The Mary Tyler Moore Show
"Good night and good news."
30-year-old single Mary Richards moves to Minneapolis to start a new life after a romantic break-up. There she reacquaints with Phyllis who rents her a room, and meets her upstairs neighbor and new best friend Rhoda. Mary unexpectedly lands a job as associate producer at the TV station WJM, where she works alongside her bristly boss, Lou; the comical newswriter, Murray; and the newscast's often-incompetent anchor, Ted.
Season 4 Episodes
E1
Phyllis finds out that Lars has been having an affair with Sue Ann Nivens, the star of WJM-TV's The Happy Homemaker show…
E2
Mary's boyfriend is younger than she is and she and Rhoda discover there is a generation gap when they go and visit his …
E3
Rhoda and Mary fly to New York for Rhoda's younger sister's wedding. Rhoda's mother downplays the whole thing fearing th…
E4
On the advice of their marriage counselor, Lou's wife, Edie, decides to move out. Lou is heartbroken by the prospect.
E5
In this episode Dick Gautier guest stars briefly as Ed Cavenaugh, a sleazy sportscaster. Have a look at his website at D…
E6
Ted meets his father, who deserted him as a baby.
E7
Mary's former boyfriend, Wes Callison, gets a job in the newsroom but his affection for Mary gets in the way of his work…
E8
Lou gives Mary the task of finding him a date for an awards' ceremony. A name mix-up means that Lou winds up taking out …
E9
Rhoda begins dating the boss of Hemple's and falls deeply in love with him. She wants to tell him how she feels, but Mar…
E10
Mary invites Congresswoman Geddes to a fancy dinner at her home, trying hard to ensure that everything is perfect.
E11
Lou is still heartbroken over Edie's departure and asks Mary to help them get back together.
E12
Phyllis persuades Ted to stand for local government. Ted agrees and goes so far as to quit his job at WJM-TV.
E13
Murray's daughter, Bonnie, is looking for a job and Mary is persuaded into giving her one but Bonnie is not as efficient…
E14
Georgette finds Ted making out with a woman in his dressing room. She then decides to enter a nunnery, but the head nun …
E15
Lou is closing in on fifty and today is his birthday. Mary can't stand the thought of the now-separated Lou celebrating …
E16
Mary begins dating the anchorman from Minneapolis's top news show and becomes ashamed of WJM-TV's smaller news operation…
E17
Phyllis, who has gotten her real estate license, persuades Lou to sell his house. However, Lou hasn't really made up his…
E18
Mary and Rhoda are given permission to develop a new show for WJM but their dreams begin to fade when they find out that…
E19
Rhoda tells the secret of Mary's that she never graduated from college, as she claimed on her job application, and their…
E20
To relieve her boredom, Mary jokingly writes a humorous obituary of one of the people in the WJM-TV file. Coincidentally…
E21
After a heavy self-promotion campaign, Ted wins his first Teddy Award. When Walter Cronkite comes to the newsroom, Ted a…
E22
Lou and Rhoda find they have a lot in common and begin seeing each other on a casual basis but everyone assumes that the…
E23
Ted joins Mary at a night-school class in creative writing, and winds up plagiarizing her assignment.
E24
Mary goes to a singles bar to research a documentary, but on the night the crew arrives for filming, the same people who…
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