By popular demand, we’re adding more episodes of two vintage, award-winning sitcoms as today’s Hulu Days of Summer debuts: The third seasons of The Mary Tyler Moore Show and The Bob Newhart Show.
The story behind The Mary Tyler Moore Show is well known: Mary Richards is a city girl who moves to Minneapolis and gets a job in the newsroom of a local television station. One of the first independent, career-oriented women portrayed on television, Mary became an inspiration to women of her day — particularly when she asks Lou Grant (Ed Asner) for the same salary as her predecessor in the third-season opener:
Like The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Bob Newhart Show is smart, mature and funny. It’s full of wonderfully dry humor, courtesy of Newhart’s deadpan delivery as a psychologist who is a bit of a mess himself. It’s been a real treat for me to watch the first two seasons on Hulu and see the understated comedy and exquisite timing that are lacking in many current sitcoms. Sure, some of it is dated, but Bob Newhart never tried to be hip.
These classic comedies deliver humor, style and wit, showing us why they’re still notable now, more than 30 years later.
You’re gonna make it after all,
Rebecca
P.S. Clues for next week’s Hulu Days of Summer TV shows and movies are available at Hulu.com/summer. Can you name any of the upcoming titles?
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