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77-534: Radford Studio Center , alternatively CBS Studio Center , is a television and film studio located in the Studio City district in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles , California , United States . The lot has 18 sound stages from 7,000 to 25,000 square feet (700 to 2,300 m), 220,000 square feet (20,000 m) of office space, and 223 dressing rooms. The triangular site is bisected by

154-517: A four-year degree by 2000, a high percentage for both the city and the county. The percentage of those residents with a master's degree was also high for the county. Schools within the Studio City boundaries are: Rhoda Rhoda begins as the character returns to New York where she soon meets and marries Joe Gerard . The series' third season chronicled the characters' separation and Rhoda ' s later seasons revolved mainly around

231-592: A new studio on 20 acres (81,000 m ) donated by the land developer. The area around the studio was named Studio City. In 1955, Studio City's Station 78 became the first racially integrated station in the Los Angeles City Fire Department . The Los Angeles River and Tujunga Wash flow through Studio City. The two concrete-lined channels merge just west of Colfax Avenue and north of Ventura Boulevard adjacent to Radford Studio Center. The 2000 U.S. census counted 34,034 residents in

308-401: A Manhattan street in her wedding dress and veil accompanied by an alternative version of the theme song played to the tune of Mendelssohn's Wedding March . For the remainder of the first and second seasons, the show focuses on Rhoda and Joe's new married life. The two move into a penthouse suite in the same building as Brenda. Rhoda advances in her career as a window dresser by opening up

385-417: A TV special or movie, some of the cast members of Rhoda have gotten together over the years on the following daytime talk-shows: In 1975, Scholastic Books published All About "Rhoda" , a non-fiction paperback about the development of the series and the character. The book features interviews with Harper and Groh, and 32 black-and-white photos. All About "Rhoda" was referenced in an episode of The Kids in

462-513: A diversified business with foci outside of the television and film business, and so began leasing its lot to CBS . In 1963, CBS Television became the primary lessee of the lot. Almost immediately after leasing the Republic Pictures lot, CBS began to locate its network-produced filmed shows there, including Gunsmoke , My Three Sons , and Gilligan's Island . ( The Wild Wild West followed in 1965). The Gilligan's Island lagoon

539-426: A jean-store owner who soon strikes up a platonic friendship with Rhoda. Stories initially center on Rhoda and Joe's attempts to work through their differences. As the season progresses, however, Joe is seen less frequently and episodes show Rhoda coping with her single status or feature Brenda-themed stories. Ultimately, they never reconcile and Joe is never seen again after this season. Johnny Venture ( Michael DeLano ),

616-468: A liquid protein diet, which was quite controversial at the time, and dropped 40 pounds.) Rhoda's divorce is finalized and she resumes use of her maiden name "Morgenstern" full time. (From this point on, neither her ex-husband, Joe Gerard, nor Rhoda's friend from the previous season, Sally Gallagher, are ever mentioned again.) The show then centers on her role as a thirty-something divorcée, rarely dating and focusing on her career. Ida and Martin come home after

693-530: A lounge singer, becomes an occasional suitor/friend whom Rhoda begrudgingly tolerates. Meanwhile, Brenda, no longer overweight but still with self-esteem problems, finally finds a steady boyfriend in enthusiastic rollerskater and toll-booth worker Benny Goodwin ( Ray Buktenica ), who is, initially, constantly assumed to be the son of great big band conductor/musician, Benny Goodman. She also occasionally dates neighbor Gary Levy as well as continuing her casual relationship with immature accordion player Nick Lobo. During

770-457: A man whom she'd deemed inappropriate for Rhoda, as he wasn't Jewish. This candid expression of "Jewishness" changed, however, when Rhoda was spun off in 1974. During the first season of Rhoda , the representation of Rhoda Morgenstern altered from her parent show to fit a more mainstream audience: she was trimmer, more confident, and less "Jewish". Throughout the first season, there were scant references about Rhoda's "Jewishness". Moreover, there

