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Newsroom boss Lou Grant (Edward Asner, left), newscaster Ted Baxter (Ted Knight) and Mary Richards (Mary Tyler Moore) anxiously peruse a newspaper review of a little theatre play in which they appear, on The Mary Tyler Moore Show. (Getty Images/CBS Television Network/Bettmann Contribuutor)

Ted Baxter, better than today's pundits

Heather Hendershot - The Conversation
Legendary actress Betty White during portrait session on March 29, 2011 at the Museum of Radio and TV in Los Angeles, California. White talked about her career and her new book called "If You Ask Me". (Bob Riha, Jr./Getty Images)

Remembering Betty White, dead at 99

Melanie McFarland
Mary Tyler Moore (AP/David F. Smith)

A Salute to Mary Tyler Moore

Melanie McFarland
A scene from the final episode of "The Sopranos" (Will Hart/HBO)

Daniel D'Addario
A scene from the final episode of "The Sopranos" (Will Hart/HBO)

Daniel D'Addario

Does Mary Tyler Moore hold up?

Willa Paskin
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