D: Jay Sandrich
With Lisa Gerritsen (Bess Lindstrom), Doris Roberts (Helen Farrell). Phyllis suffers the ultimate indignation when she's forced to seek a job after Lars suggests she live within a budget and cuts off her credit cards.
Season 5, episode 19
W: Michael Elias D: Jay Sandrich
With Sheree North (Charlene Maguire), Robert Emhardt (Investigator), Chuck Bergansky (Bartender), James Jeter (Customer in Bar). Lou Grant tries to recapture the dynamism of the crusading reporter he once was by launching an investigation into corruption in big city politics.
Season 5, episode 20
W: Pamela Russell D: Jay Sandrich
With Joyce Bulifant (Marie Slaughter), Eileen McDonough (Ellen Slaughter), Patricia Wilson (Hilda). Ted Baxter gets swept up in the spirit of Murray's 20th wedding anniversary party and chooses the most public place possible to pop the question to Georgette.
Season 5, episode 21
W: Michael Leeson D: Jay Sandrich
With Barbara Colby (Sherry), Ted Konopka (Mrs. Goldman's Dog). Mary takes on the frustrating task of helping Sherry, a girl with whom she once shared a jail cell.
Season 5, episode 22
W: David Lloyd D: Marjorie Mullen
With Larry Wilde (Emcee), Fred Grandy (Rev. Dannenbrink), Lee Vines (Lew Stuart), Judy Reich (Model). A wave of trepidation sweeps the newsroom when Ted fails to receive a nomination in a local television awards competition, and someone has to break the news to him.
Season 5, episode 23
W: Michael Zinberg D: Jay Sandrich
With Leonard Frey (Student), Bernie Kopell (Tony), Norman Bartold (Allen Marsh). Ted envisions fame and fortune when a smooth-talking con artist convinces him to lend his name to "The Ted Baxter Famous Broadcasters School"
Season 5, episode 24
W: Jerry Mayer D: Jay Sandrich
With Laurence Luckinbill (Ken), Lee H. Montgomery (Stevie), Mabel Albertson (Mother-in-Law), Ian Wolfe (Grandfather), Carole King (Aunt Helen), Iggie Wolfington (Uncle), Megan King (Photographer). Mary is in a quandry when she realizes that she just can't stand the young son of the handsome and charming man she's been dating.
September 13, 1975: Edie Gets Married
Season 6, episode 1
W: Bob Ellison D: Jay Sandrich
With Priscilla Morrill (Edie Grant), Nora Heflin (Janey Grant), Patrick Campbell (Bartender), Hal Ridel (Minister), Brad Trumbull (Howard Gordon). As the sixth season opens, Lou Grant has the newsroom buzzing with curiosity over the possibility that he may remarry his ex-wife, after word leaks out that they are having lunch together.
Season 6, episode 2
W: David Lloyd D: Jay Sandrich
With John Lehne (Jimbo), Claude Stroud (Landlord). Mary becomes depressed when she looks around and discovers she's leading a very boring and predictable life.
Season 6, episode 3
W: Earl Pomerantz D: Jay Sandrich
With Ed Flanders (Father Terrance Brian). Guilt plagues Mary when a handsome priest confides in her that he is going to leave the church, and she suspects it's all because of her.
Season 6, episode 4
W: David Lloyd D: Jay Sandrich
With Barry Coe (Steve), Penny Marshall (Paula), Mary Kay Place (Sally Jo), Peter Hobbs (Bartender). Murray has a deep secret that has been bottled up inside of him for years and now it fights to surface. His secret: he's in love with Mary.
Season 6, episode 5
W: Charles Lee, Gig Henry D: Jay Sandrich
With Richard Balin (Gameshow Producer), Dian Parkinson (Model), Bill Zuckert (Bartender), Frederic Franklyn (Mr. Jensen), Olive Dunbar (Mrs. Franklin), Marilyn Roberts (Mrs. Green). Ted Baxter has auditioned to host a game show in New York, something the news staff treats very lightly until he is chosen for the job.
Season 6, episode 6
W: David Lloyd D: Jay Sandrich
With Eileen Heckart (Flo Meredith). A prestigious newspaper journalist comes to visit the newsroom and everyone is excited except Lou Grant, who isn't particularly impressed.
