That Girl
Little Auction Annie
TV Flash files “Little Auction Annie” as hour 8 of 136 in the TV Flash guide — That Girl (1966–1971) on ABC, season 1, episode 8, aired 1966-10-27, 30 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E08: listed hour 8 of 136 in the That Girl guide, hour 8 of 30 in season 1. It aired 1966-10-27 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Help Wanted” (S01E07). Next is “Time for Arrest” (S01E09).
Viewer FAQ
Where does Little Auction Annie sit in the That Girl guide?
S01E08 is listed hour 8 of 136 — hour 8 of 30 in season 1, season 1 episode 8.
When did That Girl S01E08 air?
Little Auction Annie aired 1966-10-27 and is listed at 30 minutes.
Where should I start?
Ann Marie's New York acting-career premise is the contract: Thomas's charm, the apartment as manifesto, Donald as the boyfriend orbit. Early episodes sell the independence; later ones ride the five-season run.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Ann Marie moves to New York to make it as an actress and makes independence look like a weekly fashion editorial. Marlo Thomas's single-woman sitcom treated career dreams as plot, not punchline setup alone. The stylish bridge between housewife sitcoms and Mary Tyler Moore — sparkle with genuine stakes.
Ann Marie moves to New York and the sitcom window stops being a housewife lease. Marlo Thomas headlined ABC's *That Girl* (1966–1971; **five seasons, 136 episodes**), a single-woman sitcom that treated career dreams as plot, not punchline setup alone. Bill Persky and Sam Denoff made the city a character and Ann's apartment a manifesto. Ted Bessell's Donald as the almost-fiancé. Lew Parker's dad orbiting a woman who declined to go home to daddy's script. Independence looking like a weekly fashion editorial is not…
Filed against
- Marlo Thomas as Ann Marie
Marlo Thomas made independence a hemline as Ann Marie on That Girl — New York actress hustle, career dreams as plot not punchline setup, the stylish bridge between housewife sitcoms and Mary Tyler Moore. Weekly fashion editorial with a…
- Ted Bessell as Donald Hollinger
Ted Bessell dated That Girl as Donald Hollinger — Ann Marie moves to New York to make it as an actress, independence as a weekly fashion editorial, career dreams as plot. The stylish bridge between housewife sitcoms and what came next. TV…
- Lew Parker as Lew Marie
Lew Parker played the anxious dad circuit as Lew Marie on That Girl — Marlo Thomas’s New York independence project with a father who treated her acting dream like a weekly weather alert. Career as plot, not punchline setup. TV Flash files…