The Mary Tyler Moore Show

"Good night and good news."

30-year-old single Mary Richards moves to Minneapolis to start a new life after a romantic break-up. There she reacquaints with Phyllis who rents her a room, and meets her upstairs neighbor and new best friend Rhoda. Mary unexpectedly lands a job as associate producer at the TV station WJM, where she works alongside her bristly boss, Lou; the comical newswriter, Murray; and the newscast's often-incompetent anchor, Ted.

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Created By	Allan Burns James L. Brooks
Status	Ended
Original Name	The Mary Tyler Moore Show
First Air Date	September 19, 1970
Last Air Date	March 19, 1977
Seasons	7
Episodes	168
Episode Runtime	25min
Language	English
Original Language	English
Production Countries	United States of America
Production Companies	MTM Enterprises
Networks	CBS

S07E24

The Last Show

WJM-TV has some personnel changes in the executive department (again), and everyone except Ted Baxter is fired. The new station manager wants to see the WJM News the highest-ranked in Minneapolis, and for some reason feels that Ted can help him make it happen. (Seems a little odd, eh?) The gang says goodbye to each other in the form of a long, hard cry. Mary thanks them all for being her surrogate family, and Lou finally sentimentally says, ""I cherish you people."" They bravely march out the office doors singing, ""It's a long, long way to Tipperary."" At the last moment, Mary leans back through through the WJM-TV doors and turns out the light. So long, WJM-TV.

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