Alice (1976)

Season 1

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.

Released Aug. 31, 1976 Episode 30 min 10+

Genres: Comedy, Drama

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Production Companies: Warner Bros. Television

Network: CBS

Country: United States
Languages: English

IMDb 3722

6.9

/6123/

Trakt

/80/

TMDb

/56/

Tomatoes

Robert Getchell
Director

Beth Howland
Vera Louise Gorman-Novak

Polly Holliday
Florence Jean Castleberry

Diane Ladd

Linda Lavin
Alice Hyatt

Vic Tayback
Mel Sharples

Philip McKeon
Tommy Hyatt

Celia Weston
Jolene Hunnicutt

Charles Levin
Elliot Novak

S1E1 - Pilot

Alice gets her hopes up to be a big star when a talent agent comes to town.

Aug. 31, 1976, midnight

S1E2 - Alice Gets a Pass

Alice falls for an ex-football player, who is now an actor.

Sept. 29, 1976, midnight

S1E3 - A Piece of the Rock

Alice meets her late husband's beneficiary.

Oct. 6, 1976, midnight

S1E4 - Pay the Fifty Dollars

Alice is mistakenly picked up by the five-0 for prostitution when she is performing in a nightclub.

Oct. 13, 1976, midnight

S1E5 - A Call to Arms

A sleepless night of obscene phone calls prompts Alice into considering packing a piece.

Oct. 20, 1976, midnight

S1E6 - The Last Review

A famous food critic dies in Mel's Diner, which freaks out everyone.

Oct. 27, 1976, midnight

S1E7 - Sex Education

Aliec feels that Tommy is learning about sex too early when she finds a picture of a naked woman in Tommy's wallet.

Nov. 6, 1976, midnight

S1E8 - Big Daddy Dawson's Coming

When Alice helps Flo get a man, the Man tries to help himself to Alice.

Nov. 13, 1976, midnight

S1E9 - Good Night Sweet Vera

Alice and Flo try to keep Vera from O'Ding on sleeping pills.

Nov. 20, 1976, midnight

S1E10 - The Dilemma

Alice is proposed marriage from an old boyfriend from the old neighborhood.

Nov. 27, 1976, midnight

S1E11 - Who Killed Bugs Bunny?

Alice is thrilled that Mel is taking Tommy camping, until she finds out that it involves hunting as well. Alice refuses to let Tommy go, but he runs away to go camping anyway. It isn't until he shoots an animal that he realizes that his mother was right all along.

Dec. 4, 1976, midnight

S1E12 - Mother-in-Law (1)

Rose Hyatt comes to visit Alice and Tommy, much to Alice's chagrin. And now she's talking about staying there....

Dec. 11, 1976, midnight

S1E13 - Mother-in-Law (2)

Alice does all that she can to stop Rose from becoming a permanent Phoeniz resident.

Dec. 18, 1976, midnight

S1E14 - Vera's Mortician

Vera's boyfriend might very well be a married man.

Dec. 25, 1976, midnight

S1E15 - Mel's in Love

Mel falls in love with a young nature hiker from New Jersey.

Jan. 15, 1977, midnight

S1E16 - The Accident

Mel leaves Alice and Flo his car when he goes on a trip, but Flo gets it totaled in an accident that is spread out over several blocks. Will they fix it time before Mel gets back? Nope, Mel comes home early and finds out about his car from an angry Hispanic neighbor!

Jan. 22, 1977, midnight

S1E17 - The Failure

A robbery heist gets messed up when the cash register is stuck. The robber thinks he is a failure, but he gets a chance to redeem himself when he helps a lady deliver a baby in the diner.

Jan. 29, 1977, midnight

S1E18 - The Hex

A fake Gypsy is caught stealing the silverware by Alice, and she puts a curse on the gang.

Feb. 5, 1977, midnight

S1E19 - The Pain of No Return

Alice might be in trouble with Uncle Sam when she learns that her recently decease husband never paid his back taxes.

Feb. 12, 1977, midnight

S1E20 - The Odd Couple

Flo's trailer is stolen, and Alice has the heart to let her stay at her house for a spell. The spell is broken when Alice finds out that Flo is an all-out slob and have unwelcomed visitors (Flo's latest boyfriend, not roaches).

Feb. 26, 1977, midnight