The Mary Tyler Moore Show

Series Summary

The Mary Tyler Moore Show was a television breakthrough, with the first never-married, independent career woman as the central character. As Mary Richards, a single woman in her thirties, Moore presented a character different from other single TV women of the time. She was not widowed or divorced or seeking a man to support her.

Premiered on: September 19, 1970

Cast

Mary Tyler Moore … Mary Richards
Edward Asner … Lou Grant
Valerie Harper … Rhoda Morgenstern
Gavin MacLeod … Murray Slaughter
Ted Knight … Ted Baxter
Georgia Engel … Georgette Franklin
Betty White … Sue Ann Nivens
Cloris Leachman … Phyllis Lindstrom