An MTMS Timeline
1970
9/19 : The Show is unveiled to the public at 9:30 pm. Episode 1.1: Love is All Around
11/7: Chuckles the Clown, played by Richard Schaal, makes his MTMS debut in Episode 1.8, The Snow Must Go On.
12/19: Original broadcast of the first of two 'Christmas' shows, Christmas and the Hard-Luck Kid
1971
3/6 : Season 1 closes with The 45-Year-Old Man, Episode 1.24
9/18: Season 2 Premiere, The Birds and...um...Bees
10/1 : Michael Tolan makes his first of four appearances as Dan Whitfield, in Episode 2.4, Room 223
1972
2/26 : Mary Frann (aka Joanna Loudon of Newhart) guest stars in episode 2.23, Some of My Best Friends are Rhoda
3/4: Season 2 concludes with His Two Right Arms, with Bill Daily & Isabel Sanford guest starring.
5/13 : Emmy Award Distribution for the 1971-72 Season:
9/15: Season 3 opens with The Good Time News.
10/7 : Rhoda's parents, Ida & Martin Morgenstern (played by Nancy Walker & Harold Gould), make their debut in Enter Rhoda's Parents, Episode 3.4
10/28 : Nanette Fabray & Bill Quinn make first appearance as Mary's parents, Walter & Dottie Richards, in Episode 3.7, Just Around the Corner.
11/4 : Jerry Van Dyke guest stars in Episode 3.8, But Seriously, Folks.
12/16 : Georgia Engel makes her MTM debut in Episode 3.14, Rhoda Morgenstern, Minneapolis to New York as Georgette Franklin, the high-pitched virginal bachelorette at one of Mary's notoriously bad parties.
1973
3/3: Season 3 closes with Mary Richards and the Incredible Plant Lady.
5/13 : Emmy Award Distribution for the 1972-73 Season:
11/17: Henry Winkler makes a 'pre-Fonz' guest appearance in The Dinner Party, Episode 4.10.
12/7: Ted Knight turns 50.
1974
2/9 : Walter Cronkite guest-stars in 'the show that had to be', Ted Baxter Meets Walter Cronkite, Episode 4.21.
3/2: Season 4 ends with I Was a Single for WJM
5/13 : Emmy Award Distribution for the 1973-74 Season:
9/14: 5th Season premiere, Mary Richards Goes to Jail
9/14: Premiere of Rhoda
11/2: Original broadcast of Not a Christmas Story, the second of the Christmas shows.
1975
1/18: Cloris Leachman's final MTMS appearance, in Phyllis Whips Inflation, Episode 5.18.
3/8: Season 5 concludes with Anyone Who Hates Kids and Dogs.
5/13: Emmy Award Distribution for the 1974-5 Season:
9/13: Priscilla Morrill's final MTM appearance, in the 6th Season premiere episode, Edie Gets Married. Premiere of Cloris Leachman's spinoff Phyllis.
9/20: Mary Richards moves out of her sunken-living room-no-bedroom apartment, to The Towers. (Episode 6.2, Mary Moves Out)
10/18: Eileen Heckart makes first of three appearances as Aunt Flo, in Episode 6.6, Mary's Aunt.
10/25: Original broadcast of Chuckles Bites the Dust, Episode 6.7
11/8: Ted and Georgette wed in Mary's apartment (Episode 6.9, Ted's Wedding). John Ritter guest stars as The Reverend.
1976
1/10: Betty Ford makes guest appearance in The Seminar, Episode 6.17.
3/6: Robbie Rist makes his first of two appearances as Ted's son (Episode 6.24, Ted and the Kid)
5/13: Emmy Award Distribution for the 1975-76 Season:
9/25: Season 7 premieres with Mary Midwife.
12/25: David Ogden Stiers makes first of three appearances as Mel Price, in Episode 7.13, Look at Us, We're Walking.
12/29: Mary Tyler Moore turns 40.
1977
2/14: A young Helen Hunt guest stars in Episode 7.20, Murray Ghosts for Ted.
3/5 : Johnny Carson['s voice] guest stars in Mary's Big Party, the granddaddy of Mary's notoriously bad get-togethers.
3/19: The series concludes with The Last Show.
5/13: Emmy Award Distribution for the 1976-77 Season:
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