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Osato

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My wife and I finished the Mary Tyler Moore show a while back. We finally picked up Rhoda season 1 and we are really enjoying it!

I see seasons 2 and 3 are available, but season 4 is out of print(?) and it appears season 5 was never released?

Sales maybe?

Also we are interested in the other Mary Tyler Moore show spinoff shows Phyllis and Lou grant, but these appear to be unavailable as well.

Thanks for the posts!
 

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Alright. I will risk ridicule here and say I would buy PHYLLIS way before RHODA, MTM. or LOU GRANT.

this show was so much the anti MTM (a show I never really cared for) that it was my favorite of the MTM related shows.
 

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PHYLLIS is actually my favorite of them too, because it was populated with such truly quirky characters; most of them over 50 which was something unusual in a sitcom at that time.
 

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What is ironic about Phyllis is that season 2 brought in John Lawlor, and then it was cancelled. Then when he was in season 1 of The Facts of Life, he was one of the ones fired when they did a post-season 1 retooling.

I hope Fox remasters it before it gets a DVD release. Rhoda was not afforded that luxury* until a public outcry over the crumminess of the picture quality and the editing of the episodes got Fox off their duffs and into the vaults.

Lou Grant has been available streaming and on iTunes. Looks like they took the most recent off-the-shelf cable TV masters.

*At this point, it should be a necessity.
 

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classicmovieguy said:
Season 4 of "Rhoda" is, I believe, a website-exclusive from Shout Factory's 'Select' line.

https://www.shoutfactory.com/tv/comedy/rhoda-season-four
Thank you! $30! Is the final season never coming to dvd then?
I read a brief history of the show. After a strong start it really tailed off!

Thanks for the other posts as well. I didn't know the Lou grant series was available on iTunes!
I'm actually curious why Phyllis is not on iTunes or digital download.
 

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Unfortunately, when asked on their Facebook page about both Rhoda and Phyllis, a Shout rep's response was "Sorry...not in the cards at this time".
 

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Kasey said:
Unfortunately, when asked on their Facebook page about both Rhoda and Phyllis, a Shout rep's response was "Sorry...not in the cards at this time".
Thanks!
 

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I was in Minneapolis last week and FINALLY got to check this out: Mary Tyler Moore's "house" from the opening credits!

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