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Whatmeworry4 t1_ixkiy9i wrote

The Mary Tyler Moore Show. Almost every main actor went on to their own shows. Valerie Harper, Cloris Leechman, Ed Asner, not to forget Betty White, Gavin McLeod, Ted Knight, and John Amos.

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Heynony t1_ixkrysc wrote

You have spelled out the weakness. Why, with that kind of cast (and I'd add the direction was also consistently very good plus the content was perfect for its time), was the MTM show not near the top of the top tier?

I think you have to come to the conclusion that the scripts, despite multitudes of great moments, didn't consistently rise to the occasion. The much celebrated funeral episode was typical of this: great moments but overall not all that great.

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