The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Comedy • Series

The Mary Tyler Moore Show

"Good night and good news."

7.6/10 1970 7 Seasons 168 Episodes Ended

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: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Season 5 Episodes

S5E1
E1
Will Mary Richards Go to Jail?
26 min 1974

Mary refuses to reveal a news source for a story she produced and has to spend a night in jail.

S5E2
E2
Not Just Another Pretty Face
26 min 1974

Mary dates a man with whom she has nothing in common and becomes concerned that their relationship is superficial.

E3
You Sometimes Hurt the One You Hate
26 min 1974

Lou finally loses his temper with Ted when he endorses a political candidate on The Six O'clock News and throws him thro…

S5E4
E4
Lou and That Woman
26 min 1974

Lou begins seeing a cocktail lounge singer but becomes uncomfortable about her past.

E5
The Outsider
25 min 1974

WJM-TV hires a young business consultant, who demands certain changes for The Six O'clock News, offending every member o…

E6
I Love a Piano
26 min 1974

Murray meets an attractive woman at one of Mary's parties and considers having an affair. On the pretext of buying her o…

E7
A New Sue Ann
26 min 1974

A young fan, Gloria, persuades Sue Ann to hire her for The Happy Homemaker. Sue Ann is less than pleased when Gloria pla…

E8
Menage-a-Phyllis
25 min 1974

Phyllis dates a man on a platonic basis, but he is attracted more to Mary and begins seeing her.

E9
Not a Christmas Story
26 min 1974

The entire newsroom staff is arguing with each other, and when they are trapped at the office due to bad weather, Sue An…

E10
What Are Friends For?
26 min 1974

Mary and Sue Ann go to a convention in Chicago and Mary finds out that Sue Ann leads a lonely life.

E11
A Boy's Best Friend
26 min 1974

Ted is shocked when he finds out his mother does not intend to marry her boyfriend, but will live with him.

E12
A Son for Murray
26 min 1974

Murray, who has three daughters, wants a son, but his wife Marie doesn't want to have another child. The couple decide t…

E13
Neighbors
26 min 1974

Lou wants a smaller place and moves in to Rhoda's old apartment but can't help interfering in Mary's private life.

E14
A Girl Like Mary
26 min 1974

Lou wants to hire a female newscaster 'like Mary', so Mary decides to audition for the job herself.

E15
An Affair to Forget
26 min 1974

Now that Mary is producer, Ted thinks that he can make his move on her. He convinces the rest of the newsroom that they …

E16
Mary Richards: Producer
25 min 1975

Mary doesn't feel she deserves the title of producer and asks Lou that she be given the chance to produce The Six O'cloc…

E17
The System
26 min 1975

When Ted's formula for betting on football games works, Lou goes into partnership with him. He winds up betting all of t…

E18
Phyllis Whips Inflation
30 min 1975

Phyllis and Lars have a dispute and she finds her credit cards cut off. She looks for a job but finds that she has no re…

E19
The Shame of the Cities
30 min 1975

Lou wants to research his own news story now that Mary's producer and decides to launch a major investigation on a city …

S5E20
E20
Marriage Minneapolis Style
30 min 1975

Ted pops the question to Georgette at Murray's 20th wedding anniversary party and then gets cold feet.

S5E21
E21
You Try To Be a Nice Guy
30 min 1975

Mary agrees to help a troubled crime prone girl go straight and find a job.

S5E22
E22
You Can't Lose 'em All
30 min 1975

Lou wins the Albert Mason Award, which he had once said was for broadcasting veterans who couldn't chew their own food.

S5E23
E23
Ted Baxter's Famous Broadcasters' School
30 min 1975

A con-man tricks Ted into setting up a broadcasters' academy. When he finds out he's been had, he asks Lou, Mary and Mur…

S5E24
E24
Anyone Who Hates Kids and Dogs
30 min 1975

Mary likes her new boyfriend but finds his son absolutely intolerable.

Cast

Mary Tyler Moore
Mary Tyler Moore
Mary Richards
Ed Asner
Ed Asner
Lou Grant
Gavin MacLeod
Gavin MacLeod
Murray Slaughter
Ted Knight
Ted Knight
Ted Baxter

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