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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.
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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.
Cast, crew and production details
Mary Tyler MooreMary Richards
Ed AsnerLou Grant
Gavin MacLeodMurray Slaughter
Ted KnightTed Baxter
Cloris LeachmanPhyllis Lindstrom
Betty WhiteSue Ann Nivens
Valerie HarperRhoda Morgenstern
Georgia EngelGeorgette Franklin
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Episode 1
Mary is given the task of making The Six O'clock News more upbeat, and her plans are on target to succeed until they're frustrated by Ted.
Written by James L. BrooksGuest stars John Amos, Robert Hogan, Patrick Campbell
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Episode 2
Mary is interviewed by a newspaper columnist and ends up telling a little too much.
Directed by Jerry BelsonGuest stars Peter Haskell
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Episode 3
Lou is promoted to the position of program director but has to decide to whom his old job should go. Meanwhile, The Six O'clock News begins falling apart without him.
Directed by Jay SandrichGuest stars Cloris Leachman, Joan Tompkins
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Episode 4
Ida Morgenstern, Rhoda's mother, mistakenly believes that her husband is seeing other women, so Rhoda and Mary try to clear things up between them.
Directed by Jay SandrichGuest stars Nancy Walker, Harold Gould, James L. Brooks
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Episode 5
When Lou's trip to Las Vegas is cancelled, Mary organizes a poker game at the office where Murray loses a substantial amount to Ted.
Directed by Jay SandrichGuest stars John Amos, Joyce Bulifant, Patrick Campbell
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Episode 6
After losing 20 pounds, Rhoda enters a beauty contest at work, but continues to put herself down.
Directed by Jay SandrichWritten by Treva SilvermanGuest stars Cloris Leachman
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Episode 7
Mary is worried that her parents, who have moved to the Twin Cities to be close to her, may pry into her life too much.
Directed by Jay SandrichGuest stars Nanette Fabray, Bill Quinn
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Episode 8
Mary begins dating the writer of the Chuckles the Clown show, whose real ambition is to become a stand-up comedian.
Directed by Peter BaldwinGuest stars Jerry Van Dyke, Rudy De Luca, Ethelreda Leopold
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Episode 9
Ted refuses to sign his contract renewal until Lou agrees to let him pursue other ventures, a decision he soon regrets when Ted begins appearing in commercials.
Directed by Jay SandrichGuest stars Lurene Tuttle, Patrick Campbell
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Episode 10
Two of Mary's friends separate and Mary accepts a date from the husband.
Guest stars Daniel Keough, Bert Convy, Beth Howland
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Episode 11
Mary becomes concerned when her father, newly retired, appears to have no friends or hobbies in Minneapolis, and tries to take on the role herself.
Directed by Jerry BelsonGuest stars Nanette Fabray, Bill Quinn, Beverly Sanders
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Episode 12
Bess's 15-year-old boyfriend falls in love with Mary and begins to surprise her with visits to her apartment and her work.
Directed by Jay SandrichGuest stars Cloris Leachman, Lisa Gerritsen, Jean-Michel Michenaud, Jack Manning, John Amour
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Episode 13
Lou goes to hospital to have a piece of World War II shrapnel removed and, surprisingly, he and Ted become best friends.
Directed by Jay SandrichWritten by David Pollock, Elias DavisGuest stars Florida Friebus, Linda Sublette
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Episode 14
Rhoda decides to move back to New York but Mary is taking the whole thing with a grain of salt.
Directed by Jay SandrichWritten by Treva SilvermanGuest stars Georgia Engel, Jack Riley, Robert Casper, Raven Grey Eagle
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Episode 15
Mary runs into her former boyfriend Dan Whitfield in an elevator by chance. Subsequently, Dan realizes he still has feelings for Mary, breaks off his engagement, and begins dating her again.
Directed by Jay SandrichWritten by David Pollock, Elias DavisGuest stars Michael Tolan, Bill Quinn, Barra Grant, Steve Franken, Gordon Jump, Arthur Abelson, Molly Dodd
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Episode 16
Lou spots an opportunity to buy a bar after realizing a lifelong dream. However, he is short of several thousand dollars and Ted is the only one who can come to his aid.
Directed by Jay SandrichGuest stars Dick Balduzzi, Rhoda Gemignani, Russ Grieve, Lew Horn, Kathleen O'Malley
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Episode 17
Phyllis wants to set up her visiting brother with Mary, but instead he hits it off with Rhoda and begins spending time with her to Phyllis's disapproval.
Directed by Jay SandrichWritten by Dick ClairGuest stars Cloris Leachman, Georgia Engel, Robert Moore
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Episode 18
Mary and Rhoda try to encourage Georgette to take a stand for herself after seeing how Ted takes advantage of her.
Directed by Peter BaldwinGuest stars Georgia Engel
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Episode 19
Rhoda introduces Mary to a very irritating Warren Sturges, who tries everything including a giant billboard across the road from the WJM-TV offices to get her to accept his marriage proposal.
Directed by Peter BaldwinWritten by Jim MulhollandGuest stars Stuart Margolin, Bo Kaprall, Joe Warfield, Barbara Brownell
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Episode 20
The new station manager, an attractive woman, falls for Lou.
Directed by Jay SandrichWritten by David Pollock, Elias DavisGuest stars Dick Balduzzi, Lois Nettleton, Carol Worthington
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Episode 21
Murray becomes depressed when he realizes that the years are passing him by, after he learns that a contemporary has won a Pulitzer Prize.
Directed by Jay Sandrich
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Episode 22
A former boyfriend visiting Minneapolis calls Mary who, deep down, wants to see him again but she has been hurt by him too many times before.
Directed by Jay SandrichWritten by Dick ClairGuest stars Joseph Campanella
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Episode 23
Everything goes right for Rhoda and everything goes wrong for Mary on a disastrous day when she is due to go to the Teddies.
Directed by Jay SandrichGuest stars Steve Franken, Herbie Faye, Eddie Carroll, Art Gilmore, John Francis, Robert Buckingham, Dick Cherney, Charles Cirillo
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Episode 24
Mary lends Rhoda almost $1,200 to start a new venture and worries she may never see her money again, after Rhoda postpones repayment, hires Georgette full-time and begins expanding her business.
Guest stars Georgia Engel, Louise Lasser, Robert Karvelas, Henry Corden, Craig T. Nelson, Bob Ross
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