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Phyllis , created by Ed. Weinberger and Stan Daniels based on a character from The Mary Tyler Moore Show , was broadcast on CBS from 1975 to 1977.
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Phyllis , created by Ed. Weinberger and Stan Daniels based on a character from The Mary Tyler Moore Show , was broadcast on CBS from 1975 to 1977.
| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | Rank | Rating | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First aired | Last aired | ||||||
| 1 | 24 | September 8, 1975 | March 1, 1976 | 6 [1] | 24.5 | ||
| 2 | 24 | September 20, 1976 | March 13, 1977 | 40 | N/A | ||
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Pilot" | Jay Sandrich | Ed. Weinberger & Stan Daniels | September 8, 1975 | |
| Phyllis moves to San Francisco to start a new life after Lars's death, but the only person willing to give her a job is the woman Lars originally wanted to marry. | ||||||
| 2 | 2 | "Bess, Is You a Woman Now?" | Jay Sandrich | Ed. Weinberger & Stan Daniels | September 15, 1975 | |
| Phyllis thinks Bess may have lost her virginity on a skiing trip, but can't bring herself to ask her daughter about whether anything happened. Guest starring Leigh McCloskey as Bess' boyfriend. | ||||||
| 3 | 3 | "Up for Grabs" | James Burrows | Michael Leeson | September 22, 1975 | |
| Lars' old friend Jerome (John McMartin) comes to town to discuss business with Phyllis, but has more than just business on his mind. Note: Barbara Colby's last episode before being murdered. | ||||||
| 4 | 4 | "Leaving Home" | James Burrows | Earl Pomerantz | September 29, 1975 | |
| Phyllis decides to move out when Jonathan's cranky old mother, Mother Dexter, comes to the house and takes a dislike to her. Note: Introduction of Mother Dexter; Liz Torres replaces the late Barbara Colby as Julie. | ||||||
| 5 | 5 | "The First Day" | James Burrows | Earl Pomerantz | October 6, 1975 | |
| Phyllis writes a letter to her friend Mary Richards (Mary Tyler Moore) about her new life as a working woman. | ||||||
| 6 | 6 | "Phyllis Takes Piano Lessons" | James Burrows | Ed. Weinberger & Stan Daniels | October 13, 1975 | |
| Phyllis decides to conquer her childhood fear of performing in public and starts taking piano lessons again -- in a class full of small children. | ||||||
| 7 | 7 | "Phyllis's Garage Sale" | James Burrows | Pamela Chais | October 20, 1975 | |
| Phyllis has a garage sale to get rid of some of her old belongings from Minneapolis. | ||||||
| 8 | 8 | "The First Date" | James Burrows | Seth Freeman | October 27, 1975 | |
| Phyllis goes on her first date since Lars's death, but makes it a double date with Julie. Guest starring Tim O'Connor, Daniel J. Travanti and Loni Anderson. | ||||||
| 9 | 9 | "All Together Now" | Joan Darling | Gary Markowitz & John W. Regier | November 3, 1975 | |
| Phyllis tries to get to know Bess better by going with her to a nightclub. | ||||||
| 10 | 10 | "Audrey Leaves Jonathan" | Mel Shapiro | Michael Leeson | November 10, 1975 | |
| When Audrey finds out Jonathan once cheated on his first wife, she refuses to sleep in the same room with him. | ||||||
| 11 | 11 | "Phyllis Opens Julie's Heart" | Jay Sandrich | David Lloyd | November 17, 1975 | |
| Phyllis and Julie open up to each other after Phyllis sees Julie's boyfriend out with another man. Guest starring Tony Roberts as Jerry. | ||||||
| 12 | 12 | "So Lonely I Could Cry" | Joan Darling | Mary Kay Place & Valerie Curtin | November 24, 1975 | |