847-416: A man with similarities to Lou Grant . Season 4 ranked higher than season 3 in the ratings (finishing at #21 for the year), but Rhoda never regained the popularity it had achieved during its first two seasons. In September, 1978, the show underwent additional changes for the fifth and final season. Rhoda sports a new longer frizzy-permed hair style, which she keeps pulled back in a small ponytail for part of

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924-648: A newly built, digitally-enhanced office and studio facility located where the house for the CBS reality series Big Brother once stood. The CBS Studio City Broadcast Center also houses the Los Angeles bureau of CBS News , which is shared with the KCBS/KCAL local newsroom, and on occasion, the CBS Evening News is anchored from Los Angeles. In 2008, Entertainment Tonight and The Insider moved from

1001-601: A record by being the first television series ever to achieve a number-one Nielsen rating for its premiere episode, defeating the ABC ratings juggernaut, Monday Night Football in the process. ABC aired a college football game, Notre Dame versus Georgia Tech , to fill a gap one week before the start of the NFL season. The episode opens with Rhoda Morgenstern traveling from her home in Minneapolis to New York City , where she

1078-485: A result of the show's competing against NBC's popular police series CHiPs , the ratings for both programs declined drastically. CBS canceled Rhoda in December 1978—midway through its fifth season—with four episodes remaining unaired, though these episodes later aired in syndication . The show ended its final season ranked at #95 out of 114 shows. Good Times was pulled from the CBS schedule in December and returned in

1155-491: A small window dressing business called "Windows by Rhoda" with her old high school friend Myrna Morgenstein ( Barbara Sharma ). Rhoda uses her own maiden surname "Morgenstern" in her professional dealings as a window dresser and her married surname "Gerard" in her personal life. During this period, the show was a massive ratings hit on Monday nights, staying near the top of the ratings in both seasons, even faring better than its parent, The Mary Tyler Moore Show . In early seasons,

1232-404: A wedding is planned. Eight weeks into the series, on Monday, October 28, 1974, Rhoda and Joe were married in a special hour-long episode that broke several television viewership records. Heavily publicized, it became the highest-rated television episode of the 1970s, a record it held until the miniseries Roots claimed that achievement in 1977. Additionally, on the night of its airing it became

1309-565: A wrecking company and has a ten-year-old son, Donny, whom Brenda babysits. Following Brenda's prompting, Rhoda and Joe meet and develop an instant attraction to each other which leads to their dating nightly for the duration of her vacation. After an argument about their feelings for each other, Joe asks Rhoda to stay in New York City, which she does, initially moving in with Brenda at 332 E. 64th Street (however, actual exterior shots are of 332 East 84th Street , between 1st and 2nd Avenues on

1386-424: A year after the season had ended. This sentiment would translate into a steep ratings decline during the course of the season and the show ranked #25 for the 1976–77 season (falling from #7 the year before). Though Ida appears in the opening episode ("The Separation"), both she and Martin are absent for the remainder of the season, explained as traveling across the country in an RV . In reality, Nancy Walker departed

1463-503: A year's absence from their lengthy cross-country trip (in reality, both Nancy Walker's and Harold Gould's attempts at new series the previous year had failed ). Brenda continues to date Gary Levy and Benny Goodwin, one more than the other. Meanwhile, Rhoda's career is undergoing a transition. Seeking a career change, she finds a job at the Doyle Costume Company. There she works for the gruff Jack Doyle ( Kenneth McMillan ),

1540-948: Is a linear park that abuts the Los Angeles River. The northeast part of Studio City is in City Council District 2 , represented by Paul Krekorian , and the southwest section is in District 4 , represented by Nithya Raman . The community is represented within the city of Los Angeles by the Studio City Neighborhood Council . The area is represented by Los Angeles County District 3 Supervisor Sheila Kuehl , State Senator Robert Hertzberg , California Assemblyman Adrin Nazarian and U.S. Representative Brad Sherman . Almost half of Studio City residents aged 25 and older (49.4%) had earned

