Show Info

Status: Ended
First Aired: August 31, 1976
Seasons: 9
Episodes: 202
Networks: CBS
Genres: Comedy, Drama

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Alice(1976)

Kiss my grits!

TMDB Rating: 7.1 (56 votes)

Overview

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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Season 1

24 episodes • 1976

#	Episode	Air Date
1	Pilot	Aug 31, 1976
2	Alice Gets a Pass	Sep 29, 1976
3	A Piece of the Rock	Oct 6, 1976
4	Pay the Fifty Dollars	Oct 13, 1976
5	A Call to Arms	Oct 20, 1976
6	The Last Review	Oct 27, 1976
7	Sex Education	Nov 6, 1976
8	Big Daddy Dawson's Coming	Nov 13, 1976
9	Good Night Sweet Vera	Nov 20, 1976
10	The Dilemma	Nov 27, 1976
11	Who Killed Bugs Bunny?	Dec 4, 1976
12	Mother-in-Law (1)	Dec 11, 1976
13	Mother-in-Law (2)	Dec 18, 1976
14	Vera's Mortician	Dec 25, 1976
15	Mel's in Love	Jan 15, 1977
16	The Accident	Jan 22, 1977
17	The Failure	Jan 29, 1977
18	The Hex	Feb 5, 1977
19	The Pain of No Return	Feb 12, 1977
20	The Odd Couple	Feb 26, 1977
21	A Night to Remember	Mar 5, 1977
22	Mel's Cup	Mar 12, 1977
23	The Bundle	Mar 19, 1977
24	Mel's Happy Burger	Mar 26, 1977

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Season 2

24 episodes • 1977

#	Episode	Air Date
1	The Second Time 'Round	Oct 2, 1977
2	The Indian Taker	Oct 9, 1977
3	86 the Waitresses	Oct 23, 1977
4	Alice by Moonlight	Oct 30, 1977
5	Single Belles	Nov 6, 1977
6	The Sixty Minutes Man	Nov 13, 1977
7	That Old Back Magic	Dec 4, 1977
8	Love is Sweeping the Counter	Dec 11, 1977
9	A Semi-Merry Christmas	Dec 18, 1977
10	Oh! George Burns	Jan 1, 1978
11	The Eyes of Texas	Jan 8, 1978
12	Love is a Free Throw	Jan 15, 1978
13	Close Encounters of the Worst Kind	Jan 22, 1978
14	The Pharmacist	Jan 29, 1978
15	Love Me, Love My Horse	Feb 5, 1978
16	The Reporter	Feb 12, 1978
17	Florence of Arabia	Feb 19, 1978
18	The Cuban Connection	Feb 26, 1978
19	Mel's Big Five-0	Mar 5, 1978
20	Don't Lock Now	Mar 12, 1978
21	The Star in the Storeroom	Mar 19, 1978
22	The Bus	Mar 26, 1978
23	Mel's Recession	Apr 2, 1978
24	Earthquake	Apr 9, 1978

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Season 3

24 episodes • 1978

#	Episode	Air Date
1	Take Him, He's Yours	Sep 24, 1978
2	Car Wars	Oct 1, 1978
3	Citizen Mel	Oct 8, 1978
4	Vera's Popcorn Romance	Oct 15, 1978
5	Block Those Kicks	Oct 22, 1978
6	What Happened to the Class of '78?	Oct 29, 1978
7	Better Never Than Late	Nov 5, 1978
8	Mel's in a Family Way	Nov 11, 1978
9	Who Ordered the Hot Turkey?	Nov 19, 1978
10	The Happy Hoofers	Nov 26, 1978
11	A Slight Case of ESP	Dec 3, 1978
12	The Principal of the Thing	Dec 10, 1978
13	What're You Doing New Year's Eve?	Dec 31, 1978
14	Sweet Charity	Jan 14, 1979
15	The Fourth Time Around	Jan 21, 1979
16	Tommy's First Love	Jan 28, 1979
17	Mel Grows Up	Feb 5, 1979
18	Vera's Broken Heart	Feb 18, 1979
19	Alice's Decision	Feb 25, 1979
20	The Last Stow It (1)	Mar 11, 1979
21	The Last Stow It (2)	Mar 11, 1979
22	If the Shoe Fits	Mar 18, 1979
23	My Fair Vera	Mar 25, 1979
24	Flo Finds Her Father	Apr 1, 1979

