." >> and it ended with the "carol burnett variety show" at 10:00. >> they used to call it murderersple had no dvrs, no vhss, nothing with initials. so people would stay home on saturday nights. they wouldn't go to the movie. they wouldn't go to restaurants. >> that may be the best night of television in all of television history. >> mary tyler moore was a single woman working as an associate producer on a nightly tv show. >> you know what? you've got spunk. >> yeah. >> i hate spunk! >> there were a lot of young women entering the workplace then. and for some of them, mary tyler moore was like a port of entry. >> i'm doing as good a job as he did. >> better. >> better. and i'm being paid less than he was because -- >> you're a woman. >> the television female could be a hero. she could be the main event. >> read it? all right. >> out loud! >> the first script written by allen burns and jim brooks had mary coming to minneapolis divorced. and very quickly cbs said, no, no, no, no, no. >> at the beginning of the decade, divorce was considered somewhat scandalous. >> she went on dates wit