1617-557: Is a neighborhood in Los Angeles , California, United States, in the southeast San Fernando Valley , just west of the Cahuenga Pass . It is named after the studio lot that was established in the area by film producer Mack Sennett in 1927, now known as Radford Studio Center . Originally known as Laurelwood, the area that Studio City occupies was formerly part of Rancho Ex-Mission San Fernando . Rancho Ex-Mission San Fernando

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1694-422: Is heading. His response is to invite Rhoda to move in with him. After some careful thought, and consultation with her sister and father, Rhoda accepts Joe's invitation, but within minutes of moving in decides that rather than living together out of wedlock she prefers to be married. Rhoda attempts to convince Joe that they are very compatible and would be a happily married couple. After some hesitation, Joe agrees and

1771-464: Is her dutiful, mild-mannered husband. Ida initially goes to great lengths to baby her daughter. When it becomes apparent Rhoda is sliding into a rut by occupying her childhood bedroom, Ida forces her to move out for her own good. As the weeks go by, the relationship between Joe and Rhoda quickly blossoms. By the sixth episode, "Pop Goes the Question", an insecure Rhoda asks Joe where their relationship

1848-540: Is mentioned near the season's start in Episode 3 that he has moved to Chicago . A new coworker, Tina Molinari (Nancy Lane), joins Rhoda and Jack at the costume shop, having appeared in several Season 4 episodes as an employee at Gary's jeans store. At this time, the series, along with the Norman Lear sitcom Good Times , was moved to Saturday nights, with Rhoda airing at 8:00 P.M. and Good Times at 8:30 P.M. As

1925-491: Is not included. However, the full version of the pilot can be viewed at The Paley Center for Media in New York and Los Angeles . Footage from the missing scene is even included in the end credits to the series premiere. Season two and Season three episodes were released unedited. Season four was released on September 21, 2010, as a Shout! Factory select title, available exclusively through their online store. Season four

2002-580: Is now Ventura Boulevard and Radford Avenue) in May 1928. He previously operated a smaller studio on Glendale Boulevard in Echo Park (then called Edendale) where he produced films featuring the Keystone Cops , Charlie Chaplin , Mabel Normand , Buster Keaton , W. C. Fields , and Fatty Arbuckle . Five years after creating the Studio City lot, Sennett was forced to file for bankruptcy and the studio lot

2079-709: Is on Fryman Road at Laurel Canyon Boulevard . It has a large parking lot, restrooms and a picnic area. It is part of the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy and is managed by the Mountains Recreation & Conservation Authority. Fryman Canyon Park is a 122-acre nature park accessed via the Nancy Hoover Pohl Overlook on Mulholland Drive with the upper trailhead of the Betty B Dearing hiking trail. The park

2156-414: Is part of the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy and is managed by the Mountains Recreation & Conservation Authority. Coldwater Canyon Park is a nature park adjacent to Wilacre Park and Fryman Canyon Park. It contains an amphitheater and the headquarters for the conservation group TreePeople . It can be accessed via a parking lot near the corner of Mulholland Drive and Coldwater Canyon Avenue and via

2233-583: The Betty B Dearing Trail . The park is managed by the City of Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks (LA Parks). This park is not to be confused with an unrelated park with the name Coldwater Canyon Park, three miles to the south on North Beverly Drive in the city of Beverly Hills. In addition, Studio City has the Studio City Mini-Park, an unstaffed pocket park. North Valleyheart Riverwalk

2310-565: The Los Angeles River . In 2021, ViacomCBS sold Studio Center to real estate investment companies Hackman Capital Partners and Square Mile Capital Management. ViacomCBS also previously had ownership of two other studios in the area: CBS Television City and Columbia Square . Mack Sennett , a silent film producer and director, came to the San Fernando Valley and opened his new movie studio at this location (at what

2387-473: The Paramount Pictures lot as the only studio facilities in Los Angeles owned by the company. In February 2023, The Los Angeles Times reported that "Radford Studio Center is set to get a $ 1-billion upgrade to expand its facilities and bring them further into the digital age". Los Angeles officials received a plan from the owners of the lot formerly known as CBS Studio Center to revamp and enlarge

