Rhoda

*Rhoda*
Rhoda
	First season title card (1974–1975)
Genre	Sitcom
Created by	James L. Brooks; Allan Burns;
Based on	Rhoda Morgenstern; by James L. Brooks and Allan Burns
Developed by	David Davis; Lorenzo Music;
Starring	Valerie Harper; Julie Kavner; David Groh; Nancy Walker; Harold Gould; Lorenzo Music; Ron Silver; Ray Buktenica; Kenneth McMillan;
Theme music composer	Billy Goldenberg
Composer	Billy Goldenberg
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	5
No. of episodes	110 (list of episodes)
Production
Production locations	CBS Studio Center; Studio City, California;
Running time	25–26 minutes
Production company	MTM Enterprises
Original release
Network	CBS
Release	September 9, 1974 –; May 18, 1979
Related
	The Mary Tyler Moore Show; Carlton Your Doorman; Mary and Rhoda;
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Rhoda is an American sitcom television series created by James L. Brooks and Allan Burns starring Valerie Harper that originally aired on CBS for five seasons from September 9, 1974, to May 18, 1979.^[1] It was the first spin-off of The Mary Tyler Moore Show in which Harper reprised her role as Rhoda Morgenstern, a spunky and flamboyantly fashioned young woman seen as unconventional by the standards of her Jewish family from New York City. The series was originally distributed by Viacom Enterprises.^[2]

Rhoda begins as the character returns to New York where she soon meets and marries Joe Gerard. The series' third season chronicled the characters' separation and Rhoda's later seasons revolved mainly around the character's misadventures as a single divorcée. Main co-stars included Julie Kavner as Rhoda's sister Brenda alongside Nancy Walker as their mother Ida Morgenstern. Other co-stars throughout the series included Lorenzo Music as Rhoda and Brenda's scarcely seen doorman Carlton, Harold Gould as their father Martin Morgenstern, Ron Silver as their neighbor Gary Levy, Ray Buktenica as Brenda's boyfriend and later fiancé Benny Goodwin, and Kenneth McMillan as Rhoda's boss Jack Doyle.

A large ratings success during its first two seasons, Rhoda's viewership suffered following the creative decision to dissolve the marriage of Rhoda and Joe as series creators Brooks and Burns believed that the title character had lost her "edge" as a married woman.^[3]^[4] The series' later seasons failed to recapture the commercial success it had initially enjoyed and CBS ultimately cancelled Rhoda midway through its fifth season in 1978, leaving several unaired episodes that later appeared in syndication. Rhoda was the recipient of two Golden Globe Awards and two Primetime Emmy Awards, and was filmed Friday evenings in front of a live studio audience at CBS Studio Center, Stage 14 in Studio City, Los Angeles, California.

^ Hill, Tom (2001). TV Land To Go: The Big Book of TV Lists, TV Lore, and TV Bests. Simon & Schuster. pp. 155–157. ISBN 978-0-684-85615-5.
^ "MIP-TV: balancing the trade in international programing (page 58)" (PDF). Broadcasting. April 18, 1977.
^ Armstrong, Jennifer Keishin (May 7, 2013). Mary and Lou and Rhoda and Ted: And All the Brilliant Minds Who Made The Mary Tyler Moore Show a Classic. Simon Schuster. ISBN 978-1-4516-5922-1.
^ Rogers, John (August 30, 2019). "Valerie Harper, Rhoda on 'The Mary Tyler Moore Show,' dies at 80". The Morning Call. Allentown, Penn. Retrieved January 15, 2021.

[1] Hill, Tom (2001). TV Land To Go: The Big Book of TV Lists, TV Lore, and TV Bests. Simon & Schuster. pp. 155–157. ISBN 978-0-684-85615-5.

[broadcasting-2] "MIP-TV: balancing the trade in international programing (page 58)" (PDF). Broadcasting. April 18, 1977.

[3] Armstrong, Jennifer Keishin (May 7, 2013). Mary and Lou and Rhoda and Ted: And All the Brilliant Minds Who Made The Mary Tyler Moore Show a Classic. Simon Schuster. ISBN 978-1-4516-5922-1.

[4] Rogers, John (August 30, 2019). "Valerie Harper, Rhoda on 'The Mary Tyler Moore Show,' dies at 80". The Morning Call. Allentown, Penn. Retrieved January 15, 2021.

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