Alice

Alice

  • 1976
  • 9 Seasons
  • 202 Episodes
  •  7.071  (56)
  •   Ended

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.

Alice
Seasons
Th-th-th-that's All, Folks
16. Th-th-th-that's All, Folks
March 19, 1985
On the final day at the diner, Mel closes the blinds and gives away the cow creamers as the gang reminisces about the last nine years.
Vera's Grounded Gumshoe
15. Vera's Grounded Gumshoe
March 12, 1985
After getting shot accidentally with his own gun, Elliot quits the force and looks for a career more suited to his meager talents.
One on One
14. One on One
March 05, 1985
Mel is a taskmaster in training Jolene for tryouts with a pro basketball team.
The Night They Raided Debbie's
13. The Night They Raided Debbie's
February 06, 1985
Answering a room-to-rent ad, Vera and Elliot's pushy landlady pushes herself and her kitschy furniture into their home and lives.
Alice Doesn't Work Here Anymore (2)
12. Alice Doesn't Work Here Anymore (2)
February 05, 1985
Whether Alice likes it or not, and she's not sure, country singer Travis Marsh gives her a chance to reach for the stars in a performance with him.
Alice Doesn't Work Here Anymore (1)
11. Alice Doesn't Work Here Anymore (1)
January 29, 1985
A country singer takes a personel as well as professional interest in Alice and begs her to join his band on the road.
Vera, the Nightbird
10. Vera, the Nightbird
January 22, 1985
Vera's secretly moonlighting as a sultry deejay called Nightbird and she's turning on all the males in Phoenix in the process.
Kiss the Grill Goodbye
9. Kiss the Grill Goodbye
January 15, 1985
Jolene's appearance on the ""Working Women"" talk show does nothing to boost business at Mel's Diner.
Vera's Anniversary Blues
8. Vera's Anniversary Blues
January 08, 1985
Vera yearns for a romantic first wedding anniversary, but it gets off to anything but a romantic start and goes rapidly downhill from there.
Footloose Mel
7. Footloose Mel
December 23, 1984
Mel 86es a group of ""hoodlums,"" unaware that they're the break dancers expected to perform at the diner as part of an arts festival.
Undercover Mel
6. Undercover Mel
December 16, 1984
At Elliot's suggestion and lured by a $5000 reward, Mel goes undercover to smoke out rustlers selling stolen beef.
Tommy's Lost Weekend
5. Tommy's Lost Weekend
November 25, 1984
Alice is worried that Tommy's partying is leading to a serious drinking problem.
Houseful of Hunnicutts
4. Houseful of Hunnicutts
November 18, 1984
Jolene loves her family, but finds it too much of a good thing when her father, five brothers, grandmother and family dog park themselves in her one-bedroom apartment.
Big, Bad Mel
3. Big, Bad Mel
November 04, 1984
Mel gets an F for buying a day school to raze for a parking lot.
Space Sharples
2. Space Sharples
October 28, 1984
Mel gets a little spaced out after he thwarts a bank robbery while he's dressed up as Captain Galaxy for Halloween.
Romancing Mister Stone
1. Romancing Mister Stone
October 14, 1984
Jolene and Vera play Cupid for a dateless Alice by putting an ad in a magazine's personals column.
Description
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.
  • Premiere Date
    August 31, 1976
  • Rating
    7.071  (56)