Season 6, episode 7
W: David Lloyd D: Joan Darling
With John Harkins (Rev. Burns). Chuckles the Clown is crushed to death by a rogue elephant in a parade, which leaves all the newsroom staff in hysterics except Mary.
Season 6, episode 8
W: Mary Kay Place, Valerie Curtin D: Jay Sandrich
With Mackenzie Phillips (Francie Stevens), Tamu Blackwell (Celestine), Phillip R. Allen (Gus Brubaker). Mary and Sue Ann volunteer their services as big sisters to two delinquent girls.
Season 6, episode 9
W: David Lloyd D: Jay Sandrich
With John Ritter (Rev. Chatfield). A quiet luncheon Mary hosts for Ted and Georgette turns into an erratic spontaneous wedding.
Season 6, episode 10
W: David Lloyd D: Jay Sandrich
With Beverly Garland (Veronica Ludlow). Thirty years after sending him a "Dear John" letter, Lou Grant's old flame comes back into his life.
Season 6, episode 11
W: Ed Weinberger, Stan Daniels D: Jay Sandrich
With Ted Bessell (Joe Warner), Valerie Harper (Rhoda Morgenstern Gerard), David Groh (Joe Gerard), Beth Howland (Joan), Michael Perotta (Waiter). It isn't spring, but Mary's heart couldn't care what season it is when she falls in love with a man who believes in expressing his emotions publicly.
Season 6, episode 12
W: Bob Ellison D: Marjorie Mullen
With Paul Lichtman (Irv Gevins), Connie Sawyer (Neighbor). Penny-pinching Ted surprises Mary and the staff when he buys them all expensive gifts after receiving his tax refund.
Season 6, episode 13
W: David Lloyd D: James Burrows
With Wynn Irwin (Jesse), Titos Vandis (Laszlo). Trapped, hooked and reeled in, Lou discovers he's been had when Sue Ann Nivens finally maneuvers him to her apartment for a romantic dinner.
Season 6, episode 14
W: David Lloyd D: Jay Sandrich
With Ted Bessell (Joe Warner), Michael Tolan (Dan Whitfield). With the constant reminder about how women statistically outnumber men, Mary probably should be thrilled over the fact that two charming bachelors both seek her companionship.
Season 6, episode 15
W: Shelley Nelbert, Craig Allan Hefner D: Jay Sandrich
With Joyce Bulifant (Marie Slaughter). After Mary turns down Sue Ann's offer to produce her show, Murray accepts the position, visualizing advancement and especially the raise, but not the trouble.
Season 6, episode 16
W: Bob Ellison D: Jay Sandrich
With Alan Manson (Dr. Powell), Lois Walden (Receptionist). Georgette confides in Mary her heartbreaking decision to leave Ted because he doesn't love her anymore.
Season 6, episode 17
W: James Macdonald, Robert Gerlach D: Stuart Margolin
With Betty Ford (Herself), Dabney Coleman (Phil Wright). Lou Grant refuses to admit he has lost touch with the prestigious contacts he once knew in Washington, D.C., when he takes Mary to the capital for a press seminar.
Season 6, episode 18
W: Pat Nardo, Gloria Banta D: Jay Sandrich Lou Grant finds that a secret love is a hard thing to keep secret after he regretfully takes part in a romantic fling with Sue Ann Nivens.
Season 6, episode 19
W: Bob Ellison D: Jay Sandrich
With Janis Paige (Charlene Maguire), Penny Marshall (Paula), Jeff Conaway (Kenny Stevens), James Jeter (Bar Customer). Lou suffers an acute case of jealousy when an ex-girlfriend of his arrives at Mary's party with another male companion.
Season 6, episode 20
W: David Lloyd D: Jay Sandrich
With Joyce Bulifant (Marie Slaughter). The new owner of the WJM-TV station adopts new procedures that raise disapproval from the news staff, though no one dares to speak out -- except Murray.
Season 6, episode 21
W: David Lloyd D: Jay Sandrich
With Eileen Heckart (Flo Meredith). Lou's journalistic abilities are challenged by Mary's arrogant aunt Flo, a noted newspaper woman who believes she can write a better story than Lou any day.
