Rhoda

Rhoda was an American situation comedy and a television spin-off of The Mary Tyler Moore Show. Valerie Harper played the lead role of Rhoda Morgenstern Gerard. The show ran on CBS from 1974 to 1978.

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Rhoda Morgenstern, recently departed from The Mary Tyler Moore Show, had moved back home to New York City from Minneapolis and she quickly met her soon-to-be husband, Joe Gerard. They married in an hour-long special, "Rhoda's Wedding" that was one of the highest rated television episodes of the 1974-75 season. The marriage did not last long, however. Realizing the Rhoda character's charm and humor came from her status as an insecure single woman, the producers had her and Joe separate toward the middle of the second season, with their divorce following by season's end. The show's remaining seasons centered around Rhoda's role as a 30-something divorc?e.

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Rhoda also starred David Groh (as Joe), Nancy Walker (as Rhoda's mother), Harold Gould (as Rhoda's father) and Julie Kavner (as Rhoda's sister Brenda).

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One of the recurring bits was Carlton the doorman, played by Lorenzo Music, who was the doorman in Rhoda's building. He was often heard on the intercom, but was never seen.

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