Alice

1976

Alice

6.9 | TV-PG | en | Drama

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.

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Seasons & Episodes

EP1 Romancing Mister Stone

Oct. 14,1984

Jolene and Vera play Cupid for a dateless Alice by putting an ad in a magazine's personals column.

EP2 Space Sharples

Oct. 28,1984

Mel gets a little spaced out after he thwarts a bank robbery while he's dressed up as Captain Galaxy for Halloween.

EP3 Big, Bad Mel

Nov. 04,1984

Mel gets an F for buying a day school to raze for a parking lot.

EP4 Houseful of Hunnicutts

Nov. 18,1984

Jolene loves her family, but finds it too much of a good thing when her father, five brothers, grandmother and family dog park themselves in her one-bedroom apartment.

EP5 Tommy's Lost Weekend

Nov. 25,1984

Alice is worried that Tommy's partying is leading to a serious drinking problem.

EP6 Undercover Mel

Dec. 16,1984

At Elliot's suggestion and lured by a $5000 reward, Mel goes undercover to smoke out rustlers selling stolen beef.

EP7 Footloose Mel

Dec. 23,1984

Mel 86es a group of ""hoodlums,"" unaware that they're the break dancers expected to perform at the diner as part of an arts festival.

EP8 Vera's Anniversary Blues

Jan. 08,1985

Vera yearns for a romantic first wedding anniversary, but it gets off to anything but a romantic start and goes rapidly downhill from there.

EP9 Kiss the Grill Goodbye

Jan. 15,1985

Jolene's appearance on the ""Working Women"" talk show does nothing to boost business at Mel's Diner.

EP10 Vera, the Nightbird

Jan. 22,1985

Vera's secretly moonlighting as a sultry deejay called Nightbird and she's turning on all the males in Phoenix in the process.

EP11 Alice Doesn't Work Here Anymore (1)

Jan. 29,1985

A country singer takes a personel as well as professional interest in Alice and begs her to join his band on the road.

EP12 Alice Doesn't Work Here Anymore (2)

Feb. 05,1985

Whether Alice likes it or not, and she's not sure, country singer Travis Marsh gives her a chance to reach for the stars in a performance with him.

EP13 The Night They Raided Debbie's

Feb. 06,1985

Answering a room-to-rent ad, Vera and Elliot's pushy landlady pushes herself and her kitschy furniture into their home and lives.

EP14 One on One

Mar. 05,1985

Mel is a taskmaster in training Jolene for tryouts with a pro basketball team.

EP15 Vera's Grounded Gumshoe

Mar. 12,1985

After getting shot accidentally with his own gun, Elliot quits the force and looks for a career more suited to his meager talents.

EP16 Th-th-th-that's All, Folks

Mar. 19,1985

On the final day at the diner, Mel closes the blinds and gives away the cow creamers as the gang reminisces about the last nine years.

6.9 | TV-PG | en | Drama , Comedy | More Info

Released: 1976-08-31 | Released Producted By: Warner Bros. Television , Country: United States of America Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website:

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Cast

Linda Lavin , Vic Tayback , Beth Howland , Celia Weston , Philip McKeon , Charles Levin

Director

David Susskind

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Linda Lavin

as Alice Hyatt

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Vic Tayback

as Mel Sharples

All Dogs Go to Heaven Loverboy Beverly Hills Bodysnatchers Criminal Act The Underachievers The Three Kings Weekend Warriors Treasure Island George Carlin: Playin' with Your Head Reel Horror

Beth Howland

as Vera Louise Gorman-Novak

Terrible Things My Mother Told Me Musical Comedy Tonight III A Caribbean Mystery Working You Can't Take it With You Alice Original Cast Album: Company Li'l Abner

Celia Weston

as Jolene Hunnicutt

You're Cordially Invited Leanne A Little Prayer Adam The Secret: Dare to Dream Poms Freak Show The Disappointments Room In the Radiant City Adult Beginners

Philip McKeon

as Tommy Hyatt

Ghoulies IV Sandman Red Surf Return to Horror High Battle of the Video Games Alice

Charles Levin

as Elliot Novak

Sins of the Mother Capital News Opposites Attract No Holds Barred Immediate Family The Couch Trip The Golden Child Djinn, No Chaser Do You Remember Love Deal of the Century

David Susskind

Producer

Harvey Bullock

Producer

Bob Carroll Jr.

Producer

Madelyn Pugh

Producer

Alice Audience Reviews

HottWwjdIam There is just so much movie here. For some it may be too much. But in the same secretly sarcastic way most telemarketers say the phrase, the title of this one is particularly apt.

Sanjeev Waters A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

Kayden This is a dark and sometimes deeply uncomfortable drama

Allissa .Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

fraybert http://www.liquidation-dvd-sets.com/product.php?productid=3932344 Finally Alice is on DVD.....I grew up watching this series.....Loved all the shows even when FLO left.....A lot of people said the show was not as good when FLO, left...But to me a die hard fan, did not mind....Everyone brought something to the show.....I would love to see this in reruns on TV Land or somewhere....Cannot believe the DVD set of the complete TV series is under 100 bucks..Just hope the quality is good....What does everyone else thank of FLO's series...I thought it was okay, but it should have bee more revolved around another diner which FLO was the owner....Thanks

gregmay39 GREG MAY of Orlando, FL says: "I watch TV with discretion. And I feel I have good taste when it comes to television viewing. I LOVE ALICE! I looked forward to the show every week on the CBS Television Network. And the reason I loved her so much is because I LOVE LUCY! Do you get the connection? The same writers that penned the classic sitcom starring Lucille Ball also wrote Linda Lavin's situation comedy. And 'Alice' was the last of those great situation comedies! We will never forget the character of 'Flo' exclaiming 'Kiss My Grits!' or grouchy Mel as he forced his chili on his customers. Remember Earl? He first appeared on the series as another customer complaining about Mel's chili. Then they made him Tommy's coach from school. Earl was played by comedian DAVE MADDEN whom you'll remember as the harried agent 'Reuben Kincaid' on 'The Partridge Family' and from that ground-breaking show of the late 60's, 'Laugh-In'. You'll enjoy my article about meeting Dave Madden at www.Florida-backroads-travel.com."

Jordan_Haelend Honestly, I can't understand how garbage like this managed to last for 9 long years. It wasn't really funny, and it was thoroughly predictable. It was simply time-slot-filling junk.I can't see how the premise could have been viewed even at the time as anything other than a mass of clichés.Did people actually believe that this was good comedy in the 1970s? If so, I'm glad I missed that particular decade! It shows that the levels of taste and common sense were at least as low then as they are now! At the very least it shows to what depths TV was willing to descend in order to "entertain" people (i.e., keep them watching long enough to see the commercials.)

timmauk When I think of all the shows that are good and never last a season, and then here is a show that STINKS that last nine seasons! It just gets me upset. Flo was the funniest one of the bunch and her spinoff show was better than this one. Linda Lavin did make a good show later, "Conrad Bloom" but again the show was cancelled before the end of the season.