The 1990s MTM logo.

MTM Enterprises was an independent production company established in 1969 by Mary Tyler Moore and her then-husband Grant Tinker to produce The Mary Tyler Moore Show for CBS. It was sold in 1990 to TVS Entertainment plc, which was in turn acquired by Pat Robertson's International Family Entertainment in late 1992. IFE along with MTM was sold to Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation in 1996. MTM ceased operations and was folded into 20th Century Fox Television on August 15, 1998 when The Family Channel became Fox Family. Image File history File linksMetadata MTM_logo_2. ... Image File history File linksMetadata MTM_logo_2. ... Also: 1969 (Stargate SG-1) episode. ... This article is about the actress. ... Grant Tinker (born January 11, 1925) is the former chairman and CEO of NBC from 1981 to 1986, co-founder of MTM Enterprises, and television producer. ... Mary Tyler Moore is an American television sitcom created by James L. Brooks and Allan Burns that aired on CBS from September 19, 1970 to March 19, 1977. ... This article is about the broadcast network. ... Year 1990 (MCMXC) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Marion Gordon Pat Robertson (born March 22, 1930) is a televangelist from the United States. ... The International Family Entertainment Inc. ... Year 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar). ... 1211 Avenue of the Americas (Sixth Avenue), where News Corporation is based News Corporation (abbreviated to News Corp) (NYSE: NWS, NYSE: NWSa, ASX: , LSE: NCRA) is an American media conglomerate company and one of the worlds largest. ... Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ... 20th Century Fox Television is the television production division of the 20th Century Fox movie studio, a subsidiary of News Corporation. ... is the 227th day of the year (228th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ...

For many years MTM, with CBS, co-owned the CBS Studio Center in Studio City, California, where a majority of their programs were filmed and videotaped. CBS Studio Center is a television and film studio located in the Studio City district of Los Angeles in the San Fernando Valley. ... Studio City is a district in the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles, California. ...

CBS connection

MTM programs appeared almost exclusively on CBS until the early 1980s, when Grant Tinker assumed the additional role of president of NBC. Soon, NBC picked up a number of MTM shows, and Tinker stepped down as head of MTM to avoid a conflict of interest. His intention was to leave NBC after 5 years (in 1986) and return to MTM, taking over the reins from interim MTM president Arthur Price. However, Price fired many of the key players in the company's ranks, and by 1986 they had few shows left on the schedules (Hill Street Blues, St. Elsewhere and Remington Steele were all nearing the ends of their runs, leaving Newhart as the sole entrant on the schedule). Hill Street Blues was a serial police drama that was first aired on NBC in 1981 and ran for 146 episodes on primetime into 1987. ... St. ... Remington Steele was an American television series first broadcast on the NBC network from 1982 to 1987. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ...

There was also a record label in the 1980s featuring the logo on the label. No major artists recorded for this label, although the artists did have a few minor hits on the country charts in the mid-1980s.

Mary Tyler Moore holding Mimsie

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Mimsie the Cat

The company is also remembered for its mascot, Mimsie the Cat (1968-1988), who was an obvious parody of MGM's Leo the Lion. In each MTM production, Mimsie (also known as "Dick Turpin" and "Dick Marino") would arrive in a different disguise as its closing logo, corresponding to the style and theme of a certain show. For example: For alternate meanings of MGM, see MGM (disambiguation). ... Leo the Lion (1957–present) in the MGM logo. ...

-Hill Street Blues: Mimsie wears a police cap. Hill Street Blues was a serial police drama that was first aired on NBC in 1981 and ran for 146 episodes on primetime into 1987. ...

-St. Elsewhere: Mimsie is seen in medical scrubs and a surgical mask. On the show's final episode, Mimsie is in a hospital bed as the credits roll, and then when the credits end, she dies. St. ...

-The White Shadow: Mimsie is replaced by a calico cat dribbling a basketball. There is a shorter version with the company name already there and the cat footage looped (and thus he is continually bouncing the ball). The other (seen only at the end of the series pilot) has the letters animating as usual and at the end, the ball falls off-screen and the cat appears to be looking down at it. The White Shadow was a U.S. drama television series that ran on the CBS network from November 27, 1978 to March 16, 1981. ... Tortoiseshell is a coloring found in cats caused by a combination of specific genetic traits. ...

-Remington Steele: Mimsie dressed as Sherlock Holmes. The smoking pipe in Mimsie's mouth would drop when she meowed. Remington Steele was an American television series first broadcast on the NBC network from 1982 to 1987. ... A portrait of Sherlock Holmes by Sidney Paget from the Strand Magazine, 1891 Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, who first appeared in publication in 1887. ...

-The New WKRP in Cincinnati: The "meow" is replaced with Les Nessman exclaiming "oooooOOOOooooh!" The New WKRP in Cincinnati was a sequel/spin-off of the original CBS sitcom WKRP in Cincinnati. ...

-The Bob Newhart Show: The 1972 Christmas episode features a wreath in place of the MTM ribbon. The Bob Newhart Show is the name of two different television series. ... A wreath is a ring made of flowers, leaves, and sometimes fruits, used as an ornament, hanging on a wall or door, or resting on a table. ...

-Newhart: The "meow" is voiced by Bob Newhart (although the kitten meows normally on the pilot episode). In the last episode, instead of meowing, Mimsie yells "QUIET!" (which was the two Darryls' first and only word, spoken in the finale). This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... George Robert Bob Newhart (born September 5, 1929 in Oak Park, Illinois) is an American stand-up comedian and actor. ...

