Alice
Comedy • Series

Alice

"Kiss my grits!"

7.1/10 1976 9 Seasons 202 Episodes Ended

Alice is an American sitcom television series that ran from August 31, 1976 to March 19, 1985 on CBS. The series is based on the 1974 film Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore. The show stars Linda Lavin in the title role, a widow who moves with her young son to start her life over again, and finds a job working at a roadside diner on the outskirts of Phoenix, Arizona. Most of the episodes revolve around events at Mel's Diner.

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Season 2 Episodes

E1
The Second Time 'Round
30 min 1977

A suspected flasher and Flo's third ex-husband (Rod McCary) stir things up at Mel's Diner.

E2
The Indian Taker
30 min 1977

A Native American who claims Mel's diner is built on sacred ground refuses to leave.

E3
86 the Waitresses
30 min 1977

Mel incites his waitresses to quit by giving a new waiter better wages than theirs.

E4
Alice by Moonlight
30 min 1977

Alice's moonlighting job as a nightclub singer is taking its toll on her waitress job.

E5
Single Belles
30 min 1977

The girls accept an invitation to visit a new singles bar.

E6
The Sixty Minutes Man
30 min 1977

Alice suspects that a diner regular is really an incognito mobster.

E7
That Old Back Magic
30 min 1977

Mel can't be moved after his bad back flares up at Alice's place.

E8
Love is Sweeping the Counter
30 min 1977

Endearments replace the insults in Flo and Mel's relationship after they attend an out-of-town game together.

E9
A Semi-Merry Christmas
30 min 1977

Alice and friends are snowbound en route to her cousin's for Christmas.

E10
Oh! George Burns
30 min 1978

When George Burns stops into Mel's, Vera believes that he's actually the Deity he played in the movie Oh, God!

E11
The Eyes of Texas
30 min 1978

Flo's vanity keeps her from getting the eyeglasses she obviously needs.

E12
Love is a Free Throw
30 min 1978

An amorous high-school basketball star starts putting the moves on Alice.

E13
Close Encounters of the Worst Kind
30 min 1978

Hostility rages at Mel's after the workers decide to vent their petty grievances.

E14
The Pharmacist
30 min 1978

A pharmacist protesting food additives threatens to take his life in Mel's Diner.

E15
Love Me, Love My Horse
30 min 1978

Flo fixes up Alice with her bronco-busting brother (Burton Gilliam).

E16
The Reporter
30 min 1978

An investigative reporter seeks refuge in Mel's Diner.

E17
Florence of Arabia
30 min 1978

Flo is courted by a rich Arab (Richard Libertini) who, unknown to her, already has three wives.

E18
The Cuban Connection
30 min 1978

Alice mediates a squabble between a womanizing photographer (Desi Arnaz)and his fed-up wife (Janis Paige).

E19
Mel's Big Five-0
30 min 1978

To Mel's disappointment, the girls take him at his word when he says he doesn't want a 50th-birthday party.

E20
Don't Lock Now
30 min 1978

Mel wants to know who's stealing food and making long-distance phone calls from the diner.

E21
The Star in the Storeroom
30 min 1978

Because she once baby-sat Jerry Reed, Flo is hounded for tickets to the singer's concert. Jerry plays himself.

E22
The Bus
30 min 1978

Mel and the staff prepare for a bus load of hungry customers.

E23
Mel's Recession
30 min 1978

Mel considers firing a waitress to save money.

E24
Earthquake
30 min 1978

Everyone's rattled when a Native American predicts an earthquake.

Cast

Linda Lavin
Linda Lavin
Alice Hyatt
Vic Tayback
Vic Tayback
Mel Sharples
Beth Howland
Beth Howland
Vera Louise Gorman-Novak
Celia Weston
Celia Weston
Jolene Hunnicutt
Philip McKeon
Philip McKeon
Tommy Hyatt
Charles Levin
Charles Levin
Elliot Novak

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