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2464-488: The Paramount backlot to Studio Center, as CBS took ownership of the series after its spin-off from Viacom. A re-merged ViacomCBS (now Paramount Global ) announced in 2021 that it intended to sell the facility as part of a corporate effort to focus on content. In November 2021, ViacomCBS announced that the studio would be sold to Hackman Capital Partners and Square Mile Capital Management for $ 1.85 billion. This would leave

2541-560: The 1950s, Republic leased studio space to Revue Productions , which filmed many early television series on the lot (including early episodes of Leave It to Beaver ) before Revue's owner, MCA acquired Universal Pictures and moved Revue's television production to Universal City . Also, Four Star Productions leased the lot for many of its series like The Rifleman , Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theater , and The Big Valley . Republic Pictures ceased production in 1958 and Victor M. Carter became its president in 1959. Carter built Republic into

2618-404: The 6.31-square-mile (16.3 km ) Studio City neighborhood—5,395 people per square mile, among the lowest population densities for the city but about average for the county. In 2008, the city estimated that the resident population had increased to 37,201. In 2000, the median age for residents, 38, was considered old for city and county neighborhoods; the percent of residents age 19 and older

2695-583: The Bronx fully regaled in her wedding dress and veil and dashing into her parents' apartment building in one of the most memorable moments in the history of series television. In a state of shock, Ida refuses Phyllis's profuse apologies, saying "I'll kill you". Phyllis begs everyone in the room to forgive her, but the only one who does is Georgette, who then suggests to Phyllis that she leave before Rhoda arrives. The episode also features special closing credits, showing additional footage of Rhoda (Harper) running down

2772-461: The Jewish faith and ethnicity, in real life, neither actress was Jewish. In the first season of Rhoda , Mary Tyler Moore made four guest appearances as Mary Richards to help with the transition of Rhoda moving from Minneapolis to New York City, getting married, and establishing her new life. The episodes Moore appeared in were: the premiere episode "Joe"; the sixth installment "Pop Goes The Question";

2849-509: The Studio Center, thus once again renaming, this time as CBS/Fox Studios. However, that relationship was short-lived as Fox sold its interest of the Studio Center to MTM, and it became CBS-MTM Studios. In March 1992, the studio once again became CBS Studio Center, when MTM (which was later purchased by 20th Century Fox's parent company, News Corporation ) sold its interest in the studio lot to CBS. From 1991 to 1996, American Gladiators

2926-520: The UK, it aired sporadically & in a late night, weekday slot on BBC1. On April 21, 2009, Shout! Factory released the first season of Rhoda on DVD in Region 1, which was the year of the show's 35th anniversary. The release also includes a "Remembering Rhoda" featurette, as well as the original one-hour version of "Rhoda's Wedding", as opposed to the two-part edited version that aired in syndication. 15 of

3003-466: The aging studio and broadcasting complex. Deadline Hollywood reported that the upgrades will include "modern soundstages, production and support offices, sustainability measures, historic preservation, and a transportation infrastructure." Radford Studio Center has three backlot areas. The first is the New York Street. During the shooting of Seinfeld in the mid-1990s, a New York Street

3080-635: The appearance of others, like Mayron and Hesseman, preceded their own shows or roles that brought them to prominence. In 1979, Rhoda began airing in syndication to local stations, and was originally syndicated by Victory Television from 1979 to 1987. From 1981 to 1988, reruns of the show aired on WGN-TV in Chicago . In 1990, reruns of Rhoda aired on Ha! . In 1996, Nick at Nite began airing reruns of Rhoda . On July 8, 2013, Rhoda began airing on MeTV . On March 27, 2023, Rhoda began airing on Catchy Comedy . In Italy, it aired on Rai 2 in 1982. In