-Xuxa: Voice-over says "Ciao!" Xuxa Photo: Sérgio Savarese Xuxa (pronounced shoo-shah - IPA -, born Maria da Graça Meneghel, March 27, 1963, Santa Rosa, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil) is a Brazilian television actress, singer and childrens television show host. ...

-The Mary Tyler Moore Show: On episode #2, the meow is higher pitched. At the end of episode #71, Mary appears saying "That's all Folks!", parodying Porky Pig. Mary Tyler Moore is an American television sitcom created by James L. Brooks and Allan Burns that aired on CBS from September 19, 1970 to March 19, 1977. ... Porky Pig is an Academy Award-nominated animated cartoon character in the Warner Bros. ...

-The Duck Factory: The singer of the closing song would ask "Where's the cat?", followed by Mimsie quacking. The Duck Factory was a 1984 NBC television series. ...

-Lou Grant, Paris, Just Between Friends and Central Park West: There is a still picture of the logo. The still picture is in the end credits of Just Between Friends. Lou Grant is a fictional character played by Ed Asner in two shows on CBS. The first was Mary Tyler Moore in which the character was the producer of the fictional WJM-TV news. ... Just Between Friends is a 1986 drama film about two women whos friendship is tested by tragedy. ... Central Park West was a short-lived TV series that ran from September 1995 to June 1996 on CBS. It was a soap opera that aired ones a week that took place in the Central Park West the famous actresses Mädchen Amick and former model Lauren Hutton was two...

-Dave's World: Mimsie wears a chef's hat. Daves World was a 1993–1997 CBS sitcom that was based on the writing of Miami Herald columnist Dave Barry. ...

-The Steve Allen Show: Mimsie wears Allen's glasses and lip-synchs Allen's "Schmock." Steve Allen on the cover of Steve Allen on the Bible, Religion, and Morality Stephen Valentine Patrick William Allen (December 26, 1921 – October 30, 2000) was a musician, comedian and writer, who was instrumental in innovating the concept of the television talk show. ...

-The Texas Wheelers and America's Funniest Home Videos: Mimsie is a live cat photographed against a real landscape. The Texas Wheelers was an ABC situation comedy television series that aired in 1974 and 1975. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ...

-A Little Sex: Mimsie is joined by a second cat, and they rub against each other. In this one, the cats are both animated and appear against a black background inside the circle. A Little Sex is a 1982 comedy film starring Tim Matheson, Kate Capshaw, Edward Herrmann, John Glover, Joan Copeland and Susanna Dalton. ...

-Bay City Blues: Mimsie wears a catcher's cap and mask. Bay City Blues was a TV series centered around minor league baseball sports team that first aired on NBC in 1983 and ran on primetime into 1984. ...

-MTM Home Video releases show Mimsie holding a remote control and, after meowing, stepping on the remote to "rewind" and meow a second time.

-Carlton Your Doorman: Instead of Mimsie, Carlton's cat is in the ribbon. Carlton (voiced by Lorenzo Music) can be heard saying "Say 'Meow!' C'mon, say 'Meow!'" When it doesn't, Carlton sneers "Oh, you naughty and damn old cat!" Carlton Your Doorman was a 1980 television special starring the (previously) unseen doorman Carlton from the sitcom Rhoda. ... Gerald David Music, (better known as Lorenzo Music (May 2, 1937 – August 4, 2001 in Brooklyn, New York), was an American actor, voice actor, writer, television producer and musician. ... dAmn (deviantART messaging network) is the name of the real-time chat system implemented on deviantART version 4. ... Binomial name Felis catus Linnaeus, 1758 Synonyms Felis lybica invalid junior synonym The cat (or domestic cat, house cat) is a small carnivorous mammal. ...

-An MTM International variation was seen with an entirely still logo, the picture of Mimsie larger, and the text smaller (similar to the size of the MTM Home Video logo).

-Vampire: The MTM text is all in dark red, and Mimsie is nowhere to be seen.

-25th Anniversary: The number 25 is seen in black on a white background with a similarly colored MTM under that. We see Mimsie on the rounded part of the 5.

Programs

Among its various productions included:

• The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970-77), CBS
• The Bob Newhart Show (1972-78), CBS
• The Texas Wheelers (1974-75), ABC
• Rhoda (1974-78), CBS
• Doc (1975-76), CBS
• Phyllis (1975-77), CBS
• The Tony Randall Show (1976-78), CBS
• Lou Grant (1977-82), CBS
• The Betty White Show (1977-78), CBS
• The White Shadow (1978-81), CBS
• WKRP in Cincinnati (1978-82), CBS
• Paris (1979-80), CBS
• Six O'Clock Follies (1979), NBC
• The Last Resort (1979), CBS
• Hill Street Blues (1981-87), NBC
• Remington Steele (1982-87), NBC
• St. Elsewhere (1982-88), NBC
• Newhart (1982-90), CBS
• Capital News (1990), ABC
• Bay City Blues (1983), NBC
• The Duck Factory (1984), NBC
• Beverly Hills Buntz (1987-88), NBC
• The New WKRP in Cincinnati (1991-93), Syndicated
• "The Pretender" (1996-2000), NBC (NOTE: Only the first season was produced by MTM, with Twentieth Century Fox Television assuming the series thereafter.)

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• The Steve Allen Show
• Dave's World
• Xuxa
• America's Funniest Home Videos
• Evening Shade
• Rescue 911
• Central Park West
• Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman

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Films

• A Little Sex (1982)
• Just Between Friends (1986)
• Clara's Heart (1988)

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External links

• MTM Enterprises at the Internet Movie Database