Robert Getchell
Director
Alice (1976)
Season 3
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+
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Production Companies: Warner Bros. Television
Network: CBS
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S3E1 - Take Him, He's Yours
Alice takes Mel up on his boast that he can raise her son better than she.
Sept. 24, 1978, midnight
S3E2 - Car Wars
Mel sells the girls a car that won't start.
Oct. 1, 1978, midnight
S3E3 - Citizen Mel
Mel identifies a holdup man who has a record for assaulting a previous witness.
Oct. 8, 1978, midnight
S3E4 - Vera's Popcorn Romance
Vera meets a new boy friend at the movies, but refuses to bring him to the diner.
Oct. 15, 1978, midnight
S3E5 - Block Those Kicks
The diner personnel try to kick their bad habits.
Oct. 22, 1978, midnight
S3E6 - What Happened to the Class of '78?
Flo's night life interferes with her night-school studies.
Oct. 29, 1978, midnight
S3E7 - Better Never Than Late
While Mel is sleeping in the storeroom, Alice is robbed at gunpoint at the counter.
Nov. 5, 1978, midnight
S3E8 - Mel's in a Family Way
Mel mistakes Alice's intentions when she invites him for a family dinner.
Nov. 11, 1978, midnight
S3E9 - Who Ordered the Hot Turkey?
Mel unwittingly buys stolen turkeys for a Thanksgiving dinner he is having for orphans.
Nov. 19, 1978, midnight
S3E10 - The Happy Hoofers
Mel is unhappy because Alice's second job — delivering singing telegrams — makes her late for the diner.
Nov. 26, 1978, midnight
S3E11 - A Slight Case of ESP
Despite his skepticism, Mel tries to find a way to exploit Vera's knack for foretelling the future.
Dec. 3, 1978, midnight
S3E12 - The Principal of the Thing
Tommy wants Alice to stop dating his school principal (Gary Collins).
Dec. 10, 1978, midnight
S3E13 - What're You Doing New Year's Eve?
Flo finds herself without a date on New Year's Eve.
Dec. 31, 1978, midnight
S3E14 - Sweet Charity
Alice's date gets two extra tickets to a celebrity ball and everyone wants to go.
Jan. 14, 1979, midnight
S3E15 - The Fourth Time Around
Flo and Mel's brother (Carmine Caridi) decide to take a chance at marriage — even though it's the fourth time for each.
Jan. 21, 1979, midnight
S3E16 - Tommy's First Love
Alice is angry when Tommy conducts his first romance on her telephone.
Jan. 28, 1979, midnight
S3E17 - Mel Grows Up
Mel's pushy mother winters nearby, and Mel's not sure that he'll make it to spring.
Feb. 5, 1979, midnight
S3E18 - Vera's Broken Heart
Vera is heartbroken after her boyfriend tells her that he's marrying someone else.
Feb. 18, 1979, midnight
S3E19 - Alice's Decision
Alice's long-awaited break, a chance to fill a vacancy in a traveling trio will break her heart if she has to hit the road without Tommy.
Feb. 25, 1979, midnight
S3E20 - The Last Stow It (1)
Mel tells the girls to ""stow it"" for the last time, then sells the diner to a humorless martinet.
March 11, 1979, midnight
S3E21 - The Last Stow It (2)
Unable to buy back his diner from the new restaurateur, Mel opens an eatery in Alice's apartment.
March 11, 1979, midnight
S3E22 - If the Shoe Fits
Alice and Vera vie for a role in a production being cast by an attractive director(Fred McCarren).
March 18, 1979, midnight
S3E23 - My Fair Vera
Acclaimed as ""brilliant"" in her role as Cinderella, Vera is asked to audition for a part in a supermarket commercial.
March 25, 1979, midnight
S3E24 - Flo Finds Her Father
Alice tries to bridge the rift between Flo and her father, who is now sorry for deserting the family when she was a little girl.
April 1, 1979, midnight
Network: CBS
Episode Runtime: 30 min.
Season Runtime: 30 min.
Released: Aug. 31, 1976
Last Air Date: March 19, 1985, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: TV-PG
Common sense age: 10+
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