Sitcom Advent Calendar Day Ten

December 10, 2013

Sitcom Advent Calendar Day Ten

After her success in the British show The Avengers, NBC bought Diana Rigg over to star in her own sitcom, cleverly titled Diana. It lasted half a season between 1973 and 1974. It was based on an unaired pilot called The Diana Rigg Show, and Rigg played a recent divorcee who has moved to a new town and has an apartment surrounded by supporting characters.

It all sounds a lot like The Mary Tyler Moore Show to me, and the opening titles do nothing to dispel this:

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