Mary and Lou and Rhoda and Ted: And All the Brilliant Minds Who Made the Mary Tyler Moore Show a Classic

by Jennifer Keishin Armstrong

Book Overview

The story of the making of a classic and groundbreaking TV show, as experienced by its producers, writers, and cast. W hen writer-producers James L. Brooks and Allan Burns dreamed up an edgy show about a divorced woman with a career, the CBS executives they pitched replied: "American audiences won't tolerate divorce in a series' lead any more than they will tolerate Jews, people with mustaches, and people who live in New York." Forty years later,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1451659202
• ISBN13: 9781451659207
• Release Date: May 2013
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Length: 324 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.3"