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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Snarky Oracle!" data-source="post: 238782" data-attributes="member: 57984"><p>In Mary's defense, they had already shot several episodes of MARY & RHODA, and Moore and Harper thought they were okay, but ABC wanted them to all be as good as the best of the old MARY TYER MOORE SHOW and opted instead of airing the series, to do a TV movie. Then, when ratings were decent, ABC wanted them to make a second start at doing a series. But by then, Moore felt they'd been jerked around enough by the network, that she walked away from the project. Although Harper was willing to follow through.</p></blockquote><p></p>