The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970)

Name: The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Genre: Comedy
Rating: 8.3

Comedy

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.

IMDb rating: 8.3 (11,285 votes)
Seasons: 7
Streaming (US): Philo
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Seasons

Season 1 (1970)

7.62 avg 24 episodes 8.3 → 7.3 30 min avg

Season 1 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Love Is All Around	8.3	589
2	Today I am a Ma'am	7.7	424
3	Bess, You Is My Daughter Now	7.4	363
4	Divorce Isn't Everything	7.5	360
5	Keep Your Guard Up	7.1	327
6	Support Your Local Mother	8.1	326
7	Toulouse-Lautrec Is One of My Favorite Artists	8.1	330
8	The Snow Must Go On	7.9	326
9	Bob and Rhoda and Teddy and Mary	7.5	282
10	Assistant Wanted, Female	7.6	278
11	1040 or Fight	7.8	307
12	Anchorman Overboard	7.6	264
13	He's All Yours	6.9	277
14	Christmas and the Hard-Luck Kid II	8.1	333
15	Howard's Girl	6.8	267
16	Party Is Such Sweet Sorrow	7.6	255
17	Just a Lunch	7.7	263
18	Second Story Story	8.0	280
19	We Closed in Minneapolis	7.6	254
20	Hi!	7.8	263
21	The Boss Isn't Coming to Dinner	7.6	246
22	A Friend in Deed	7.5	265
23	Smokey the Bear Wants You	7.3	246
24	The 45-Year-Old Man	7.3	237

Season 2 (1971)

7.63 avg 24 episodes 7.7 → 6.8 30 min avg

Bad finale
Rollercoaster

Season 2 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Birds... and... um... Bess	7.7	228
2	I Am Curious Cooper	7.1	225
3	He's No Heavy... He's My Brother	7.4	219
4	Room 223	7.7	225
5	A Girl's Best Mother Is Not Her Friend	8.1	237
6	Cover Boy	7.9	229
7	Didn't You Used to Be... Wait... Don't Tell Me	7.5	215
8	Thoroughly Unmilitant Mary	8.2	228
9	And Now, Sitting in for Ted Baxter	8.0	213
10	Don't Break the Chain	7.2	215
11	The Six-and-a-Half-Year Itch	7.6	214
12	Is a Friend in Need	7.8	209
13	The Square-Shaped Room	7.7	203
14	Ted Over Heels	7.5	200
15	The Five-Minute Dress	7.2	195
16	Feeb	7.6	209
17	The Slaughter Affair	7.7	194
18	Baby Sit-Com	7.9	213
19	More Than Neighbors	7.8	203
20	The Care and Feeding of Parents	7.1	191
21	Where There's Smoke, There's Rhoda	8.1	220
22	You Certainly Are a Big Boy	7.4	211
23	Some of My Best Friends Are Rhoda	8.1	250
24	His Two Right Arms	6.8	219

Season 3 (1972)

7.68 avg 24 episodes 8.2 → 7.7 30 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 3 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Good-Time News	8.2	244
2	What Is Mary Richards Really Like?	7.4	194
3	Who's in Charge Here?	7.6	194
4	Enter Rhoda's Parents	8.1	222
5	It's Whether You Win or Lose	7.9	213
6	Rhoda the Beautiful	8.3	248
7	Just Around the Corner	7.4	214
8	But Seriously, Folks	6.8	213
9	Farmer Ted and the News	8.3	233
10	Have I Found a Guy for You	7.1	206
11	You've Got a Friend	7.6	193
12	It Was Fascination, I Know	7.1	205
13	Operation: Lou	8.4	225
14	Rhoda Morgenstern: Minneapolis to New York	7.9	222
15	The Courtship of Mary's Father's Daughter	7.6	208
16	Lou's Place	7.5	213
17	My Brother's Keeper	8.3	266
18	The Georgette Story	8.2	210
19	Romeo and Mary	6.7	225
20	What Do You Do When the Boss Says 'I Love You'	7.5	201
21	Murray Faces Life	7.1	189
22	Remembrance of Things Past	6.7	194
23	Put on a Happy Face	8.9	330
24	Mary Richards and the Incredible Plant Lady	7.7	209

Season 4 (1973)

