Click the link below for Amazon warehouse deals and every click helps keep this channel running and commercial freebr br br . If you like the series you can purchase the whole series and this page will get a commision on the sale and helps keep our channel running The Mary Tyler Moore Show (also known simply as Mary Tyler Moore)br is an American sitcom television series starring the actress of br the same name and created by James L. Brooks and Allan Burns; itbr originally aired on CBS from September 19, 1970 to March 19, br 1977. Moore starred as Mary Richards, an unmarried, independentbr woman focused on her career as associate producer at the br fictional WJM news program in Minneapolis. A central female br character who was not married or dependent on a man was a raritybr in American television in the early 1970s, leading to numerousbr publications citing The Mary Tyler Moore Show as groundbreakingbr television in the era of second-wave feminism.Ed Asner co-starredbr as Mary's boss Lou Grant, alongside Valerie Harper as her friend br and neighbor Rhoda Morgenstern and Cloris Leachman as her landlady br Phyllis Lindstrom. Other co-stars throughout the series's run br included Gavin MacLeod, Ted Knight, Georgia Engel, and Betty White.br br The Mary Tyler Moore Show is remembered for its realistic and br complex characters and storylines, in contrast to the simplisticbr characters and plots typically seen on broadcast television at br that time. It was the subject of consistent critical praise andbr high ratings during its original run, receiving twenty-nine br Primetime Emmy Awards, including for Outstanding Comedy Seriesbr three years in a row (1975–1977); Moore received the Primetime br Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series threebr times. The series also launched three spin-offs: Rhoda (1974–1978),br Phyllis (1975–1977), and Lou Grant (1977–1982). In 2013, the Writers br Guild of America ranked The Mary Tyler Moore Show #6 on its list ofbr the "101 Best Written TV Series of All Time.