3157-617: The area lost most water rights to Los Angeles, so subdivision and sale of land for farming became untenable. Construction of the Los Angeles Aqueduct began in 1908, and water reached the San Fernando Valley in November 1913. Real estate boomed, and a syndicate led by Harry Chandler , business manager of the Los Angeles Times , with Hobart Johnstone Whitley , Isaac Van Nuys , and James Boon Lankershim acquired

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3234-501: The best episodes from each season, was released by MTM Home Video on April 28, 1998. An animated TV pilot titled Carlton Your Doorman , a proposed spin-off of the Carlton, the doorman character (voiced by Lorenzo Music), was broadcast May 21, 1980 on CBS . Although the episode won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program , it was never picked up by the network as a series. Despite never having reunited in-character on

3311-700: The character's misadventures as a single divorcée. Main co-stars included Julie Kavner as Rhoda's sister Brenda alongside Nancy Walker as their mother Ida Morgenstern. Other co-stars throughout the series included The Mary Tyler Moore Show writer Lorenzo Music as Rhoda and Brenda's scarcely seen doorman Carlton, Harold Gould as their father Martin Morgenstern, Ron Silver as their neighbor Gary Levy, Ray Buktenica as Brenda's boyfriend and later fiancé Benny Goodwin, and Kenneth McMillan as Rhoda's boss Jack Doyle. A large ratings success during its first two seasons, Rhoda ' s viewership suffered following

3388-532: The characters frequently discuss the upcoming event and buy wedding gifts. At the end of the episode Murray and Lou leave the TV station to drive Mary to the airport. During "Rhoda's Wedding" it is revealed that on a lark Lou and Murray have decided to fly to New York with Mary to surprise Rhoda. Her frequent nemesis, Phyllis, who intentionally had not been invited, nonetheless flies in for the wedding, and Mary and Rhoda's friend, Georgette, drives in from Minneapolis. During

3465-430: The city. The Studio City Recreation Center (commonly known as Beeman Park) is in a residential neighborhood on Rye Street at Beeman Avenue. It has an auditorium, barbecue pits, a lighted baseball diamond, an outdoor running and walking track, lighted outdoor basketball courts, a children's play area, picnic tables, unlighted tennis courts, and many programs and classes including the second-largest youth baseball program in

3542-457: The closing credits of the series featured Rhoda on a New York street trying to imitate Mary Tyler Moore 's trademark hat toss, but the cap slips from Rhoda's hand before she can throw it. Upon moving from The Mary Tyler Moore Show to her own eponymous series, Rhoda's Jewish religious and ethnic background seemed to fade as she was no longer unique, and would be surrounded by a host of New Yorkers of different religions and ethnicities. Throughout

3619-521: The conclusion of the episode, Monday Night Football host Howard Cosell joked on ABC that he had not been invited to the wedding, and welcomed viewers back to the game. Hundreds of "wedding parties" were held by fans across the United States on the night of the episode to celebrate the television wedding, and within days the CBS-TV studios were inundated with wedding gifts sent in by fans for

3696-425: The creative decision to dissolve the marriage of Rhoda and Joe as series creators Brooks and Burns believed that the title character had lost her "edge" as a married woman. The series' later seasons failed to recapture the commercial success it had initially enjoyed and CBS ultimately cancelled Rhoda midway through its fifth season in 1978, leaving several unaired episodes that later appeared in syndication . Rhoda

3773-401: The episode, Phyllis asks for the opportunity to participate in the wedding and is appointed the responsibility to pick up Rhoda at Brenda's Manhattan apartment and drive her to her parents' apartment in the Bronx, where the ceremony is being held. The self-absorbed and forgetful Phyllis neglects to keep her promise. This forces Rhoda to take the subway, running through the streets of Manhattan and

3850-525: The fictional Joe and Rhoda Gerard. The episode was overwhelmingly praised by critics, widely touted as a "television phenomenon", "unlike anything that had happened on television for nearly twenty years", and garnered Harper her fourth Emmy award in 1975. Vogue magazine reported that people across the country had pulled off the road checking into motels, and that friends had canceled dinner invitations (feigning illness), just to watch Rhoda's wedding. The wedding episode featured guest appearances by many of

