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The Mary Tyler Moore Show

Season 5 1974 - 1975
NR

  • 1974-09-15T00:00:00Z on CBS
  • 25m
  • 10h 49m (24 episodes)
  • United States
  • English
  • Comedy
30-year-old single Mary Richards moves to Minneapolis to start a new life after a romantic break-up. There she reacquaints with Phyllis who rents her a room, and meets her upstairs neighbor and new best friend Rhoda. Mary unexpectedly lands a job as associate producer at the TV station WJM, where she works alongside her bristly boss, Lou; the comical newswriter, Murray; and the newscast's often-incompetent anchor, Ted.

24 episodes

Season Premiere

1974-09-15T00:00:00Z

5x01 Will Mary Richards Go to Jail?

Season Premiere

5x01 Will Mary Richards Go to Jail?

  • 1974-09-15T00:00:00Z26m

Mary refuses to reveal a news source for a story she produced and has to spend a night in jail.

Mary dates a man with whom she has nothing in common and becomes concerned that their relationship is superficial.

Lou finally loses his temper with Ted when he endorses a political candidate on The Six O'clock News and throws him through the office doors. Lou feels guilty, and Ted takes advantage of him.

1974-10-06T00:00:00Z

5x04 Lou and That Woman

5x04 Lou and That Woman

  • 1974-10-06T00:00:00Z26m

Lou begins seeing a cocktail lounge singer but becomes uncomfortable about her past.

1974-10-13T00:00:00Z

5x05 The Outsider

5x05 The Outsider

  • 1974-10-13T00:00:00Z25m

WJM-TV hires a young business consultant, who demands certain changes for The Six O'clock News, offending every member of the news team.

1974-10-20T00:00:00Z

5x06 I Love a Piano

5x06 I Love a Piano

  • 1974-10-20T00:00:00Z26m

Murray meets an attractive woman at one of Mary's parties and considers having an affair. On the pretext of buying her old piano, he goes to see her.

1974-10-27T00:00:00Z

5x07 A New Sue Ann

5x07 A New Sue Ann

  • 1974-10-27T00:00:00Z26m

A young fan, Gloria, persuades Sue Ann to hire her for The Happy Homemaker. Sue Ann is less than pleased when Gloria plays up to the station manager and gets a larger role on the show at the expense of her own.

1974-11-03T01:00:00Z

5x08 Menage-a-Phyllis

5x08 Menage-a-Phyllis

  • 1974-11-03T01:00:00Z25m

Phyllis dates a man on a platonic basis, but he is attracted more to Mary and begins seeing her.

1974-11-10T01:00:00Z

5x09 Not a Christmas Story

5x09 Not a Christmas Story

  • 1974-11-10T01:00:00Z26m

The entire newsroom staff is arguing with each other, and when they are trapped at the office due to bad weather, Sue Ann decides to serve her Christmas dinner early.

1974-11-17T01:00:00Z

5x10 What Are Friends For?

5x10 What Are Friends For?

  • 1974-11-17T01:00:00Z26m

Mary and Sue Ann go to a convention in Chicago and Mary finds out that Sue Ann leads a lonely life.

1974-11-24T01:00:00Z

5x11 A Boy's Best Friend

5x11 A Boy's Best Friend

  • 1974-11-24T01:00:00Z26m

Ted is shocked when he finds out his mother does not intend to marry her boyfriend, but will live with him.

1974-12-01T01:00:00Z

5x12 A Son for Murray

5x12 A Son for Murray

  • 1974-12-01T01:00:00Z26m

Murray, who has three daughters, wants a son, but his wife Marie doesn't want to have another child. The couple decide to adopt instead.

1974-12-08T01:00:00Z

5x13 Neighbors

5x13 Neighbors

  • 1974-12-08T01:00:00Z26m

Lou wants a smaller place and moves in to Rhoda's old apartment but can't help interfering in Mary's private life.

1974-12-15T01:00:00Z

5x14 A Girl Like Mary

5x14 A Girl Like Mary

  • 1974-12-15T01:00:00Z26m

Lou wants to hire a female newscaster 'like Mary', so Mary decides to audition for the job herself.

1974-12-22T01:00:00Z

5x15 An Affair to Forget

5x15 An Affair to Forget

  • 1974-12-22T01:00:00Z26m

Now that Mary is producer, Ted thinks that he can make his move on her. He convinces the rest of the newsroom that they are having an affair.

1975-01-05T01:00:00Z

5x16 Mary Richards: Producer

5x16 Mary Richards: Producer

  • 1975-01-05T01:00:00Z25m

Mary doesn't feel she deserves the title of producer and asks Lou that she be given the chance to produce The Six O'clock News alone.

1975-01-12T01:00:00Z

5x17 The System

5x17 The System

  • 1975-01-12T01:00:00Z26m

When Ted's formula for betting on football games works, Lou goes into partnership with him. He winds up betting all of the season's winnings on the Super Bowl without telling Ted.

1975-01-19T01:00:00Z

5x18 Phyllis Whips Inflation

5x18 Phyllis Whips Inflation

  • 1975-01-19T01:00:00Z30m

Phyllis and Lars have a dispute and she finds her credit cards cut off. She looks for a job but finds that she has no relevant skills.

1975-01-26T01:00:00Z

5x19 The Shame of the Cities

5x19 The Shame of the Cities

  • 1975-01-26T01:00:00Z30m

Lou wants to research his own news story now that Mary's producer and decides to launch a major investigation on a city councilor only to discover that he is completely honest.

Ted pops the question to Georgette at Murray's 20th wedding anniversary party and then gets cold feet.

1975-02-09T01:00:00Z

5x21 You Try To Be a Nice Guy

Mary agrees to help a troubled crime prone girl go straight and find a job.

1975-02-16T01:00:00Z

5x22 You Can't Lose 'em All

5x22 You Can't Lose 'em All

  • 1975-02-16T01:00:00Z30m

Lou wins the Albert Mason Award, which he had once said was for broadcasting veterans who couldn't chew their own food.

A con-man tricks Ted into setting up a broadcasters' academy. When he finds out he's been had, he asks Lou, Mary and Murray to be the faculty and give the semester's opening lectures.

Season Finale

1975-03-09T00:00:00Z

5x24 Anyone Who Hates Kids and Dogs

Season Finale

5x24 Anyone Who Hates Kids and Dogs

  • 1975-03-09T00:00:00Z30m

Mary likes her new boyfriend but finds his son absolutely intolerable.

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