I wouldn't recommend this TV sitcom to be entertaining enough to watch. While it was going, I found it to be quite boring and not even funny. I wished Ed Asner's dull presence would leave. Ted Knight's goofiness didn't help make it any better. Like others, I couldn't help but wonder why Dick Van Dyke wasn't in it until I realized it wasn't about the Petrie's anymore. The theme seem to clone That Girl. I just didn't feel the zest of interest there to keep watching. Character Murray had untapped potential, which I was glad to see the actor later on as Love Boat's captain. Georgia's naive innocence and Valerie Harper wasn't enough. I believe the show had all the wrong mixture and not the winning chemistry. Mary's character seem more like the boss than Asner who was like a grumpy heckler on the side. This was not what fans expected to see of Moore.
Review of The Mary Tyler Moore Show
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
(1970–1977)
Not the Moore expected to see.
30 October 2022
Warning: Spoilers