Mary (1978 TV series) Mary (1978 TV series) Mary is an American comedy-variety show hosted by and starring Mary Tyler Moore that aired Sundays at 8:00 pm (EST) on CBS from September 24 to October 8, 1978, with a total of three episodes produced over one season. "Mary" was the attempt by Mary Tyler Moore to return to network television after the triumph of her sitcom ("The Mary Tyler Moore Show") from 1970 to 1977. Her sitcom having not been renewed at her producers' request (they didn't want it to get "stale"), she had taken a year off before returning to television to conquer
Columbia Pictures Television standing for Columbia Pictures Television) to hold the copyright for the TV show "The Young and the Restless", as well as old incarnations from the company's television library such as "What's Happening!!". The studio changed its name on May 6, 1974 and was suggested by David Gerber. As the successor in interest to Screen Gems, it assumed productions of the daytime soap operas "Days of Our Lives" and "The Young and the Restless". Its first produced series is the sitcom "That's My Mama". It was originally slated to be a Screen Gems production. On June 13, 1977, CPT acquired worldwide