7.93 avg 24 episodes 8.9 → 7.7 30 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 4 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Lars Affair	8.9	365
2	Angels in the Snow	7.4	230
3	Rhoda's Sister Gets Married	7.7	219
4	The Lou and Edie Story	8.0	217
5	Hi There, Sports Fans	7.7	199
6	Father's Day	7.4	186
7	Son of 'But Seriously, Folks'	6.4	194
8	Lou's First Date	8.5	239
9	Love Blooms at Hemples	7.7	198
10	The Dinner Party	8.9	319
11	Just Friends	7.5	175
12	We Want Baxter	7.7	177
13	I Gave at the Office	7.5	189
14	Almost a Nun's Story	7.7	172
15	Happy Birthday, Lou!	8.3	195
16	WJM Tries Harder	7.9	187
17	Cottage for Sale	7.5	173
18	The Co-Producers	8.2	195
19	Best of Enemies	7.9	193
20	Better Late... That's a Pun... Than Never	8.7	218
21	Ted Baxter Meets Walter Cronkite	8.5	207
22	Lou's Second Date	8.2	189
23	Two Wrongs Don't Make a Writer	8.4	207
24	I Was a Single for WJM	7.7	190

Season 5 (1974)

7.83 avg 24 episodes 8.8 → 7.3 30 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 5 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Will Mary Richards Go to Jail?	8.8	251
2	Not Just Another Pretty Face	7.6	206
3	You Sometimes Hurt the One You Hate	7.5	185
4	Lou and That Woman	8.2	203
5	The Outsider	7.6	184
6	I Love a Piano	7.2	186
7	A New Sue Ann	8.7	243
8	Menage-a-Phyllis	7.7	196
9	Not a Christmas Story	8.4	242
10	What Are Friends For?	7.8	189
11	A Boy's Best Friend	7.6	177
12	A Son for Murray	7.4	189
13	Neighbors	7.4	174
14	A Girl Like Mary	8.1	188
15	An Affair to Forget	7.1	189
16	Mary Richards: Producer	8.0	183
17	The System	7.9	188
18	Phyllis Whips Inflation	7.9	190
19	The Shame of the Cities	7.5	184
20	Marriage Minneapolis Style	7.3	172
21	You Try to Be a Nice Guy	8.2	207
22	You Can't Lose 'em All	7.9	178
23	Ted Baxter's Famous Broadcasters' School	8.7	237
24	Anyone Who Hates Kids and Dogs	7.3	192

Season 6 (1975)

7.81 avg 24 episodes 8.1 → 8.0 30 min avg

Rollercoaster
Mid-peak

Season 6 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Edie Gets Married	8.1	204
2	Mary Moves Out	7.6	193
3	Mary's Father	7.4	173
4	Murray in Love	7.1	182
5	Ted's Moment of Glory	7.9	174
6	Mary's Aunt	7.7	189
7	Chuckles Bites the Dust	9.4	589
8	Mary's Delinquent	7.9	185
9	Ted's Wedding	8.5	203
10	Lou Douses an Old Flame	7.6	169
11	Mary Richards Falls in Love	7.0	187
12	Ted's Tax Refund	7.5	169
13	The Happy Homemaker Takes Lou Home	8.0	186
14	One Boyfriend Too Many	7.1	184
15	What Do You Want to Do When You Produce?	7.9	184
16	Not with My Wife, I Don't	7.5	151
17	The Seminar	8.0	177
18	Once I Had a Secret Love	8.7	205
19	Menage-a-Lou	7.4	178
20	Murray Takes a Stand	7.6	155
21	Mary's Aunt Returns	7.6	163
22	A Reliable Source	7.6	154
23	Sue Ann Falls in Love	8.3	170
24	Ted and the Kid	8.0	159

Season 7 (1976)

7.99 avg 24 episodes 8.7 → 9.4 30 min avg

Big finale
Rebound
Rollercoaster
saved-best-for-last

Season 7 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Mary Midwife	8.7	221
2	Mary the Writer	7.7	177
3	Sue Ann's Sister	8.5	231
4	What's Wrong with Swimming?	7.5	180
5	Ted's Change of Heart	8.2	186
6	One Producer Too Many	7.7	168
7	My Son, the Genius	7.2	160
8	Mary Gets a Lawyer	7.7	174
9	Lou Proposes	7.6	163
10	Murray Can't Lose	8.3	177
11	Mary's Insomnia	8.5	187
12	Ted's Temptation	8.1	184
13	Look at Us, We're Walking	7.8	166
14	The Critic	8.3	206
15	Lou's Army Reunion	7.5	177
16	The Ted and Georgette Show	7.7	168
17	Sue Ann Gets the Ax	8.4	193
18	Hail the Conquering Gordy	7.9	165
19	Mary and the Sexagenarian	7.8	182
20	Murray Ghosts for Ted	8.2	183
21	Mary's Three Husbands	7.3	185
22	Mary's Big Party	7.7	191
23	Lou Dates Mary	8.0	201
24	The Last Show	9.4	408