| Phyllis attends a support group for widows. Guest starring Charlotte Rae as Shirley. | ||||||
| 13 | 13 | "Phyllis and the Little People" | James Burrows | Bob Ellison | December 1, 1975 | |
| Bess announces her engagement to her boyfriend (Scott Colomby), and Phyllis meets his parents (Billy Barty and Sadie Delfino), who both turn out to be dwarfs. | ||||||
| 14 | 14 | "There's No Business Like No Business" | Jay Sandrich | Earl Pomerantz | December 8, 1975 | |
| Julie's photography studio is on the verge of bankruptcy, and Phyllis tries to land a big account to save the business. | ||||||
| 15 | 15 | "Paging Dr. Lindstrom" | James Burrows | Glen Charles & Les Charles | December 29, 1975 | |
| Phyllis holds a seance to try and contact Lars in the afterlife. Guest starring David Wayne. | ||||||
| 16 | 16 | "The $17,623,419.53 Man" | James Burrows | Earl Pomerantz | January 5, 1976 | |
| A wealthy middle-aged man (Eugene Roche) asks Phyllis to marry him. | ||||||
| 17 | 17 | "Honor Thy Mother Dexter" | Stuart Margolin | Michael Leeson | January 12, 1976 | |
| Phyllis gets Mother Dexter a job at Julie's photography studio. | ||||||
| 18 | 18 | "Phyllis in Love" | James Burrows | Glen Charles & Les Charles | January 19, 1976 | |
| Phyllis falls in love with a married man (Clu Gulager). | ||||||
| 19 | 19 | "Crazy Mama" | James Burrows | Glen Charles & Les Charles | January 26, 1976 | |
| Bess moves out of the house, and Phyllis goes after her to convince her to come back. | ||||||
| 20 | 20 | "A Man, a Woman and Another Woman" | Joan Darling | Earl Pomerantz | February 2, 1976 | |
| Jerome (John McMartin) returns to San Francisco after marrying a much younger woman. | ||||||
| 21 | 21 | "Leo's Suicide" | James Burrows | Michael Leeson | February 9, 1976 | |
| A depressed Leo tries to commit suicide by taking an overdose of Audrey's pills, not realizing that they're only placebos. | ||||||
| 22 | 22 | "Sonny Boy" | James Burrows | Glen Charles & Les Charles | February 16, 1976 | |
| There's a bad case of sibling rivalry when Jonathan's brother (Dick O'Neill) comes to town. | ||||||
| 23 | 23 | "Widows, Merry and Otherwise" | James Burrows | Tony Webster | February 23, 1976 | |
| Phyllis meets Audrey's widowed niece Margaret (Linda Lavin) and is astonished by how much quicker Margaret was in getting over her husband's death. | ||||||
| 24 | 24 | "The Triangle" | James Burrows | Glen Charles & Les Charles | March 1, 1976 | |
| Phyllis starts dating Bess's ex-boyfriend Ralph (Jerry Houser). | ||||||
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 | 1 | "The New Job" | Jay Sandrich | Ed. Weinberger & Stan Daniels | September 20, 1976 | |
| Out of a job again after Julie sells the studio, Phyllis lands a position as an assistant to city supervisor Dan Valenti (Carmine Caridi). | ||||||
| 26 | 2 | "You're Not Getting Better, Just Older" | Jay Sandrich | David Lloyd | September 27, 1976 | |
| When no one remembers her birthday, a self-pitying Phyllis calls Mary Richards (Mary Tyler Moore), who is so worried about Phyllis that she flies to San Francisco to check on her. | ||||||
| 27 | 3 | "Speech 1A" | James Burrows | Gary David Goldberg | October 4, 1976 | |
| Phyllis makes her debut as a speechwriter. | ||||||
| 28 | 4 | "Off the Bench" | James Burrows | Earl Pomerantz | October 11, 1976 | |
| Phyllis meets an unkempt man (Jack Elam) in the park, and tries to give him a new image so he can win the girl of his dreams. | ||||||
| 29 | 5 | "Boss or Buddy or Both or Neither" | Joan Darling | Earl Pomerantz | October 18, 1976 | |