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Season 4

24 episodes • 1979

#	Episode	Air Date
1	Has Anyone Here Seen Telly?	Sep 23, 1979
2	Mona Lisa Alice	Sep 30, 1979
3	Mel Loves Marie	Oct 7, 1979
4	Vera Robs the Cradle	Oct 21, 1979
5	Flo's Chili Reception	Oct 28, 1979
6	Little Alice Bluenose	Nov 4, 1979
7	Carrie Sharples Strikes Again	Nov 11, 1979
8	Mel's in the Kitchen With Dinah	Nov 18, 1979
9	Cabin Fever	Dec 2, 1979
10	My Cousin, Art Carney	Dec 9, 1979
11	Mel, the Magi	Dec 23, 1979
12	Good Buddy Flo	Jan 6, 1980
13	Alice in TV Land	Jan 13, 1980
14	Alice Beats the Clock	Jan 27, 1980
15	Carrie's Wedding	Feb 3, 1980
16	My Funny Valentine Tux	Feb 10, 1980
17	Auld Acquaintances Should Be Forgot	Feb 17, 1980
18	Flo's Farewell	Feb 24, 1980
19	For Whom the Belle Toils	Mar 2, 1980
20	One Too Many Girls	Mar 9, 1980
21	Vera, the Vamp	Mar 16, 1980
22	Profit Without Honor	Mar 23, 1980
23	Cook's Tour	Mar 30, 1980
24	Here Comes Alice Cottontail	Apr 6, 1980

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Season 5

20 episodes • 1980

#	Episode	Air Date
1	Mel and the Green Machine	Nov 2, 1980
2	Dog Day Evening	Nov 9, 1980
3	Vegas (1)	Nov 16, 1980
4	Vegas (2)	Nov 16, 1980
5	Vera's Aunt Agatha	Nov 23, 1980
6	Tommy's T.K.O.	Nov 30, 1980
7	The New Improved Mel	Dec 7, 1980
8	Carrie Sings the Blues	Dec 21, 1980
9	Henry's Bitter Half	Jan 4, 1981
10	Alice Locks Belle Out	Jan 11, 1981
11	Vera Goes Out On a Limb	Jan 18, 1981
12	The Jerry Reed Fish Story	Feb 1, 1981
13	Bye Bye, Birdie	Feb 8, 1981
14	Alice's Son, the Drop-out	Feb 15, 1981
15	Carrie Chickens Out	Feb 22, 1981
16	Macho, Macho Mel	Mar 8, 1981
17	The Great Escape	Mar 15, 1981
18	Alice Strikes Up the Band	Mar 29, 1981
19	Who's Kissing the Great Chef of Phoenix?	Apr 5, 1981
20	Baby Makes Five	May 3, 1981

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Season 6

24 episodes • 1981

#	Episode	Air Date
1	Bet a Million, Mel	Oct 4, 1981
2	Guinness on Tap	Oct 11, 1981
3	Comrade Mel	Oct 18, 1981
4	Alice's Halloween Surprise	Oct 25, 1981
5	Alice's Big Four-Oh!	Nov 8, 1981
6	Mel's Cousin, Wendell	Nov 15, 1981
7	Vera's Bouncing Check	Nov 29, 1981
8	After Mel's Gone	Dec 6, 1981
9	Mel's Christmas Carol	Dec 20, 1981
10	The Wild One	Dec 27, 1981
11	Alice Calls the Shots	Jan 3, 1982
12	Not with My Niece You Don't	Jan 17, 1982
13	Queen of Soaps	Jan 31, 1982
14	Sharples vs. Sharples	Feb 7, 1982
15	Valentine's Day Massacre	Feb 14, 1982
16	The Best Little Waitress in the World	Feb 21, 1982
17	Alice and the Acorns	Mar 7, 1982
18	Jolene Hunnicutt, Dynamite Trucker	Mar 14, 1982
19	Mel Wins By a Nose	Mar 21, 1982
20	Give My Regrets to Broadway	Apr 4, 1982
21	Vera's Reunion Romance	Apr 11, 1982
22	Monty Falls for Alice	Apr 18, 1982
23	Spell Mel's	May 2, 1982
24	My Mother the Landlord	May 16, 1982

