Episode

The Mary Tyler Moore Show: A Boy's Best Friend

Name: The Mary Tyler Moore Show: A Boy's Best Friend
Released: 1974-11-23
Duration: 26 min
Cast: Mary Tyler Moore, Ed Asner, Gavin MacLeod, Ted Knight, Valerie Harper

The Mary Tyler Moore ShowSeason 51974-11-23

Overview

Ted is shocked when he finds out his mother does not intend to marry her boyfriend, but will live with him.

Details

Series: The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Season: Season 5
Episode: Episode 11
Air date: 1974-11-23
Runtime: 26 min

Episode context

A Boy's Best Friend is Episode 11 in Season 5 of The Mary Tyler Moore Show. It aired on 1974-11-23. The runtime is 26 min.

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Episode 10: What Are Friends For? 1974-11-16 | 26 min Mary and Sue Ann go to a convention in Chicago and Mary finds out that Sue Ann leads a lonely life.

Episode 12: A Son for Murray 1974-11-30 | 26 min Murray, who has three daughters, wants a son, but his wife Marie doesn't want to have another child. The couple decide to adopt instead.

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Episode 9: Not a Christmas Story 1974-11-09 | 26 min The entire newsroom staff is arguing with each other, and when they are trapped at the office due to bad weather, Sue Ann decides to serve her Christmas dinner early.

Episode 13: Neighbors 1974-12-07 | 26 min Lou wants a smaller place and moves in to Rhoda's old apartment but can't help interfering in Mary's private life.

Episode 8: Menage-a-Phyllis 1974-11-02 | 25 min Phyllis dates a man on a platonic basis, but he is attracted more to Mary and begins seeing her.

Episode 14: A Girl Like Mary 1974-12-14 | 26 min Lou wants to hire a female newscaster 'like Mary', so Mary decides to audition for the job herself.

Episode 7: A New Sue Ann 1974-10-26 | 26 min A young fan, Gloria, persuades Sue Ann to hire her for The Happy Homemaker. Sue Ann is less than pleased when Gloria plays up to the station manager and gets a larger role on the show at the expense of her own.

Episode 15: An Affair to Forget 1974-12-21 | 26 min Now that Mary is producer, Ted thinks that he can make his move on her. He convinces the rest of the newsroom that they are having an affair.

Episode 6: I Love a Piano 1974-10-19 | 26 min Murray meets an attractive woman at one of Mary's parties and considers having an affair. On the pretext of buying her old piano, he goes to see her.

Episode 16: Mary Richards: Producer 1975-01-04 | 25 min Mary doesn't feel she deserves the title of producer and asks Lou that she be given the chance to produce The Six O'clock News alone.

Episode 5: The Outsider 1974-10-12 | 25 min WJM-TV hires a young business consultant, who demands certain changes for The Six O'clock News, offending every member of the news team.

Episode 17: The System 1975-01-11 | 26 min When Ted's formula for betting on football games works, Lou goes into partnership with him. He winds up betting all of the season's winnings on the Super Bowl without telling Ted.