Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
Episode 001
TV Flash files “Episode 001” as a desk essential hour — Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman (1976–1977) on Syndicated, season 1, episode 1, aired 1976-01-05, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E01: listed hour 1 of 325 in the Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman guide, first listed hour of season 1. It aired 1976-01-05 (30 min). No earlier hour is listed in this guide. Next is “Episode 002” (S01E02).
Essential hour: “Episode 001”. Episode 001 opens the Fernwood housewife stare. Lasser versus waxy yellow buildup and consumer dread: Lear's satire soap, five nights a week, nervous-breakdown performance as experimental television.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Episode 001 sit in the Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman guide?
S01E01 is listed hour 1 of 325 — first listed hour of season 1, season 1 episode 1.
When did Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman S01E01 air?
Episode 001 aired 1976-01-05 and is listed at 30 minutes.
Is this a once-a-week sitcom?
No. Syndicated weeknights, satire soap, five nights a week. Serial manners — consumer dread and neighborhood catastrophe as the diet.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Louise Lasser's Fernwood housewife stares down waxy yellow buildup, mass murder next door, and consumer dread as a nightly serial. Norman Lear's satire soap, five nights a week, until the experiment overheated. Nervous-breakdown performance as experimental television that somehow aired right after the news.
The stare arrives before the news. Syndicated weeknights, 1976–1977: Louise Lasser's Ohio housewife faces a surreal soap-opera America of product anxiety, TV violence, and neighborhood catastrophe — five nights a week, not a traditional network sitcom slot. Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, from Gail Parent, Ann Marcus, Jerry Adelman, Daniel Gregory Browne, and Norman Lear. Greg Mullavey, Mary Kay Place's Loretta Haggers, Graham Jarvis, Dody Goodman filling Fernwood. *Waxy yellow buildup as a silhouette, kitchen light…
Filed against
- Louise Lasser as Mary Hartman
Louise Lasser stared down waxy yellow buildup as Mary Hartman on Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman — Fernwood housewife, mass murder next door, consumer dread as a nightly serial. Norman Lear’s satire soap, five nights a week, until the…
- Greg Mullavey as Tom Hartman
Greg Mullavey's Tom Hartman was the husband in Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman — Fernwood, waxy yellow buildup, mass murder next door, Louise Lasser's stare as a nightly serial. Norman Lear satire soap, five nights a week, until the experiment…
- Mary Kay Place as Loretta Haggers
Mary Kay Place twanged the dream as Loretta Haggers on Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman — Louise Lasser’s Fernwood housewife staring down waxy yellow buildup, mass murder next door, consumer dread as a nightly serial. Norman Lear satire soap,…
- Graham Jarvis as Charlie Haggers
Graham Jarvis played Charlie Haggers on Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman — Norman Lear's nightly satire soap, Fernwood consumer dread, waxy yellow buildup beside mass murder next door. Country-adjacent husband in a serial that overheated on…
- Dody Goodman as Martha Shumway
Dody Goodman’s Martha Shumway fluttered through Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman as Fernwood’s ditzy weather — Louise Lasser staring down waxy yellow buildup, mass murder next door, consumer dread as a nightly serial. Norman Lear satire soap,…