the mary tyler moore show be a classic sitcom about single 30 something mary richards and move to new town minneapolis and when her relationship break down and she get an apartment through old friend phyllis ( chloris leachman ) at the start and cause friction with rhoda ( valerie harper ) from upstairs and the friendship of mary and rhoda become one of the backbone of the series until valerie harper spun off to her own spin off success rhoda and after four season . mary get a job at wjm tv and the local news station with the low rating but warm people and she meet gruff but care lou grant ( ed asner ) the classic moment in the series would be when lou would say come into my office mary . murray slaughter ( gavin macleod ) be the married man and who love mary without any sinister meaning and ted baxter ( ted knight ) be the stupid vain anchor man a the season go on and he get funnier and funnier and his character get some depth later with the introduction of a girlfriend and late wife and georgette and play by the hilarious georgia engel . betty white be a welcome addition in season 4 a man hungry happy homemaker and sue ann nivens and the episode when she have an affair with phyllisunseen husband lars in the lars affair be a classic and sue anne help fill the void a the blond darling when phyllis leave after season 5 for her own spin off series phyllis . amongst all the laughs there be touch and real moment of life like retirement or the lou and edie story when lou wife edie leave him or chuckle bite the dust and the best known episode of tmtms when the station clown and chuckle and dy in a bizarre elephant crushing and mary be disgust at the sick joke until she get the giggle at the funeral and then there be a debate about people reaction to death and all very deep indeed . the show end after a seven year run with the news gang all be sack apart from ted and ironically the one worst at the job and rhoda and phyllis return to support mary and lou grant be launch a a dramatic spin off and be another big success . a real joy of a series and the catchy theme youre gon na make it after all and mary throw her hat in the air and never fail to please .