Episode
The Mary Tyler Moore Show: Mary Richards: Producer
Overview
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.
Details
- Series
- The Mary Tyler Moore Show
- Season
- Season 5
- Episode
- Episode 16
- Air date
- 1975-01-04
- Runtime
- 25 min
Episode context
Mary Richards: Producer is Episode 16 in Season 5 of The Mary Tyler Moore Show. It aired on 1975-01-04. The runtime is 25 min.
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