Alice
TV-PG
6.8
1976
Drama
, Comedy
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.
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- Cast:
- Linda Lavin , Vic Tayback , Beth Howland , Polly Holliday , Celia Weston , Philip McKeon , Diane Ladd
Episode 24 : Here Comes Alice Cottontail
April. 06,1980
Alice allows Tommy to stay with Mel, prompting a wager between Alice and Mel, she bets that he will kick Tommy out and Mel bets that Alice will snoop on her son.
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Episode 23 : Cook's Tour
March. 30,1980
Mel is receptive to an infatuated tour guide, as long as she keeps steering tourists into his diner.
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Episode 22 : Profit Without Honor
March. 23,1980
Mel signs a profit-sharing agreement with the girls just before learning he'll get a tidy sum for letting the city condemn his property.
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Episode 21 : Vera, the Vamp
March. 16,1980
Heartbroken over her boy friend's sudden lack of attention, Vera begs Belle to transform her into a sex goddess.
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Episode 20 : One Too Many Girls
March. 09,1980
The new waitress Belle is making big points with her old boss Mel, but she's scoring zero with Alice and Vera.
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Episode 19 : For Whom the Belle Toils
March. 02,1980
Mel hires Belle, a Mississippi belle who rings Mel's chimes as ""one of the best waitresses I've ever had."" However, Belle is now aiming for lusher pastures as a country-music writer.
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Episode 18 : Flo's Farewell
February. 24,1980
A wealthy Houston restaurateur offers Flo a job she finds hard to refuse.
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Episode 17 : Auld Acquaintances Should Be Forgot
February. 17,1980
Mel plays host to a buddy whose wife has just left him.
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Episode 16 : My Funny Valentine Tux
February. 10,1980
Tommy has his heart set on taking his girl to a formal Valentine's dance and he needs a tuxedo.
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Episode 15 : Carrie's Wedding
February. 03,1980
Mel is delighted that his mother is planning to remarry until he meets his prospective stepfather.
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Episode 14 : Alice Beats the Clock
January. 27,1980
Mel installs a time clock which prompts the waitresses to demand overtime for the Sunday cleanup they used to do for nothing.
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Episode 13 : Alice in TV Land
January. 13,1980
Tommy stirs up trouble by candidly discussing his elders on a TV talk show.
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Episode 12 : Good Buddy Flo
January. 06,1980
Flo takes the wheel herself when she learns that her trucker beau has a female partner.
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Episode 11 : Mel, the Magi
December. 23,1979
A yule tale (with a touch of O. Henry's ""The Gift of the Magi"") finds the girls pooling their meager resources to celebrate Christmas at the diner.
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Episode 10 : My Cousin, Art Carney
December. 09,1979
Vera asks Art Carney, a sixth cousin on her father's side, to endorse Mel's chili, so it can be marketed frozen as Chili con Carney.
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Episode 9 : Cabin Fever
December. 02,1979
Mel, his girlfriend and the waitresses spend the weekend packed like sardines in a fishing cabin.
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Episode 8 : Mel's in the Kitchen With Dinah
November. 18,1979
Things get hotter than Mel's chili when Dinah Shore invites Mel to prepare his recipe on her show and bring along one, but only one waitress.
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Episode 7 : Carrie Sharples Strikes Again
November. 11,1979
The return of Mel's domineering mother does nothing for his ego because after his back goes out, the customers flock in, for his mother's cooking.
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Episode 6 : Little Alice Bluenose
November. 04,1979
Vera's boyfriend objects to her sketching nude males in art class.
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Episode 5 : Flo's Chili Reception
October. 28,1979
Mel is convinced that his chief competitor is romancing Flo just to get the recipe for Mel's Texas-style chili, rated by a food critic as being ""the best in the West.""
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Episode 4 : Vera Robs the Cradle
October. 21,1979
Just one dance lesson and Tommy falls head over heels for his instructor, Vera.
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Episode 3 : Mel Loves Marie
October. 07,1979
Mel gives a big engagement ring to his girlfriend Marie, but the sparkle quickly fades when he insists that she sign a premarital agreement.
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Episode 2 : Mona Lisa Alice
September. 30,1979
Alice's sour reaction to Tommy's matchmaking efforts threatens Mel's new promotional gimmick which is free meals to customers if his waitresses don't smile.
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Episode 1 : Has Anyone Here Seen Telly?
September. 23,1979
Telly Savalas gives star-struck Vera a thrill when he stops by the diner while she's working there alone. When no one believes her story, she quits in a huff.
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