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The 1990s MTM logo.
The 1990s MTM logo.

MTM Enterprises was an independent production company established in 1969 by Mary Tyler Moore and her then-husband Grant Tinker to produce The Mary Tyler Moore Show for CBS. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Mary Tyler Moore (born December 29, 1936) is an Academy Award -nominated and seven-time Emmy Award -winning American actress Grant A Tinker (born January 11, 1925) is the former chairman and CEO of NBC from 1981 to 1986 co-founder of MTM Enterprises, and The Mary Tyler Moore Show is an American Television sitcom created by James L CBS Broadcasting Inc ( CBS) is an American radio and Television network. The name for the production company was drawn from Moore's initials. [1]

After being an independent production company for many years, MTM was sold in 1990 to TVS Entertainment plc, which was in turn acquired by Pat Robertson's International Family Entertainment in late 1992. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Television South ( TVS) was the broadcasting name associated with the ITV franchise holder in the south and south east of England between Marion Gordon "Pat" Robertson (born March 22 1930 is a controversial Televangelist from the United States. The International Family Entertainment Inc was founded and co-chaired Pat Robertson in 1990. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) IFE along with MTM was sold to Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation in 1996. News Corporation (often abbreviated to News Corp) (,,) is one of the world's largest media conglomerate companies by Market capitalisation Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) MTM ceased operations and was folded into 20th Century Fox Television on August 15, 1998 when The Family Channel became Fox Family. Twentieth Century Fox Television Inc (on-logo as 20th Century Fox Television) is the television production division of the 20th Century Fox movie studio a subsidiary Events 778 - The Battle of Roncevaux Pass, at which Roland is killed Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar)

For many years MTM, with CBS, co-owned the CBS Studio Center in Studio City, California, where a majority of their programs were filmed and videotaped. CBS Studio Center is a television and film studio located in the Studio City district of Los Angeles in the San Fernando Valley. Studio City is a four-square-mile district in the San Fernando Valley region of the City of Los Angeles, California, United States.

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Programs

MTM's productions included:

In addition to the above shows, MTM has distributed programs such as:

Films

CBS connection

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Mimsie the Cat

The company is also remembered for its mascot, Mimsie the Cat (1968-1988), who was an obvious parody of MGM's Leo the Lion. Leo the Lion is the mascot for the Hollywood film studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, featured in the studio's Production logo. Mimsie was in real life, Mary Tyler Moore's cat. In each MTM production, Mimsie (also known as "Dick Turpin" and "Dick Marino") would arrive in a different disguise as its closing logo, corresponding to the style and theme of a certain show. For example:

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