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The Mary Tyler Moore Show: The Good-Time News

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1972
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Synopsis: Season three of The Mary Tyler Moore Show was launched with a spoof of a then-current broadcasting trend: "Happy Talk" TV newscasts. Ordered by station management to lighten up the format of WJM-TV's six o'clock news report, Mary Richards (Mary Tyler Moore) is stuck with the responsibility of transforming humorless anchor Ted Baxter (Ted Knight) into a veritable laugh riot. The strategy backfires when Ted begins cracking bad-taste jokes at the slightest opportunity, culminating in an on-the-air confrontation ... Full Synopsis
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