That Girl
American television series
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history of television in the U.S.
- In Television in the United States: The late 1960s and early ’70s: the relevance movement
That Girl (ABC, 1966–71), an old-fashioned show about a single woman living and working in the big city—with the help of her boyfriend and her “daddy”—aired on the same schedule as The Mary Tyler Moore Show (CBS, 1970–77), a new-fashioned comedy about a single woman…
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Thomas
- In Marlo Thomas: Early roles and That Girl
…came the following year when That Girl premiered on ABC. Created by a pair of former head writers of The Dick Van Dyke Show, That Girl featured Thomas as Ann Marie, an aspiring actress and model who has moved to New York City from a small town, determined to make…
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