Where is Mary Tyler Moore Season 5? (1 Viewer)

[Garysb]

MTM was not successful in reruns in NY where it aired on WNBC in late afternoon. I don't think it was renewed after its initial deal expired. It finished its run airing overnight.

 

[droach75]

"Link for the lazy".

Not for the want of tryin' Alan_H

Apparently you need 10 posts before you can include links in your posts

 

[David Rain]

So if this is true then what horrible show-destroying cost-cutting measures will they use ?

 

[Alan_H]

Darrell, my post wasn't in any way directed at you. I was just trying to help people who didn't want to take the time to google it.

Peace, bro.

 

[Brian Himes]

This is fabulous news! I only hope we get the final 2 seasons of Bob Newhart and may even get started on Rhoda. Having all of Mary, Bob and Rhoda would make me a VERY happy camper.

 

[droach75]

Alan_H ,,,No problem

What a great week...Great news I am beaming (smiling) at the propest of finally getting to watch ther end of this series.

Reading The Time peice,,i didn't relaise the show in its final years began to concentrate more on Mary at work.

Hopefully they can work out a release schedule asap.,,u think they will release all 3x seasons on the same day or release them say 3 months apart?

 

[Ric Easton]

I'm surprised this thread hasn't exploded. I hope it is not a bad sign.


They will probably replace "It's a Long Way to Tipperary" with some nondescript humming.

 

[MatthewA]

The same they used on seasons 1-4. IIRC, the masters used already existed before the DVDs were made, and possibly before News Corporation acquired IFE giving them the MTM Productions library.

Luckily, the copyright on "It's a Long Way to Tipperary" expired some 20 years ago. Anything else, unless it causes huge gaps or plot holes, will probably be snipped unless Fox got that message too.

 

[JohnMor]

Probably because it was already discussed in a thread of its own here:
http://www.hometheaterforum.com/htf/...-ny-times.html

Not sure why this older got resurrected later to duplicate the discussion.

 

[WilliamMcK]

The late night run became a fixture on NYC TV. It may not have been successful in its afternoon time slot, but its airings on channel 4 WNBC late night (following the "Tomorrow Show" and later David Letterman) in back-to-back episodes for about five years (roughly 1980-85) was successful. In college (NYU) every night a large, eclectic group of us would gather in our dorm's TV room (complete with typewriters, Norton Anthologies and Organic Chem text books) for the nightly ritual. There was at least one article published at this time commenting on how the repeats of MTM repeatedly beat its time slot competitors (Joe Allen, et. al.) which was only right since MTM was far and away the best thing on late night NYC TV.

 

[Mikel_Cooperman]

Any word on when they are releasing the last three seasons? I think Ed Aswner and his son were responsible for some special features stuff produced. Whether we will see it on the DVD's who knows.

 

[EricSchulz]

It looks like "Oprah" is rerunning the MTM reunion show this Monday (Dec. 8th). I didn't see it originally, but wasn't this the show where everyone got MTM DVD sets?

 

[Garysb]

Nothing is successful that runs overnight for the simple reason that a station gets very little revenue from advertising in the overnight hours. Overnight spots are usually given away as make goods or are sold at very low rates. If a program is not generating revenue it is not a success no matter how many people are watching. Sadly TV stations got much more revenue from infomercials than from old movies and TV shows, which is why old movies and TV shows were mostly removed from overnight broadcast TV.

Thanks for the Oprah heads up. I will have to tape it as I did not see it when first broadcast.

 

[Aryn Leroux]

What are the chances after Fox gets MTM completely released. That we might see Lou Grant come out?

 

[cajunhillbilly]

Or Rhoda?

 

[Aryn Leroux]

Sure, although for me, I do not know i want to own Rhoda or not. I have been watching Lou Grant on Hulu.com and i think this is well done.

 

[Mobro]

This is one of my favorite shows of the era, Mary as the independent career woman, Lou, the gruff but lovable boss and Ted the narcissist . . . Can't wait for the remaining seasons - the series definitely got better over time!

 

[droach75]

So who got their Amazon alert today announcing that The Mary Tyler Moore Show Complete Series is available to pre-order at $125.99.

No artwork or actual release date is on the Amazon page.

 

[Marty M]

If they are selling the entire series, I hope they will be selling the last three seasons, individually. I already own Seasons 1-4.

 

[JohnMor]

Must we have TWO threads going simultaneously about this subject?