| "The Last Show" | |
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| The Mary Tyler Moore Show episode | |
&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Mary_Tyler_Moore_Show_cast_last_show_1977.JPG) The station crew's poignant farewell | |
| Episode no. | Season 7 Episode 24 |
| Directed by | Jay Sandrich |
| Written by | James L. Brooks, Allan Burns, Ed Weinberger, Stan Daniels, David Lloyd and Bob Ellison |
| Original air dates | March 18, 1977 (Canada) March 19, 1977 (US) |
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"The Last Show" is the 168th episode and series finale of the television sitcom The Mary Tyler Moore Show, and it was written by Allan Burns, James L. Brooks, Ed Weinberger, Stan Daniels, David Lloyd, and Bob Ellison. Internationally, it was first aired in Canada on CBC Television, March 18, 1977 at 8 p.m.[1] In the U.S., it was one day later on Saturday, March 19, on CBS.
The episode won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series. In executive producer Allan Burns' Outstanding Comedy Series acceptance speech at the 29th Primetime Emmy Awards, he stated, "We kept putting off writing that last show; we frankly didn't want to do it. I think it said what we wanted it to say. It was poignant, and I believe The Mary Tyler Moore Show was, in the long run, important for many women."
- ^ Miller, Jack, "It's Mary's agony or The African Queen", The Toronto Star, March 18, 1977, P E3