The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970): 15 Weird Facts You Didn't Know

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The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970): 15 Weird Facts You Didn't Know

Remember when Mary Tyler Moore walked into a Minneapolis newsroom and changed everything about television? From 1970 to 1977 on CBS, The Mary Tyler Moore Show turned WJM-TV into the workplace we all secretly wanted to join — even with Ted Baxter reading the news and Lou Grant on his third scotch by noon. With legendary performances from Mary Tyler Moore, Ed Asner, Valerie Harper, Ted Knight, Cloris Leachman, Gavin MacLeod, and Betty White, the show delivered seven seasons of laughs, tears, and newsroom chaos that still holds up.

Chapters:

• 00:00 - Intro
• 00:57 - #15: Funeral Comedy Breakthrough — David Lloyd
• 02:10 - #14: The Chaotic Pilot Taping — Mary Tyler Moore
• 03:38 - #13: The Divorcee CBS Rejected — James L. Brooks
• 05:12 - #12: The Unscripted Finale Moment — Georgia Engel
• 06:34 - #11: A Groundbreaking TV Reference — Treva Silverman
• 07:38 - #10: The Hidden Hair Transformation
• 08:37 - #9: The Set That Stood Together — John Amos
• 09:39 - #8: The Dinner Table Grudge — Cloris Leachman
• 10:59 - #7: Equal Pay Comes to Prime Time — Gloria Steinem
• 12:21 - #6: Building a Believable Newsroom
• 13:58 - #5: The Theme Song’s Evolution — Sonny Curtis
• 14:48 - #4: The Emmy Record Run — Ed Asner
• 16:01 - #3: The One-Episode Character Who Stayed — Betty White
• 16:59 - #2: Lou Grant’s Near-Miss Casting
• 18:22 - #1: The Link to Springfield