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
1977–78 United States network television schedule (weekday) ♦ABC had a 6PM (ET)/5PM (CT) feed for their newscast 1977–78 United States network television schedule (weekday) These are the daytime Monday–Friday schedules on all three networks for each calendar season Beginning in September 1977. All times are Eastern. Talk shows are highlighted in yellow, local programming is white, reruns of prime-time programming are orange, game shows are pink, soap operas are chartreuse, news programs are gold and all others are light blue. New series are highlighted in bold. NOTE: On November 7, 1977, CBS expanded "Guiding Light" from 30 minutes to 1 hour. Also, on December 2, 1977, Chico