| Phyllis goes on strike to demand more attention from Dan. | ||||||
| 30 | 6 | "Phyllis Cries Wolf" | Doug Rogers | Glen Charles & Les Charles | October 25, 1976 | |
| Phyllis is suspicious of the intentions of Bess's new college professor (Terry Kiser). | ||||||
| 31 | 7 | "Out of the Closet" | James Burrows | Glen Charles & Les Charles | November 1, 1976 | |
| Phyllis's new boyfriend Scott (Edward Winter) reveals that he's gay. | ||||||
| 32 | 8 | "The Wrong Box" | James Burrows | Earl Pomerantz | November 8, 1976 | |
| Phyllis arranges to have Lars's body shipped to San Francisco, but it's not Lars's body that arrives. | ||||||
| 33 | 9 | "Phyllis and the Jumper" | Richard Schaal | Bob Ellison | November 15, 1976 | |
| Phyllis has to help talk a man (Jerry Stiller) down from a ledge. | ||||||
| 34 | 10 | "Bess Airs Her Views" | Asaad Kelada | Glen Charles & Les Charles | November 29, 1976 | |
| Bess joins a crusade to reinstate a teacher who was fired for posing in the nude. | ||||||
| 35 | 11 | "Mother Dexter Cohabitates" | Tony Mordente | Glen Charles & Les Charles | December 6, 1976 | |
| Mother Dexter shocks the family by shacking up with her equally elderly boyfriend Arthur (Burt Mustin). | ||||||
| 36 | 12 | "Mother Dexter's Wedding" | Asaad Kelada | Glen Charles & Les Charles | December 13, 1976 | |
| True to her usual form, Phyllis forgets to pick Mother Dexter up for her own wedding. | ||||||
| 37 | 13 | "The Christmas Party" | Harry Mastrogeorge | Tom Tenowich | December 20, 1976 | |
| Dan won't let Phyllis go to a Christmas party being held on the other side of their office. | ||||||
| 38 | 14 | "Phyllis Runs the Office" | Doug Rogers | David Lloyd | January 3, 1977 | |
| When Doug is taken to the hospital, Phyllis takes over his duties. | ||||||
| 39 | 15 | "The Threat" | Harry Mastrogeorge | George Arthur Bloom & Sandy Glass | January 10, 1977 | |
| Leonard receives a death threat. | ||||||
| 40 | 16 | "Taking a Chance on Chance" | Doug Rogers | Earl Pomerantz | January 16, 1977 | |
| Phyllis's newest beau, Buddy (Robert Alda), is a compulsive gambler. | ||||||
| 41 | 17 | "Leonard and the Bribe" | Noam Pitlik | Bob Ellison | January 23, 1977 | |
| Leonard is offered a $100,000 bribe. | ||||||
| 42 | 18 | "Broken-Hearted Bess" | Noam Pitlik | Glen Charles & Les Charles | January 30, 1977 | |
| After Bess is dumped by her boyfriend, Phyllis tries to brighten her spirits with a trip. | ||||||
| 43 | 19 | "I Am Beautiful" | Doug Rogers | Arthur S. Rabin | February 6, 1977 | |
| Phyllis helps a co-worker with a crush on Leonard. Note: Final episode for Judith Lowry as Mother Dexter. | ||||||
| 44 | 20 | "Dan's Ex" | Doug Rogers | Glen Charles & Les Charles | February 13, 1977 | |
| Phyllis makes a disastrous attempt to get Dan back together with his ex-wife Joanne (Marcia Rodd). | ||||||
| 45 | 21 | "Audrey's New Life" | Doug Rogers | Tom Tenowich | February 20, 1977 | |
| Audrey gets a job in an antique store, and Jonathan thinks her boss has designs on her. | ||||||
| 46 | 22 | "The Elopement" | Doug Rogers | Laurence Marks | February 27, 1977 | |
| Bess elopes with Dan's nephew Mark (Craig Wasson). | ||||||
| 47 | 23 | "The Apartment" | Noam Pitlik | Laurence Marks | March 6, 1977 | |
| Concerned by the state of Bess and Mark's apartment, Phyllis tries to get them to move into Jonathan's house. | ||||||
| 48 | 24 | "And Baby Makes Six" | Noam Pitlik | Glen Charles & Les Charles | March 13, 1977 | |
| Mark is on the verge of leaving Bess when she announces that she's pregnant. | ||||||
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