Ed Asner played producer Lou Grant on the series, and the essence of his character came through in the show’s very first episode when he told Mary Richards, “You got spunk … I hate spunk.” Asner won ...

When the show ended, Moore, now 76, added an Oscar nomination for 1980's "Ordinary People" to go along with her five Emmys from "Dick Van Dyke" and "Mary Tyler Moore." ...

In early seasons of The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Amos appeared in the recurring role of Gordon “Gordy” Howard, WJM’s weather reporter and a level-headed foil for Knight’s egotistical and dim-witted ...

Cast of The Mary Tyler Moore Show during its first season (1970-71). Front row, from left: Gavin MacLeod, Mary Tyler Moore, Ted Knight; and rear, left to right: Valerie Harper, Ed Asner and Cloris ...

MacLeod, far left, reunites with his former Mary Tyler Moore cast members, from left, Harper, Leachman, White and Asner for the Museum of Television and Radio's ninth annual Television Festival in ...