Phyllis (TV series) character of Mother Dexter also joined the household. Aired between two popular shows – "Rhoda" and "All in the Family" – on Monday nights, Phyllis instantly became a top ten hit. Cloris Leachman won a Golden Globe Award for Best Lead Actress in a Comedy Series, and was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series. The sitcom was the sixth highest-rated television series for the 1975–76 television season (at the time ranking higher than both "Rhoda" and "The Mary Tyler Moore Show"). The series premise was reworked somewhat for the second season. Erskine Photography
Marvel Television animated shows being more successful than the live action shows. "The Incredible Hulk" (1978–1982), produced by Universal Television and aired on CBS, was Marvel's only successful live action television series, running five seasons. The last TV series, "", produced by New Line Television (now ceased and folded into Warner Bros. Television), was canceled after one season on Spike. Marvel's first live action TV licenses were for Spider-Man with the character in The Electric Company's Spidey Super Stories segments (1974–1977), CBS's "The Amazing Spider-Man" series (1977–1979) and Toei's tokusatsu style "Spider-Man" series (1978–1979). "The Amazing Spider-Man" pulled in reasonable ratings but