The Mary Tyler Moore Show
The Mary Tyler Moore Show: groundbreaking sitcom about an independent woman in Minneapolis.
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The Mary Tyler Moore Show centered on a single working woman, a rarity on 1970s American television during second-wave feminism.[1] The series earned 29 Primetime Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Comedy Series three consecutive years from 1975 to 1977.[2]
Last updated 2026-09-30 from the source article.
Making and release
Moore initially hesitated to commit, fearing any new role would suffer compared to her Laura Petrie character on The Dick Van Dyke Show.[3] The character was originally planned as a divorcée, but CBS changed it to a single woman with a broken engagement because divorce was still controversial.[3][4] Co-creator Allan Burns said Minnesota was chosen after a writer discussed the strengths and weaknesses of the Vikings football team.[5] The show was filmed at the CBS Studio Center in Los Angeles, aside from establishing shots and the title sequence.[5]
Co-creator James Brooks explained that a television newsroom was picked as the workplace due to the typical supporting characters found in such an environment.[5] The opening title sequence was shot in Minneapolis, with filming taking place both during summer and winter.[6] "Love Is All Around", the opening theme song, was both written and performed by Sonny Curtis.[7]
What the cited sources add
The Deadline Hollywood article reporting the WGA list states the list honored seven decades of television programming and the writers who brought it to life.[8] The Meet Minneapolis account notes that a statue of Mary Tyler Moore was placed at Nicollet and 7th Street in 2001, capturing her hat toss from the opening credits.[9] Meet Minneapolis President and CEO Melvin Tennant said the show put Minneapolis on the map and created the image many non-residents have of the city.[9] The same source reports that First Lady Betty Ford appeared in the sixth-season episode "The Seminar," which aired on January 10, 1976.[10][11]
Carl Anthony Online states that Moore later entered the Betty Ford Center for alcohol treatment and was inspired by the former First Lady's counseling of patients.[10]
References
- Wikipedia, "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Hammill, "The Mary Tyler Moore Show", The Museum of Broadcast Communications (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "'101 Best Written TV Series Of All Time' From WGA/TV Guide: Complete List", Deadline Hollywood, June 2, 2013 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Lewisohn, "The Mary Tyler Moore Show", BBC (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: The Making of the Mary Tyler Moore Show The Mary Tyler Moore Show: The Complete First Season (Disc Four), [2002] (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Television: Hollywood's Hot Hyphens", October 28, 1974; Weiss, ""ViacomCBS to sell its historic CBS Studio Center, home to Seinfeld and The Mary Tyler Moore Show, for $1.85 billion"", November 30, 2021 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "The 100 Greatest Moments In Television: 1970s News", February 19, 1999 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Mary Tyler Moore TV show intro" (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- "'101 Best Written TV Series Of All Time' From WGA/TV Guide: Complete List", Deadline Hollywood, June 2, 2013. facts only, no text reused. deadline.com
- "The Mary Tyler Moore Statue", Meet Minneapolis. facts only, no text reused. minneapolis.org
- "Those Seventies Women: Betty Ford on Mary Tyler Moore, Mary Tyler Moore at Betty Ford", Carl Anthony Online, January 27, 2017. facts only, no text reused. carlanthonyonline.com
- Wikipedia, "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Those Seventies Women: Betty Ford on Mary Tyler Moore, Mary Tyler Moore at Betty Ford", Carl Anthony Online, January 27, 2017 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
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