Season 6, episode 22
W: Richard M. Powell D: Jay Sandrich
With Edward Winter (Brian Nordquist). Mary has discovered some incriminating news about an old friend who is seeking re-election to Congress.
Season 6, episode 23
W: Bob Ellison D: Doug Rogers
With James Luisi (Doug), Larry Wilde (Emcee), Pat Gainor (Award Presenter). Sue Ann falls in love with a man who turns out to be only interested in her money.
Season 6, episode 24
W: Bob Ellison D: Marjorie Mullen
With Robbie Rist (David Baxter), Patricia Estrin (Mrs. Adams). Ted and Georgette decide to adopt a son after Ted is informed he cannot have children.
September 25, 1976: Mary Midwife
Season 7, episode 1
W: David Lloyd D: Jay Sandrich
With Ford Rainey (Doctor). The seventh season starts with Mary having more duties as a hostess than she anticipated when she gives a quiet dinner for the WJM-TV news team.
Season 7, episode 2
W: Burt Prelutsky D: James Burrows Mary tries her hand at creative writing, although she is very insecure about her new venture.
Season 7, episode 3
W: David Lloyd D: Jay Sandrich
With Pat Priest (Lila Nivens). Sue Ann becomes deeply depressed when her sister arrives and gets an offer to do a competing homemaker show in Minneapolis.
Season 7, episode 4
W: David Lloyd D: Marjorie Mullen
With Caren Kaye (B.J. Smathers). Mary hires a new sportscaster who refuses to cover any sports but swimming, and is faced with the prospect of firing her.
Season 7, episode 5
W: Earl Pomerantz D: Jay Sandrich
With Harvey Vernon (Xerox Repairman), Jerry Fogel (Dr. Carter), Dean Santoro (Phil Howard), Paul Sorenson (Cameraman), Alessandro Paolone (Newsman). A typical evening news broadcast turns into a horrifying experience when anchorman Ted Baxter suffers a heart attack on the air.
Season 7, episode 6
W: Bob Ellison D: Jay Sandrich
With Richard Seff (Waiter), Murray Korda (Violinist). Pandemonium erupts in the usually smooth TV news operation as Murray steps up to co-produce the news program with Mary.
Season 7, episode 7
W: Bob Ellison D: Joan Darling
With Robbie Rist (David Baxter), William Bogert (Doctor), Ned Glass (Morris Bender), Valorie Armstrong (Receptionist). Georgette and Ted find their adopted son is failing in school because he's really a genius.
Season 7, episode 8
W: Burt Prelutsky D: Jay Sandrich
With John McMartin (Barry Munroe), Walter Brooke (Judge), Jason Johnson (Bailiff), Richard Kline (Prosecutor), Tom Tarpey (Process Server), Phil J. Macias (Guard). A frightened Mary faces a contempt charge for refusing to reveal a news source, but her lawyer spends more time researching ways to win her over than he does on the case.
Season 7, episode 9
W: David Lloyd D: Jay Sandrich
With Eileen Heckart (Flo Meredith), Tom Castronova (Bartender). Can two hard-nosed staunch journalists alter their news world to make room for married life together? Lou follows up a strong lead, though this time from his heart, when he proposes to Mary's Aunt Flo.
Season 7, episode 10
W: David Lloyd D: Jay Sandrich
With Joyce Bulifant (Marie Slaughter), Larry Wilde (Emcee), Lisa Parkes (Award Presenter). Lou learns from a source on the Teddy Awards' panel that Murray will finally win an award for his news writing.
Season 7, episode 11
W: David Lloyd D: James Burrows
With Sherry Hursey (Bonnie Slaughter), Ted Lehman (Janitor). Lou Grant fears Mary is becoming addicted to sleeping pills when she turns to a doctor's prescription after nights of suffering from insomnia.
Season 7, episode 12
W: Bob Ellison D: Harry Mastrogeorge
With Trisha Noble (Whitney Lewis), Hal Riddle (Man in Restaurant), David Brandon (Jim Sutton). Stretching the truth is commonplace for Ted, which explains the staff's nonchalant attitude toward the anchorman's cry for help when an attractive reporter makes a play for him.
