The Mary Tyler Moore Show mirror those of "The Mary Tyler Moore Show". When the writers of the sitcom "Friends" were about to create their series finale, they watched several other sitcom finales. Co-creator Marta Kauffman said that the last episode of "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" was the "gold standard" and that it influenced the finale of "Friends". The show spun off three television series, all of which aired on CBS: the sitcoms "Rhoda" (1974–78) and "Phyllis" (1975–77), and the one-hour drama "Lou Grant" (1977–82). In 2000, Moore and Harper reprised their roles in a two-hour ABC TV-movie, "Mary and Rhoda". Two retrospective specials
Burt Metcalfe producer, Metcalfe was promoted to line producer in 1976 when Larry Gelbart left the series and then to executive producer in 1977, when Gene Reynolds moved on to become executive producer for the CBS-TV series "Lou Grant". Metcalfe has been nominated 13 times for Primetime Emmy Awards for his work as a writer on the series "M*A*S*H" from 1975 through 1983. Metcalfe also served as the executive producer for the "M*A*S*H 30th Anniversary Reunion Special" which aired on FOX in September 2002. Burt Metcalfe Burt Metcalfe (born March 19, 1935 in Saskatchewan, Canada) is a Canadian American television and film