Louise Lasser delivers a masterful performance in the title role of Norman Lear's sublimely twisted soap opera, Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman -- at once a parody of the format and a twisted satire of American media/consumer culture. In the fictional town of Fernwood, Ohio, suburban housewife Mary Hartman seeks the kind of domestic perfection promised by Reader's Digest and TV commercials. Instead she finds herself suffering the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune -- mass murders, low-flying airplanes, and waxy yellow buildup on her kitchen floor.
| Season | From | To | Episodes |
|---|---|---|---|
| All Seasons | |||
| Specials | 2 | ||
| Season 1 | January 1976 | July 1976 | 130 |
| Season 2 | October 1976 | July 1977 | 195 |
| Unassigned Episodes | 0 |
| Season | From | To | Episodes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unassigned Episodes | 327 |
| Season | From | To | Episodes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 0 | ||
| Unassigned Episodes | 327 |
| Name | Number of Episodes | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jerry Adelman | 53 | 01/05/1976 - 05/18/1976 | |
| Ann Marcus | 53 | 01/05/1976 - 05/18/1976 | |
| David Gregory Browne | 28 | 02/04/1976 - 03/15/1976 | |
| Daniel Gregory Browne | 25 | 01/05/1976 - 05/18/1976 | |
| Tom Eyen | 18 | 01/05/1976 - 01/28/1976 |
| Name | Number of Episodes | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Drake | 33 | 01/05/1976 - 03/15/1976 | |
| Joan Darling | 20 | 01/05/1976 - 02/26/1976 | |
| Nessa Hyams | 2 | 05/17/1976 - 05/18/1976 |
| Name | Number of Episodes | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norman Lear | N/A | 05/17/1976 - 05/18/1976 |
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TV (The Book): Two Experts Pick the Greatest American Shows of All Time is a collection of essays written by television critics Alan Sepinwall and Matt Zoller Seitz. It was published in 2016. The main purpose of the book was to provide a canonical list of the top 100 greatest television programs in American history.
We are what we watch-and over the last half century, we've watched some pretty fabulous TV. From Mary to Jerry, from Tonight to Today, from the sublime (Prime Suspect) to the ridiculous (Gilligan's Island), EW recalls everything you need to know about 100 shows that tell us who we are.
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