3927-555: The main characters from The Mary Tyler Moore Show , including Mary Richards ( Mary Tyler Moore ), Lou Grant ( Edward Asner ), Murray Slaughter ( Gavin MacLeod ), Georgette Franklin ( Georgia Engel ), and Phyllis Lindstrom ( Cloris Leachman ). The only major characters who didn't attend were Ted Baxter ( Ted Knight ) and Sue Ann Nivens ( Betty White ). In The Mary Tyler Moore Show episode "The New Sue Ann", airing Saturday, October 26, 1974, two days before "Rhoda's Wedding",

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4004-427: The newly created MTM Enterprises (headed by actress Mary Tyler Moore and then-husband Grant Tinker ) became the Studio Center's primary tenant, beginning in 1970. Moore's memorable sitcom The Mary Tyler Moore Show began filming here in 1970. Later, its spinoffs Rhoda , Phyllis , and Lou Grant were shot in the facility. In July 1982, CBS formed a partnership with 20th Century Fox to share ownership of

4081-404: The program in droves. Although the producers believed the plot development was essential, the fan response to Rhoda and Joe's separation was overwhelmingly negative and hostile. CBS was inundated with thousands of angry letters protesting the plot development, "Rhoda" and "Joe" received sympathy cards and letters of condolence, with Groh later reporting that he had received hate mail for as much as

4158-643: The program to headline two short-lived ABC series: The Nancy Walker Show , and Blansky's Beauties ; and Harold Gould left to star in his own ABC show, The Feather and Father Gang . To help fill in the void left by Walker and Gould, the producers hired comedian Anne Meara as Rhoda's new friend, Sally Gallagher, a middle-aged divorcee who works as an airline stewardess. Viewers did not warm to Meara and her character lasted only one season. With Rhoda and Joe now separated, they soon move out of their apartment. Joe moves to another building while Rhoda trades apartments with downstairs neighbor Gary Levy ( Ron Silver ),

4235-413: The public parks. Moorpark Park, an unstaffed pocket park at the corner of Moorpark Street and Laurel Canyon Boulevard, has a children's play area and picnic tables. Woodbridge Park, on Elmer Avenue at Moorpark Street, on the eastern border of Studio City has a children and toddler's play area. Wilacre Park, a 128-acre natural mountain park with the lower trailhead for the Betty B Dearing hiking trail,

4312-524: The remaining 47,500 acres (192 km ) of the southern half of the former Mission lands—everything west of the Lankershim town limits and south of present-day Roscoe Boulevard excepting the Rancho Encino . Whitley platted the area of present-day Studio City from portions of the existing town of Lankershim, as well as the eastern part of the new acquisition. In 1927, Mack Sennett began building

4389-512: The season's 24 episodes are the edited-for-syndication versions taken from poor quality masters, while the other 9 episodes (including the Wedding episode) are the unedited network versions. A review on DVDTalk also states some of the edited episodes being time compressed. Because the series premiere in the DVD set is the syndicated version, Mary Tyler Moore's appearance at the beginning of the episode

4466-475: The season. Ida and Martin go through a separation of their own, and Martin goes off to Florida to find himself. He returns after several episodes, but Ida wants to be wooed back, leading to dating and other romantic rituals between the two. Brenda and Benny get engaged to be married, with their wedding planned for later in the season (though this would ultimately not happen, due to Rhoda 's abrupt midseason cancellation). Gary Levy does not return for this season; it

4543-450: The second-most-watched television episode of all time, surpassed only by the 1953 episode of I Love Lucy in which Little Ricky was born. It was watched by more than 52 million Americans, over half of the US viewing audience, and is still the second most-watched primetime wedding (Max Klinger's wedding in the final episode of M*A*S*H had 110 million viewers but was not the main plotline). At

