We all know Rhoda started off with a bang for CBS in the ratings. Her wedding to Joe was one of the most watched episodes in history. However, slowly but surely the wheels of this sitcom started to fall off. It was finally canceled with no finale to speak of. Do you think that hurt 'Rhoda's' chances of being considered a true classic?

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No I don't think so,Rhoda is considered a classic,to me it was the writing that went downhill,never the core cast's acting.

Rhoda didn't recover,ratings wise from the break up with Joe that viewers didn't like, I still enjoyed season3 although Nancy Walker was only in one episode that season.

I felt the independant Rhoda suffered,when she bagan working in the unfunny costume hire shop,Rhoda's girlfriends like Susie and Mryna were gone in later seasons,I found the Brenda and Benny romance dull.

The Mary Tyler Moore Show is a classic from start to finish and although Rhoda is a classic too,Rhoda like the other MTM comedy spinoff Phyllis,suffered from too many changes to the cast and the job settings.

We all know Rhoda started off with a bang for CBS in the ratings. Her wedding to Joe was one of the most watched episodes in history. However, slowly but surely the wheels of this sitcom started to fall off. It was finally canceled with no finale to speak of. Do you think that hurt 'Rhoda's' chances of being considered a true classic?

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Not for me. It was the top sitcom of the 70s for me. Season 4 after Joe was long gone was my favorite season, and even Season 5 is growing on me. I do wish that she show wasn't canceled mid-season in Season 5 and the series finale was Brenda's wedding to Benny.

Not all 'classic' sitcoms had big finales when they finished their runs.

"I Love Lucy", "Bewitched", "The Brady Bunch", etc all ended without a big bang - they just ended. (As a matter of fact, 'Bewitched' was contracted for a ninth season but Montgomery didn't want to return for a number of reasons, so ABC let her and her husband out of their contract in early 1972.)

'Mary Tyler Moore' show was probably one of the first to do so, followed by MASH some six years later.