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Mary Richards (Mary Tyler Moore) is a thirty-something single woman who settles in Minneapolis, Minn. after breaking up with a boyfriend. She lands a job as an associate producer of the evening news at WJM, Channel 12. It happens to be Minneapolis' lowest-rated station. Her boss, Lou Grant (Edward Asner) hates her spunk but often looks to her to solve newsroom (or even personal) problems. Mary's other coworkers include news writer Murray Slaughter (Gavin McLeod), Ted Baxter (Ted Knight), the egomaniacal anchorman, and "Happy Homemaker" Sue Ann Nivens (Betty White). Mary's home is a modest studio apartment -- and her upstairs neighbor, Rhoda Morgenstern (Valerie Harper), quickly becomes a good friend.
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Mary Tyler Moore (1970–1977) is an American television sitcom that aired on CBS. (The correct name of the sitcom is Mary Tyler Moore, although it is widely known as The Mary Tyler Moore Show.) Actor Mary Tyler Moore stars as Mary Richards, a single woman who, at age 30, moves to Minneapolis, Minnesota to work as an associate producer for the news broadcast on WJM-TV. Her new friends at work include her tough boss, Lou Grant; sympathetic newswriter Murray Slaughter; and buffoonish anchorman Ted Baxter. Mary's acquaintances and friends outside of the job include self-deprecating ex-New Yorker Rhoda Morgenstern and their insincere, self-centered landlady Phyllis Lindstrom. Later cast additions include acerbic, man-hungry Sue Ann Nivens, host of WJM's cooking program, The Happy Homemaker, and soft-spoken Georgette Franklin, Ted Baxter's girlfriend.
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Evidently, when Mary (Mary Tyler Moore) had her tonsils removed as a child, it didn't "take"; the tonsils grew back, and the grown-up heroine winds up in the hospital for a belated second operation. An already embarrassing situation becomes downright uncomfortable when Mary shares her hospital room with Loretta Kuhne (Pat Carroll), a confirmed sourpuss who refuses to be friendly no matter how hard her perky roommate tries to win her over. In the end, the mean-spirited Loretta "wins" the battle of wills -- or does she? "Hi" was originally broadcast on February 6, 1971. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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Mary Tyler Moore has had a lifelong passion for animals. She says that she is most in touch with her spiritual side and laughs more when she is around her animals. "When I looks into my dog's, eyes, I see God," says Mary. Now, through the high-tech world of computers she has found a way to spread her message and share her spirit.
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Mary (Mary Tyler Moore) accepts a date from Eric Mathews (Hamilton Camp), a charming and personable young writer. There's only one hitch: Eric is several inches shorter than Mary. Will she go through with the date, or can it be that she is a closet "height bigot?" As a furtive, crouching Mary tries to "walk shorter" around her apartment, Rhoda (Valerie Harper) asks "Where are Harpo and Chico?" Jay Sandrich won an Emmy award for his direction of "Toulouse-Lautrec Is One of My Favorite Artists," which originally aired on October 31, 1970. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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Mary Tyler Moore premiered on CBS on September 19, 1970. The classic hip series is about Mary Richards, a young, intelligent, single career woman. Mary moves to Minneapolis and gets a job as the assistant producer for WJM news. There she works with the gruff but nice producer Lou Grant, the pompous and arrogant anchorman Ted Baxter, and the friendly head news writer Murray Slaughter. Mary had originally moved to Minneapolis after ending a bad relationship with a boyfriend and this series showed her gaining and enjoying her independence. Mary Tyler Moore always has been, and will always be, totally hip and this was her hippest show ever.
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