Economy
Mary Tyler Moore, Queen of the City
Her show—and the shows her production company created—helped define what American cities looked like on TV in the 1970s.
Here’s Mary, pulling into town, alone: The towers of early-’70s Minneapolis loom in the windshield of her new white Mustang. She’s 30 and single in the big city. The song begins:
How will you make it on your own?