September 19, 1970 (1970-09-19) – March 6, 1971 (1971-03-06)
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The first season of The Mary Tyler Moore Show aired on CBS from September 19, 1970, to March 6, 1971. It consisted of 24 half-hour episodes. The first season aired on CBS on Saturday nights at 9:30 p.m.
Recurring characters introduced in the first season were: Mary Richards (Mary Tyler Moore), Lou Grant (Ed Asner), Murray Slaughter (Gavin MacLeod), Ted Baxter (Ted Knight), Rhoda Morgenstern (Valerie Harper), Phyllis Lindstrom (Cloris Leachman), Bess Lindstrom (Lisa Gerritsen), Ida Morgenstern (Nancy Walker), and Marie Slaughter (Joyce Bulifant).
The show began in season one as a three-camera show filmed in front of a live audience largely in sequence.[1] Moore said at the time of its debut: "The only kind of TV I would do was one like this, where you shoot it in sequence in front of a live audience."[2]
Prior to the debut of season one, Moore described the concept as follows: "The character is going to be essentially me. Laura Petrie before she got married maybe. I'm going to be a trusting open girl of 30. I would like to be married, but I'm not desperate."[1]
^ abTome Green (July 10, 1970). "It's Happy Time for Miss Moore". San Bernardino Sun. pp. B1, B4.
^Dick Kleiner (October 9, 1970). "Mary Tyler Moore back on TV". Wausau Daily Herald. Newspaper Enterprise Association. p. 17 – via Newspapers.com.
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