That Girl
Opening Night
TV Flash files “Opening Night” as hour 102 of 136 in the TV Flash guide — That Girl (1966–1971) on ABC, season 4, episode 16, aired 1970-01-08, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S04E16: listed hour 102 of 136 in the That Girl guide, hour 16 of 26 in season 4. It aired 1970-01-08 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Ten Percent of Nothing is Nothing” (S04E15). Next is “That Meter Maid” (S04E17).
Viewer FAQ
Where does Opening Night sit in the That Girl guide?
S04E16 is listed hour 102 of 136 — hour 16 of 26 in season 4, season 4 episode 16.
When did That Girl S04E16 air?
Opening Night aired 1970-01-08 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…