Quote: (09-21-2016 06:39 PM)RoastBeefCurtains4Me Wrote:
WIA is right with Mary Tyler Moore.
The show came on in 1970, as part of the rural purge. A whole bunch of rural oriented shows were dropped that year, and new shows targeted at a sophisticated city audience were introduced. It was considered a breakthrough show with the first never married, independent career woman as a main character. "That Girl" was another show with a non-married female character living in the city, but she had a boyfriend/fiancé.
Indeed. Ben Shapiro explored the whole evolution of the genre quite thoroughly in his book Primetime Propaganda.
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