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  2. MTM Enterprises (also known as MTM Productions) was an American independent production company established in 1969 by Mary Tyler Moore and her then-husband Grant Tinker to produce The Mary Tyler Moore Show for CBS. The name for the production company was drawn from Mary Tyler Moore's initials.

    Title
    Genre
    First Air Date
    Last Air Date
    Sitcom
    September 19, 1970
    March 19, 1977
    Sitcom
    September 16, 1972
    April 1, 1978
    Sitcom
    September 9, 1974
    December 9, 1978
    Sitcom
    September 12, 1974
    July 7, 1975
    • Mary Tyler Moore
    • The Mary Tyler Moore Show
    • MTM

    In the 1950s, Lucille Ball and Jackie Gleason set the bar for TV comedy. In the 1960s, the bar was raised by The Dick Van Dyke Show. Carl Reiner and Dick Van Dyke created a more naturalistic comedy, in which gags were secondary to the humor of everyday life. As women’s roles evolved, Mary Tyler Moore became a national treasure: a sitcom wife who wa...

    In 1970, two forces vied for the hearts of the networks. One was their desire to play it safe, to avoid controversy, to stick to selling soap. The other was a desire to capture new audiences—in this case, the ascendant ’60s generation that wanted to see TV characters that they could relate to. It was inevitable that these forces would go to war. Th...

    By that time, MTM was an industry force, grossing more than $20 million, with eight comedies in production. Fueled by Tinker’s elevation of the writer, it became the place everyone in television wanted to work. Writer Gary David Goldberg summed up prevailing sentiment, calling MTM “Camelot for writers.” “Grant makes everyone he comes in contact wit...

  3. In 1969, Moore and her husband Grant Tinker founded MTM Enterprises, Inc., [71] which produced The Mary Tyler Moore Show and other successful television shows and films. It also included a record label, MTM Records. [72]

  4. Jan 26, 2017 · Even after the company itself faded, once Moore's husband and co-founder, Grant Tinker, was hired away by NBC, the simple phrase "it's a MTM-style show" essentially continued the brand.

  5. Dec 28, 2017 · The Mary Tyler Moore Show was the first series produced by MTM Enterprises. She and Tinker backed the creators’ vision for a sitcom that would push the boundaries of the 1970s.

  6. In 1969 Moore and her husband, Grant Tinker, formed the production company MTM, and a year later they launched The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970–77) on the Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS).