Les Charles (Writer)

The Mary Tyler Moore Show

30-year-old single Mary Richards moves to Minneapolis to start a new life after a romantic break-up. There she reacquaints with Phyllis who rents her a room, and meets her upstairs neighbor and new best friend Rhoda. Mary unexpectedly lands a job as associate producer at the TV station WJM, where she works alongside her bristly boss, Lou; the comical newswriter, Murray; and the newscast's often-incompetent anchor, Ted.

Release Date1970-09-19

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count1

Vote Count76

M*A*S*H

The 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital is stuck in the middle of the Korean war. With little help from the circumstances they find themselves in, they are forced to make their own fun. Fond of practical jokes and revenge, the doctors, nurses, administrators, and soldiers often find ways of making wartime life bearable.

Release Date1972-09-17

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count1

Vote Count688

Cheers

The story about a blue-collar Boston bar run by former sports star Sam Malone and the quirky and wonderful people who worked and drank there.

Release Date1982-09-30

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count26

Vote Count606

The Bob Newhart Show

The Bob Newhart Show is an American situation comedy produced by MTM Enterprises, which aired 142 original episodes on CBS from September 16, 1972, to April 1, 1978. Comedian Bob Newhart portrays a psychologist having to deal with his patients and fellow office workers. The show was filmed before a live audience.

Release Date1972-09-16

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count3

Vote Count59

Taxi

Louie De Palma is a cantankerous, acerbic taxi dispatcher in New York City. He tries to maintain order over a collection of varied and strange characters who drive for him. As he bullies and insults them from the safety of his “cage,” they form a special bond among themselves, becoming friends and supporting each other through the inevitable trials and tribulations of life.

Release Date1978-09-12

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count15

Vote Count161

Frasier

Follow Frasier Crane in the next chapter of his life as he returns to Boston, Mass., with new challenges to face, new relationships to forge and an old dream or two to finally fulfill.

Release Date2023-10-12

DepartmentWriting

JobCharacters

Episode Count20

Vote Count58

All is Forgiven

Paula Russell is the producer of a soap opera called All is Forgiven who just married a donut executive with a teenage daughter.

Release Date1986-03-20

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count1

Vote Count2

The Betty White Show

The Betty White Show is an American sitcom which aired on CBS from September 12, 1977, to January 2, 1978. Fourteen episodes were broadcast. The series was produced by MTM Enterprises.

Release Date1977-09-12

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count1

Vote Count3

Cheers

Cheers is the Spanish version of the original series. It was produced by Plural Entertainment and Tom Collins and broadcast by Telecinco. It was first aired on 11 September, 2011. It follows the same theme as Cheers.

Release Date2011-09-11

DepartmentWriting

JobOriginal Series Creator

Episode Count9

Vote Count3

The Tortellis

The Tortellis is an American sitcom that aired from January to May 1987 on NBC. A spin-off of the hit series Cheers, The Tortellis stars Dan Hedaya and Jean Kasem. Nick Tortelli, the loutish ex-husband of Cheers waitress Carla Tortelli, moves to Las Vegas to try and reconcile with his bimbo second wife Loretta, who now lives with her more sensible, divorced sister Charlotte and nephew Mark.

Release Date1987-01-21

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Episode Count13

Vote Count2

Pushing Tin

Two air traffic controllers who thrive on living dangerously compete to outdo each other on several levels.

Release Date1999-04-23

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count409