4620-606: The sixth season "Mary Richards Falls in Love". In the first episode of the third season during a particularly dramatic scene Joe leaves Rhoda and the two remain separated for the entire season, with Groh appearing in only nine of the season's episodes. A few weeks later, they mutually agree to see a marriage counselor where Joe reveals to a stunned Rhoda that he had never wanted to be married, and that he married her only because she had pressured him into it after he had invited her to live with him. Audiences were equally stunned and deserted

4697-484: The southeast end of the block). Rhoda and Brenda soon realize that the small studio apartment can't hold them both, so Rhoda moves in with their parents Ida ( Nancy Walker ) and Martin ( Harold Gould ) at their apartment in The Bronx . Ida and Martin are the stereotypical Jewish parents. Ida is overbearing, overprotective, benevolently manipulative, and desperate to ensure her daughters find good husbands. Martin

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4774-654: The spring of 1979 on Wednesday nights at 8:30 P.M. It finished its sixth season, but its ratings did not improve, with the show ranked at #91. Within a few months, CBS also canceled it. Actors featured in guest-starring roles on Rhoda include Robert Alda , René Auberjonois , Frank Converse , Norman Fell , Jack Gilford , Ruth Gordon , Eileen Heckart , Howard Hesseman , Judd Hirsch , Anne Jackson , Linda Lavin , Tim Matheson , Melanie Mayron , John Ritter , Doris Roberts , David Ogden Stiers , Jerry Stiller , Joan Van Ark , Vivian Vance , and Henry Winkler . Some, like Heckart and Vance, were well-known performers, while

4851-454: The tenure of Rhoda Morgenstern's character being featured on The Mary Tyler Moore Show , her "Jewishness" was discussed on several episodes. Such episodes included: "Some of My Best Friends are Rhoda" from which the subject of anti-Semitism was covered; "Enter Rhoda's Parents", from which Rhoda's parents renewed their wedding vows by a rabbi; and "A Girl's Best Mother Is Not Her Friend", in which Ida wanted to fix Mary up with an eligible bachelor,

4928-427: The third season of Rhoda , Mary Tyler Moore made her final guest appearance as Mary Richards in the eighteenth installment "The Ultimatum". Also that year, Valerie Harper appeared as Rhoda, along with Cloris Leachman as Phyllis, on the final episode of The Mary Tyler Moore Show entitled "The Last Show". For the fourth season, Rhoda re-emerged with a new, slimmer look. (Before the season started, Valerie Harper went on

5005-565: The two-part hour- long episode "Rhoda's Wedding" – which also featured other characters from The Mary Tyler Moore Show such as Lou Grant (Edward Asner), Murray Slaughter (Gavin MacLeod), Georgette Franklin (Georgia Engel), and Phyllis Lindstrom (Cloris Leachman) – and the season finale "Along Comes Mary". During the second season, Moore made no appearances on Rhoda , but Valerie Harper and David Groh were briefly featured as Rhoda and Joe Gerard on The Mary Tyler Moore Show' s eleventh installment of

5082-491: Was a 116,858-acre (472.91 km ) Mexican land grant in present-day Los Angeles County, California, granted in 1846 by Governor Pío Pico to Eulogio F. de Celis. This land changed hands several times during the late 19th century , and eventually passed into the ownership of James Boon Lankershim (1850–1931) and eight other developers, who organized the Lankershim Ranch Land and Water Company. In 1899, however,

5159-515: Was among the county's highest. The ethnic breakdown was Whites , 78%; Latinos , 8.7%; Asians , 5.4%; Blacks , 3.7%; and others, 4.1%. Iran (7%) and the United Kingdom (6.7%) were the most common places of birth for the 21.1% of the residents who were born abroad—a low percentage for Los Angeles. The median yearly household income in 2008 dollars was $ 75,657, considered high for the city. The percent of households earning $ 125,000 and up

