The Mary Tyler Moore Hour
| The Mary Tyler Moore Hour | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Sitcom-variety show |
| Written by | David Axlerod Stan Burns Peter Gallay Carol Gary Robert Illes Gary Jacobs Coslough Johnson Arnie Kogen |
| Directed by |
Jay Sandrich Robert Scheerer Walter C. Miller |
| Starring |
Mary Tyler Moore Dody Goodman Michael Keaton Joyce Van Patten |
| Theme music composer | Sonny Curtis |
| Opening theme | "Love Is All Around" (instrumental) |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 11 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Perry Lafferty |
| Location(s) |
CBS Television City Hollywood, California |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Production company(s) | MTM Enterprises |
| Distributor | 20th Television |
| Release | |
| Original network | CBS |
| Audio format | Monaural |
| Original release | March 4 – June 10, 1979 |
The Mary Tyler Moore Hour is an American sitcom-variety show starring Mary Tyler Moore, Dody Goodman, Michael Keaton and Joyce Van Patten that aired on CBS from March 4, 1979 to June 10, 1979, with a total of 11 episodes spanning over one season.
In the spring of 1979, nearly five months following the negative reception of her first venture in a variety show entitled Mary which CBS pulled from its schedule after only three broadcasts, Mary Tyler Moore returned to CBS with this new short-lived series; it was part situation comedy and part variety show, using a show-within-a-show format that centered around the problems encountered in putting a variety series together.
Moore stars as Mary McKinnon, the host of a fictional weekly variety series called The Mary McKinnon Show. McKinnon is a well-established star of comedy who could also sing and dance. Also seen were her long time personal secretary-companion Iris Chapman (Joyce Van Patten), her producer Harry Sinclair (Michael Lombard), her studio page Kenneth Christy (Michael Keaton), her maid Ruby (Dody Goodman) and her head writer Mort Zimmick (Bobby Ramsen).
In addition to these regulars, major stars appeared as themselves in the guise of being guest stars on the fictional McKinnon program. Some of these included Lucille Ball, Beatrice Arthur, Nancy Walker, Linda Lavin, Bonnie Franklin, Ken Howard, Mike Douglas, Gene Kelly, Hal Linden, Johnny Mathis, Paul Williams and Dick Van Dyke.
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