I just saw a press release posted March 8 by pavanbadal on The Mary Tyler Moore Show message board. Apparently the awards show was taped on March 7 and will be edited before it airs on March 17.


It's a Star-Studded Extravaganza as TV Land Honors The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Andy Griffith Show and Gilligan's Island During Second Annual TV Land Awards: A Celebration of Classic TV

Liza Minnelli, Sharon Stone, Ben Stiller, Billy Bob Thornton, Eric McCormack, Freddie Prinze Jr., Danny DeVito and Farrah Fawcett Among Dozens of Stars Saluting Classic TV

HOLLYWOOD, Calif., March 7 -- With the help of over 70 stars
from television and film, TV Land bestowed special tribute awards tonight to some of television's most celebrated series and stars during the second annual TV Land Awards: A Celebration of Classic TV. TV Land presented awards to the casts of several shows including The Mary Tyler Moore Show (Groundbreaking
Award), The Andy Griffith Show (Legend Award), Gilligan's Island (Pop Culture Award) and FOX's Arrested Development (Future Classic Award). The TV Land Awards was taped at The Hollywood Palladium and will air on TV Land and Nick at Nite on Wednesday, March 17 from 9 p.m. to 11 p.m. ET/PT).

The full-blown homage to classic television featured unforgettable moments such as when acclaimed comedic actor Ben Stiller presented the cast of The Mary Tyler Moore Show with the "Groundbreaking Award" for one of television's earliest depictions of a single, successful career woman...

Other memorable moments included ... Emmy Award-winning actor Eric McCormack of Will and Grace performing a tribute song to Mary Tyler Moore...

The tribute awards presented included the following:

GROUNDBREAKING AWARD
This award is presented to a show whose characters and stories changed the course of television history and reflected contemporary social issues. TV Land honored The Mary Tyler Moore Show as this year's recipient. Acclaimed comedic actor Ben Stiller presented the award to Mary Tyler Moore, Betty White, Cloris Leachman, Ed Asner, Gavin McLeod, John Amos and Valerie Harper.

It is so great that The Mary Tyler Moore Show is honored. They definitely deserve it! I remember watching it on Nick@Nite. I seem to remember it being on right before Dick Van Dyke or pretty close to it anyway. I'm sorry it's not on TV Land anymore. I hope they decide to bring it back some day. :)

Originally posted by hume
I just saw a press release posted March 8 by pavanbadal on The Mary Tyler Moore Show message board. Apparently the awards show was taped on March 7 and will be edited before it airs on March 17.
There are some great pics of Mary and her awards at the press conferrence already posted on Getty Images (http://editorial.gettyimages.com/source/CFW/imageResults.aspx?s=ImagesSearchState|0|15|0|1|||0|0|0|0|3|Mary+Tyler+Moore&p=3). She's beautiful and elegant.
Check 'em out!

Steve

Great pics! Thank you very much for the link! :)

Originally posted by SawgrassSteve
There are some great pics of Mary and her awards at the press conferrence already posted on Getty Images (http://editorial.gettyimages.com/source/CFW/imageResults.aspx?s=ImagesSearchState|0|15|0|1|||0|0|0|0|3|Mary+Tyler+Moore&p=3). She's beautiful and elegant.
Check 'em out!

Steve

Steve,
:thanks: for posting that link!! You guys all know what a big TMTMS fan I am hehe. I knew that the awards were already filmed, but I hadn't seen pictures yet. Thank God for "Right click, save image as..." hehe.

Kristen