Episode
The Mary Tyler Moore Show: One Producer Too Many
Overview
Lou promotes Murray to co-producer against Mary's wishes to prevent him from accepting a producer's job at a rival television station.
Details
- Series
- The Mary Tyler Moore Show
- Season
- Season 7
- Episode
- Episode 6
- Air date
- 1976-10-30
- Runtime
- 30 min
Episode context
One Producer Too Many is Episode 6 in Season 7 of The Mary Tyler Moore Show. It aired on 1976-10-30. The runtime is 30 min.
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Episode 10: Murray Can't Lose
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