Episode

The Mary Tyler Moore Show: What's Wrong with Swimming?

Name: The Mary Tyler Moore Show: What's Wrong with Swimming?
Released: 1976-10-16
Duration: 30 min
Cast: Mary Tyler Moore, Ed Asner, Gavin MacLeod, Ted Knight, Valerie Harper

The Mary Tyler Moore ShowSeason 71976-10-16

Overview

Mary hires a new sportscaster who refuses to cover any sports but swimming and is faced with the prospect of firing her.

Details

Series: The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Season: Season 7
Episode: Episode 4
Air date: 1976-10-16
Runtime: 30 min

Episode context

What's Wrong with Swimming? is Episode 4 in Season 7 of The Mary Tyler Moore Show. It aired on 1976-10-16. The runtime is 30 min.

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Episode 3: Sue Ann's Sister 1976-10-09 | 30 min Sue Ann becomes deeply depressed when her sister arrives and gets an offer to do a competing homemaker show in Minneapolis.

Episode 5: Ted's Change of Heart 1976-10-23 | 30 min Ted suffers a heart attack on the air and for the next few days becomes conscious of how precious life is.

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Episode 2: Mary the Writer 1976-10-02 | 30 min Mary decides to take a creative writing course, and is less than delighted with the criticism Lou levels at her efforts.

Episode 6: One Producer Too Many 1976-10-30 | 30 min Lou promotes Murray to co-producer against Mary's wishes to prevent him from accepting a producer's job at a rival television station.

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Episode 7: My Son, the Genius 1976-11-06 | 30 min Ted and Georgette are initially disturbed to find that their son, David, is not doing well at school, but a psychiatrist's test shows that he is a genius. Unfortunately, David lets this go to his head and takes advantage of Ted.

Episode 8: Mary Gets a Lawyer 1976-11-13 | 30 min Mary faces a contempt charge for not revealing her news source. Lou recommends a lawyer friend who takes a romantic interest in Mary.

Episode 9: Lou Proposes 1976-11-20 | 30 min Lou realizes that he has feelings for Mary's Aunt Flo, a journalist with a similar pride and passion in the news profession.

Episode 10: Murray Can't Lose 1976-11-27 | 26 min Lou learns from a source on the Teddy Award's panel that Murray will finally win an award for his news writing.

Episode 11: Mary's Insomnia 1976-12-04 | 30 min Mary is having trouble sleeping and resorts to pills, which has Lou concerned that she's become addicted to them.

Episode 12: Ted's Temptation 1976-12-11 | 30 min Mary and Murray find it hard to believe that an attractive young journalist has tried to seduce Ted while they are at a convention in Hollywood.

Episode 13: Look at Us, We're Walking 1976-12-25 | 30 min Mary and Lou threaten to quit after the new station manager refuses to give them a raise.