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Season 7

23 episodes • 1982

#	Episode	Air Date
1	Sorry, Wrong Lips	Oct 6, 1982
2	Do You Take . . . ?	Oct 13, 1982
3	The Secret of Mel's Diner	Oct 20, 1982
4	Alice at the Palace	Oct 27, 1982
5	Joel Grey Saves the Day	Nov 3, 1982
6	Alice's Turkey of a Thanksgiving	Nov 10, 1982
7	Carrie on the Rebound	Jan 9, 1983
8	Jolene's Brother Jonas	Jan 16, 1983
9	Alice Sees the Light	Feb 28, 1983
10	Vera the Virtuoso	Mar 7, 1983
11	Alice Faces the Music	Mar 14, 1983
12	Tommy, the Jailbird	Mar 21, 1983
13	Jolene and the Night Watchman	Mar 28, 1983
14	Mel's Dream Car	Apr 11, 1983
15	Come Back Little Sharples	Apr 17, 1983
16	Vera, the Torch	Apr 24, 1983
17	The Grass is Always Greener	May 1, 1983
18	Tommy Fouls Out	May 15, 1983
19	Vera on the Lam	May 22, 1983
20	Mel's Cousin Wendy?	May 29, 1983
21	Sweet Erasable Mel	Jun 5, 1983
22	Tommy Hyatt, Business Consultant	Jun 12, 1983
23	Jolene Lets the Cat Out of the Bag	Sep 18, 1983

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Season 8

23 episodes • 1983

#	Episode	Air Date
1	Mel is Hogg-Tied	Oct 2, 1983
2	Vera's Secret Lover	Oct 9, 1983
3	Jolene Gets Her Wings	Oct 16, 1983
4	Alice's Blind Date	Oct 23, 1983
5	It Had to Be Mel	Oct 30, 1983
6	The Over-the-Hill Girls	Nov 6, 1983
7	Vera Gets Engaged	Nov 20, 1983
8	Vera's Wedding	Nov 20, 1983
9	The Robot Wore Pink	Dec 18, 1983
10	'Tis the Season to Be Jealous	Dec 25, 1983
11	Tommy Goes Overboard	Jan 1, 1984
12	Vera, the Horse Thief	Jan 8, 1984
13	Jolene Throws a Curve	Jan 15, 1984
14	Lies My Mother Told Me	Jan 29, 1984
15	Alice and the Devoted Dentist	Feb 12, 1984
16	Alice's Hot Air Romance	Mar 4, 1984
17	Dollars to Donuts	Mar 11, 1984
18	My Dinner with Debbie	Mar 18, 1984
19	Vera's Fine Feathered Friends	Mar 25, 1984
20	Jolene is Stuck on Mel	Apr 1, 1984
21	Don't Play It Again, Elliot	Apr 15, 1984
22	Mel Spins His Wheels	May 13, 1984
23	Be It Ever So Crowded	May 20, 1984

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Season 9

16 episodes • 1984

#	Episode	Air Date
1	Romancing Mister Stone	Oct 14, 1984
2	Space Sharples	Oct 28, 1984
3	Big, Bad Mel	Nov 4, 1984
4	Houseful of Hunnicutts	Nov 18, 1984
5	Tommy's Lost Weekend	Nov 25, 1984
6	Undercover Mel	Dec 16, 1984
7	Footloose Mel	Dec 23, 1984
8	Vera's Anniversary Blues	Jan 8, 1985
9	Kiss the Grill Goodbye	Jan 15, 1985
10	Vera, the Nightbird	Jan 22, 1985
11	Alice Doesn't Work Here Anymore (1)	Jan 29, 1985
12	Alice Doesn't Work Here Anymore (2)	Feb 5, 1985
13	The Night They Raided Debbie's	Feb 6, 1985
14	One on One	Mar 5, 1985
15	Vera's Grounded Gumshoe	Mar 12, 1985
16	Th-th-th-that's All, Folks	Mar 19, 1985

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