Mary Tyler Moore pivotal one-hour musical special called "Dick Van Dyke and the Other Woman", Moore and husband Grant Tinker successfully pitched a sitcom centered on Moore to CBS. "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" is a half-hour newsroom sitcom featuring Ed Asner as her gruff boss Lou Grant. Moore's show proved so popular that three other regular characters, Valerie Harper as Rhoda Morgenstern, Cloris Leachman as Phyllis Lindstrom and Ed Asner as Lou Grant were also spun off into their own series. The premise of the single working woman's life, alternating during the program between work and home, became a television staple. After
T. P. McKenna Adamant Lives!" (1967), "Jason King" (1972), "The Sweeney" (1975), "Blake's 7" (1978), "Minder" (1984) and in the "Doctor Who" serial "The Greatest Show in the Galaxy" (1989). He played Richmond in the Thames Television series "Callan" (1972) and made ten appearances in "Crown Court" (1974–1982), mainly as barrister Patrick Canty, while also appearing in the popular ATV anthology drama series "Love Story" (1965-1968). He also featured prominently in other television dramas including "The Duchess of Malfi" (1972), "Napoleon and Love" (1974),"The Changeling" (1974), "Fathers and Families (1977)", "Holocaust" (1978), "The Manions of America" (1981), "To the Lighthouse" (1983), "The Scarlet