Season 7, episode 13
W: Bob Ellison D: Jay Sandrich
With David Ogden Stiers (Mel Price), Naomi Caryl (Receptionist). Unable to negotiate a raise, Mary and Lou join forces and walk off the set.
Season 7, episode 14
W: David Lloyd D: Martin Cohan
With Eric Braeden (Karl Heller), David Ogden Stiers (Mel Price), Tom Newman (Maitre d'), Warren Munson (Sommelier). With high hopes of boosting WJM-TV's evening news ratings, station manager Mel Price hires a renowned critic who verbally and viciouslly attacks Minneapolis.
Season 7, episode 15
W: Bob Ellison D: Jay Sandrich
With Alex Rocco (Ben Selwyn), Dort Clark (Man at Reunion). A distraught Lou is caught between rejecting a favor for an old Army buddy who once saved him from the stockades, or subjecting Mary Richards to a date with the woman-chaser.
Season 7, episode 16
W: David Lloyd D: Jay Sandrich
With David Ogden Stiers (Mel Price), Alex Henteloff (Elliott), Douglas Robinson (Stage Manager), Lee Vines (Announcer). Ted and Georgette take over as cohosts of an hour-long variety program and soar high in the ratings until, at the peak of their success, Georgette decides she wants out.
Season 7, episode 17
W: Bob Ellison D: Jay Sandrich
With Louis Guss (Sam), John Petlock (Stage Manager). Sue Ann Nivens suddenly changes her sarcastic personality to that of a sulking, sad, out-of-work star when "The Happy Homemaker" is axed by the program manager because of low ratings. She then tries to charm Lou Grant into giving her a job in the station's news department.
Season 7, episode 18
W: Earl Pomerantz D: Jay Sandrich
With John Amos (Gordy Howard), David White (Mr. Cobb), Mavis Neal Palmer (Mrs. Cobb), Jean Lebouvier (Publicity Lady), Johnnie Avery (Ted's "Son"). WJM's former weatherman, Gordy Howard, returns to visit Minneapolis after becoming a highly successful network presenter in New York.
Season 7, episode 19
W: Les Charles, Glen Charles D: Jay Sandrich
With Joyce Bulifant (Marie Slaughter), Lew Ayres (Doug Booth), Jon Lormer (Ronny Williams), Bartine Zane (Aunt Helen), Walker Edmiston (Joe). Mary is up to her neck in jokes about May-December romances when she starts dating Murray's charming father.
Season 7, episode 20
W: David Lloyd D: Jay Sandrich
With Joyce Bulifant (Marie Slaughter), Helen Hunt (Laurie Slaughter). Ted offers Murray $200 to write an article on his behalf. The article becomes a success, but Ted refuses to share the credit with Murray.
Season 7, episode 21
W: Bob Ellison D: Jay Sandrich
With Bill Dearth (Bellhop). It's a hilarious dream world for Lou, Ted and Murray when each visualize themselves as the perfect husband for Mary.
Season 7, episode 22
W: Bob Ellison D: Jay Sandrich
With Johnny Carson (Himself - voice), Irene Tedrow (Rep. Geddes). Mary has planned a fancy party at her apartment with a mystery guest of honor, but the power in the building goes out before he arrives.
Season 7, episode 23
W: David Lloyd D: Jay Sandrich
With John Reilly (Jake). Fed up with the men she has been dating, Mary decides that Lou Grant has the qualities she has been looking for in a man, and asks Lou to take her out.
Season 7, episode 24
W: Allan Burns, James L. Brooks, Ed Weinberger, Stan Daniels, David Lloyd D: Jay Sandrich
With Valerie Harper (Rhoda Morgenstern Gerard), Cloris Leachman (Phyllis Lindstrom), Robbie Rist (David Baxter), Vincent Gardenia (Mr. Coleman). WJM-TV is sold, and the new owner, anxious to bring the fourth-rated news broadcast to a number-one position, begins by re-evaluating the news operation -- and decides to fire everybody in the newsroom. (Last show of the series.)