Phyllis (TV series)

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Phyllis
Mother-in-law Audrey Dexter (Jane Rose) with Phyllis (1975)
Genre	Sitcom
Created by	James L. Brooks[1] Stan Daniels Ed. Weinberger
Based on	Phyllis Lindstrom by James L. Brooks and Allan Burns
Starring	Cloris Leachman Henry Jones Jane Rose Judith Lowry Lisa Gerritsen Barbara Colby Liz Torres Richard Schaal Carmine Caridi Garn Stephens John Lawlor
Theme music composer	Stan Daniels
Composer	Dick DeBenedictis
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	48 (list of episodes)
Production
Producers	Stan Daniels Michael J. Leeson Ed. Weinberger
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	24 minutes
Production companies	MTM Enterprises 20th Television
Original release
Network	CBS
Release	September 8, 1975 (1975-09-08) – March 13, 1977 (1977-03-13)
Related
The Mary Tyler Moore Show Rhoda Lou Grant
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Phyllis is an American sitcom television series that aired on CBS from September 8, 1975, to March 13, 1977. Created mainly by Ed. Weinberger and Stan Daniels, it was the second spinoff of The Mary Tyler Moore Show (the first being Rhoda). Mary Tyler Moore Show producer James L. Brooks was also involved with the show as a creative consultant.^[1] The show starred Cloris Leachman as Phyllis Lindstrom, who had been Mary Richards' friend, neighbor, and landlady on The Mary Tyler Moore Show.

In this series, Phyllis, along with her daughter Bess Lindstrom, moves from Minneapolis to San Francisco after the death of her husband, Dr. Lars Lindstrom. It was revealed that San Francisco was Phyllis and Lars's original hometown prior to their moving to Minneapolis, and that Lars's mother and stepfather still reside there.