i never catch mtm when it be originally on . i do not watch much television and the idea of a sitcom about a single woman have no interest to me . then and after it be cancel and a local tv station start show two show a night and back to back and and i start watch . at first i wasn not impress . the early 70 fashion and hairstyle be horrific and the act uneven and the topic date and moore occasionally overact . but and a the series progress and the writing get well and the cast get more comfortable with their role and moore tone it down a little . i still do not like the first season too much . it do introduce u to all the character but it just seem kind of force . also it be somewhat sexist . at one point moore actually do lou grant laundry . ok ok his wife have leave him but still . after the first season though the series pick up speed and just get well and well . it also show a single woman live alone and like it a rarity for tv on those day . it even hint that she have an off screen sex life . it also find humor in some taboo subject . when chuckle the clown be inadvertently kill in one episode they actually make his death seem funny . supposedly ( accord to moore autobiography ) no one want to do it and some crew people be sick the week it be film . that episode go on the win a few emmy and be consider a true classic . also moor character get more liberated especially during the last season . she get a steady boyfriend ( ted bessell ) and and at one point and give him a long passionate kiss right in front of lou grant and ted baxter and murray slaughter . it all end perfectly in the last episode . no one be kill but everybody ( except for ted baxter ) be fire and they all leave the office singing . a true classic of tv . well worth see .