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Allan Burns on meeting Grant Tinker and the seed idea for The Mary Tyler Moore Show 04:43
Interview: Allan Burns
Allan Burns on running the story idea of "Mary Richards" being divorced on The Mary Tyler Moore Show by CBS (response - American audiences won't tolerate 4 things on TV: people from New York, divorce, Jews, and mustaches) 07:49
Interview: Allan Burns
Allan Burns on joining the writing staff of Get Smart and the marriage of Agents 86 and 99 02:15
Interview: Allan Burns | Show: Get Smart
Allan Burns on getting involved with Room 222 with producer Gene Reynolds and writer James L. Brooks 05:03
Interview: Allan Burns | Show: Room 222
Allan Burns on writing for Room 222, working with James L. Brooks, and producing several episodes of the show 04:28
Interview: Allan Burns | Show: Room 222
Allan Burns on meeting Grant Tinker and the seed idea for The Mary Tyler Moore Show 05:17
Interview: Allan Burns | Show: Mary Tyler Moore Show, The
Allan Burns on running the story idea of "Mary Richards" being divorced on The Mary Tyler Moore Show by CBS (response - American audiences won't tolerate 4 things on TV: people from New York, divorce, Jews, and mustaches) 07:49
Interview: Allan Burns | Show: Mary Tyler Moore Show, The
Allan Burns on running the story idea of "Mary Richards" being divorced on The Mary Tyler Moore Show by CBS (response - American audiences won't tolerate 4 things on TV: people from New York, divorce, Jews, and mustaches) 07:49
Interview: Allan Burns | Topic: Television Industry
Allan Burns on running the story idea of "Mary Richards" being divorced on The Mary Tyler Moore Show by CBS (response - American audiences won't tolerate 4 things on TV: people from New York, divorce, Jews, and mustaches) 07:49
Interview: Allan Burns | Topic: Censorship / Standards & Practices
On changing the concept of "Mary Richards" being divorced on The Mary Tyler Moore Show; on the initial pilot script and format of the show 08:00
Interview: Allan Burns
Allan Burns on the pilot script and assembling the cast of The Mary Tyler Moore Show 28:14
Interview: Allan Burns | Genre: Comedy Series
Allan Burns on changing the concept of "Mary Richards" being divorced on The Mary Tyler Moore Show 06:59
Interview: Allan Burns | Person: Arthur Price
Allan Burns on changing the concept of "Mary Richards" being divorced on The Mary Tyler Moore Show 06:59
Interview: Allan Burns | Person: James L. Brooks
Allan Burns on presenting the central concept of The Mary Tyler Moore Show to Mary Tyler Moore 00:54
Interview: Allan Burns | Person: Mary Tyler Moore
Allan Burns on casting "Lou Grant" on The Mary Tyler Moore Show 00:49
Interview: Allan Burns | Person: Jack Klugman
Allan Burns on casting "Lou Grant" on The Mary Tyler Moore Show and choosing Gavin MacLeod to play "Murray" instead of "Lou" 01:03
Interview: Allan Burns | Person: Gavin MacLeod
Allan Burns on Ethel Winant helping assemble the cast of The Mary Tyler Moore Show 03:57
Interview: Allan Burns | Person: Ethel Winant
Allan Burns on casting "Phyllis" on The Mary Tyler Moore Show 00:48
Interview: Allan Burns | Person: Cloris Leachman
Allan Burns on casting "Ted Baxter" on The Mary Tyler Moore Show 04:21
Interview: Allan Burns | Person: Ted Knight
Allan Burns on producer Dave Davis helping to cast "Ted Baxter" on The Mary Tyler Moore Show 04:21
Interview: Allan Burns | Person: Dave Davis
Allan Burns on casting "Lou Grant" on The Mary Tyler Moore Show 03:18
Interview: Allan Burns | Person: Edward Asner
Allan Burns on Grant Tinker helping to cast Ed Asner as "Lou Grant" on The Mary Tyler Moore Show 03:18
Interview: Allan Burns | Person: Grant Tinker
Allan Burns on Mary Tyler Moore reading with Ed Asner as "Lou Grant" on The Mary Tyler Moore Show 03:18
Interview: Allan Burns | Person: Mary Tyler Moore
Allan Burns on casting "Lou Grant" on The Mary Tyler Moore Show 03:18
Interview: Allan Burns | Person: Ethel Winant
Allan Burns on placing the main setting of The Mary Tyler Moore Show in a newsroom and "Mary Richards" not being a married woman 04:58
Interview: Allan Burns
Allan Burns on creating "Rhoda Morgenstern's" character on The Mary Tyler Moore Show 01:49
Interview: Allan Burns | Show: Mary Tyler Moore Show, The
Allan Burns on changing the concept of "Mary Richards" being divorced on The Mary Tyler Moore Show 06:59
Interview: Allan Burns | Show: Mary Tyler Moore Show, The
Allan Burns on the initial pilot script and format of The Mary Tyler Moore Show 01:01
Interview: Allan Burns | Show: Mary Tyler Moore Show, The