5236-472: Was born and raised, for a two-week vacation, staying with her younger sister, Brenda ( Julie Kavner ). Brenda works as a bank teller and suffers from low self-esteem exacerbated by dating problems, similar to how Rhoda herself had experienced difficulty in dating in Minneapolis in the early years of The Mary Tyler Moore Show . While there, she meets Joe Gerard ( David Groh ), a handsome divorcé who owns

5313-542: Was built to facilitate the filming of exterior shots. The second area is the Central Park area. The area features grass, trees, paths, and can also be filled with water to create a pond or swamp. The third area is the Residential Street. Actually made up of two streets, this area features a number of houses which can be used for a variety of productions. Studio City, Los Angeles Studio City

5390-544: Was even a Christmas episode with no mention of the character's Jewish background entitled, "Guess What I Got You for the Holidays". Thus, the creation of Rhoda's own series stifled the representation of "Jewishness" – as Charlotte Brown, the executive producer of Rhoda , conveyed in an interview the display of "Jewishness", "was just 'set dressing' – Ida's brisket, her plastic on the furniture". Ironically, although Harper and Walker achieved great popularity playing characters of

5467-629: Was food. I had a bad puberty, it lasted 17 years. I'm a high school graduate, I went to art school. My entrance exam was on a book of matches. I decided to move out of the house when I was 24, my mother still refers to this as the time I ran away from home. Eventually, I ran to Minneapolis where it's cold, and I figured I'd keep better. Now I'm back in Manhattan. New York, this is your last chance!" Rhoda Morgenstern 's opening narration. The pilot episode , entitled "Joe", aired on CBS on Monday, September 9, 1974, at 9:30 p.m. and immediately set

5544-412: Was high for Los Angeles County . The average household size of 1.9 people was low when compared to the rest of the city and the county. Renters occupied 55.9% of the housing stock and house- or apartment-owners held 44.1%. In 2000, there were 837 families headed by single parents, the rate of 11.2% being low for the city of Los Angeles. There were 2,591 veterans, 8.8% of the population, a high figure for

5621-639: Was located at the northwestern edge of the lot; it was paved in the mid-1990s to make room for a new parking structure. While under lease, the facility was renamed the CBS Studio Center. The network finally purchased the 70-acre lot outright from Republic in February 1967, for $ 9.5 million. That same month, Republic also sold its film library. CBS built new sound stages, office buildings, and technical facilities. To make up for these investments, CBS began to rent its studio lot to independent producers, and

5698-458: Was re-released as a general retail release on August 15, 2017. Season five was released by Shout! Factory on October 17, 2017. ♦—Shout! Factory Exclusives title, sold exclusively through Shout's online store A two-tape set, Rhoda—Volumes 1 & 2 containing two episodes on each cassette, was released by MTM Home Video in July 1992. The Very Best of Rhoda , a four-tape boxed-set containing

5775-547: Was sold to Mascot Pictures . Mascot, which specialized in serials, renamed the studio after itself. By 1935, another film company, Monogram Pictures , along with Mascot and Consolidated Film Corporation merged to form Republic Pictures Corporation. The studio lot was renamed Republic Studios. The new studio specialized in B-movies , including many Westerns starring the likes of Roy Rogers , Gene Autry , and John Wayne , all of whom gained their first breaks with Republic. In

5852-409: Was the recipient of two Golden Globe Awards and two Primetime Emmy Awards , and was filmed Friday evenings in front of a live studio audience at CBS Studio Center, Stage 14 in Studio City, Los Angeles, California . "My name is Rhoda Morgenstern. I was born in the Bronx, New York in December, 1941. I've always felt responsible for World War II. The first thing I remember liking that liked me back

5929-541: Was videotaped at CBS Studio Center. The original "Gladiator Arena" (Stage 3) remains preserved in its original form in its original location, with tours and group events available. The studio has been one of the most active in the city for producing sitcoms. It is also the base for "Semester in L.A.", a six-week course by Columbia College Chicago . Since 2007, the Studio Center serves as the home to CBS's Los Angeles flagship TV station KCBS-TV , along with sister station KCAL-TV , as they vacated Columbia Square to move into

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