The Mary Tyler Moore Show its original run, receiving twenty-nine Primetime Emmy Awards, including for Outstanding Comedy Series three years in a row (1975–1977), and for which Moore received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series three times. The series also launched three spin-offs: "Rhoda" (1974–1978), "Phyllis" (1975–1977), and "Lou Grant" (1977–1982). In 2013, the Writers Guild of America ranked "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" number six on its list of the "101 Best Written TV Series of All Time." Mary Richards (Moore) is a single woman who, at age 30, moves to Minneapolis on the heels of a broken
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