“The Mary Tyler Moore Show” (1970-1977)
Original network: CBS
Where to binge: Hulu, Amazon Prime Video, iTunes, Vudu
An unmarried, career-focused, sexually-open, wise-cracking, leading woman on a sitcom was groundbreaking stuff when “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” aired in the 1970s. Moore plays Mary Richards, a single woman moving up the ranks of a Minneapolis news station. The series touched on subjects such as casual sex, body image and homosexuality — written by a staff that included multiple female writers, a rarity at the time. In the era of the rise of second wave feminism, the show was the subject of countless think pieces and public debates.
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