The Mary Tyler Moore Show’s Behind-The-Scenes Secrets

Spoofin’

In Season 2 Episode 24, Mary tries to find a candidate to interview for “Face the People,” which was a Sunday news program that discussed political issues of the day. This program was actually a spoof of CBS’ program “Face the Nation,” which has been running on Sunday mornings since 1954.

Rolling Credits

Season 1 Episode 9 of the show is the first episode where the closing credits began to roll on top of an actual scene. This first scene was during Ted’s acceptance speech in the middle of the newsroom. This eventually became a standard practice on sitcoms two decades later, used in series like “Ellen” and “Roseanne.”