politics appear on broadcast television in a workplace comedy like "the mary tyler moore show." ♪ you might just make it after all ♪ >> mary richards moves to minnesota to start work at wjm-tv. >> what religion are you? >> mr. grant, i don't quite know how to say this, but you're not allowed to ask that when someone's applying for a job. >> want to call a cop? >> it did represent what women were going through in the '70s. they were standing up and saying, i must be heard. >> sitcoms used to be about the wife was at home doing the dishes, and then this woman sprang onto our screens who had a job, and often the smartest person there. and it was sort of liberating. >> you've got spunk. >> and i wait a dutiful moment and i say -- >> i hate spunk! >> and i want to correct something right now. i don't hate spunk. i love spunk.