The Mary Tyler Moore Show

Awards and honors

Emmy Awards

1971

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• Edward Asner, Outstanding Performance by Supporting Actor/Comedy
• Valerie Harper, Outstanding Performance by Supporting Actress/Comedy
• James L. Brooks & Allan Burns, Outstanding Writing Achievement/Comedy, for episode "Support Your Local Mother"
• Jay Sandrich, Outstanding Directorial Achievement/Comedy, for episode "Toulouse Lautrec is One of My Favorite Artists"

1972

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• Edward Asner, Outstanding Performance by Supporting Actor/Comedy
• Valerie Harper, Outstanding Performance by Supporting Actress/Comedy

1973

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• Mary Tyler Moore, Outstanding Continued Performance by Leading Actress/comedy
• Ted Knight, Outstanding Continued Performance by Supporting Actor/comedy
• Valerie Harper, Outstanding Continued Performance by Supporting Actress/comedy
• Jay Sandrich, Outstanding Directorial Achievement/Comedy, for episode "It's Whether You Win or Lose"

1974

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• Mary Tyler Moore, Actress of the Year/Series
• Mary Tyler Moore, Best Lead Actress/comedy
• Cloris Leachman, Best Supporting Actress/comedy, Single Performance for episode "The Lars Affair"
• Treva Silverman, Best Comedy Writing in a Single Program of a Series with Continuing Characters and/or Theme, for episode "The Lou and Edie Story"
• Treva Silverman, Writer of the Year/TV Series

1975

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• James L. Brooks, Allan Burns, Stan Daniels, Ed Weinberger, Outstanding Comedy Series
• Edward Asner, Outstanding Continuing Performance by Supporting Actor/comedy
• Betty White, Outstanding Continuing Performance by Supporting Actress/comedy
• Cloris Leachman, Best Supporting Actress/comedy, Single Performance for episode "Phyllis Whips Inflation" (award shared with Zohra Lampert, Kojak)
• Ed Weinberger & Stan Daniels, Outstanding Writing/Comedy for a Single Episode of Regular or Limited Series with Continuing Characters and/or Theme, for episode "Mary Richards Goes to Jail"
• Douglas Hines, Outstanding Film Editing for Entertainment Programming

1976

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• Mary Tyler Moore, Outstanding Lead Actress/Comedy
• Ted Knight, Outstanding Continuing Performance by Supporting Actor/Comedy
• Betty White, Outstanding Continuing Performance by Supporting Actress/Comedy
• James L. Brooks, Allan Burns, Stan Daniels, Ed Weinberger, Outstanding Comedy Series
• David Lloyd, Outstanding Writing in Comedy Series for Single Episode of Regular/Limited Series with Continuing Characters/Theme, for episode "Chuckles Bites the Dust"

1977

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• James L. Brooks, Allan Burns, Stan Daniels, Ed Weinberger, Outstanding Comedy Series
• Allan Burns, James L. Brooks, Ed Weinberger, Stan Daniels, David Lloyd, Bob Ellison, for episode "The Last Show"
• Douglas Hines, Outstanding Film Editing/Comedy Series, for episode "Murray Can't Lose"

Golden Globe Awards

• 1971 Mary Tyler Moore, Best Actress/Comedy
• 1972 Edward Asner, Best Supporting Actor/Comedy
• 1976 Edward Asner, Best Supporting Actor/Comedy (tied with Tim Conway for The Carol Burnett Show)

Honors

• In 1997, TV Guide ranked "Chuckles Bites The Dust" as #1 on their list of The Greatest Episodes of All Time. The episode "The Lars Affair" made the list at #27.
• In 1999, TV Guide ranked Mary Richards and Ted Baxter on their list of TV's 50 Greatest Characters Ever.
• In 2001, Entertainment Weekly ranked the opening credits image of Mary tossing her hat into the air as #2 on their list of The 100 Greatest Moments In Television. http://www.ew.com/ew/fab400/tv100/list.html
• In 2002, TV Guide ranked the Mary Tyler Moore show as #11 on their Top 50 Greatest Shows of All Time List. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/04/26/entertainment/main507388.shtml