Tonight at a glance
- Length
- 9 seasons · 202 episodes
- Status
- Ended · complete
- Age rating
- TV-PG
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
The story
Alice is an American sitcom television series that ran from August 31, 1976 to March 19, 1985 on CBS. The series is based on the 1974 film Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore. The show stars Linda Lavin in the title role, a widow who moves with her young son to start her life over again, and finds a job working at a roadside diner on the outskirts of Phoenix, Arizona. Most of the episodes revolve around events at Mel's Diner.
- restaurant
- single mother
- sitcom
- workplace comedy
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Celia Weston
- Polly Holliday
- Diane Ladd
- Charles Levin
- Larry Hovis
- Michael Tucci
- Eileen Heckart
- Ronnie Schell
- Joel Grey
- David Rounds
- Nancy McKeon
- Directed
- Burt Brinckerhoff, Alan Rafkin, Bruce Bilson, Kim Friedman, Bill Persky, Lee Shallat Chemel & 16 more
- Created
- Robert Getchell
- Written
- Michael Weinberger, Lisa A. Bannick, Harvey Bullock, Seaman Jacobs, Prudence Fraser, Vic Rauseo & 21 more
Production
- Rating
- 7.0 / 10 · 61 ratings
- Network & studio
- CBS, Warner Bros. Television
If this stayed with you
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