The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Bob & Rhoda & Teddy & Mary
TV Flash files “Bob & Rhoda & Teddy & Mary” as hour 9 of 168 in the TV Flash guide — The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970–1977) on CBS, season 1, episode 9, aired 1970-11-14, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E09: listed hour 9 of 168 in the The Mary Tyler Moore Show guide, hour 9 of 24 in season 1. It aired 1970-11-14 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “The Snow Must Go On” (S01E08). Next is “Assistant Wanted, Female” (S01E10).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Mary, Murray and Ted receive nominations for Teddy Awards; Rhoda's new boyfriend shows more interest in Mary.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Bob & Rhoda & Teddy & Mary sit in the The Mary Tyler Moore Show guide?
S01E09 is listed hour 9 of 168 — hour 9 of 24 in season 1, season 1 episode 9.
When did The Mary Tyler Moore Show S01E09 air?
Bob & Rhoda & Teddy & Mary aired 1970-11-14 and is listed at 30 minutes.
Where should I start?
Love is All Around. The hat, the job interview, and the newsroom manners are the whole silhouette. If you only have two hours, add Chuckles Bites the Dust.
In the series
Why this series still plays
For the silhouette: a single working woman in newsroom wool who made competence look like glamour, an ensemble that dressed like adults, and a hat toss that is still the hardest launch in sitcom photography.
The first image is not a joke. It is a woman in a coat, a city that photographs cold, and a hat that leaves her hand as if it had a publicist. Love is All Around does not announce a feminist lecture. It announces a silhouette: Mary Richards as single working woman in a market that still wanted her married by the first commercial. The beret in the air is not cute. It is a premiere look that the rerun still steals. Style is the plot. The newsroom is the closet she will live in for seven seasons.
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