Alice (1976)
Alice (1976)
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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2x01 The Second Time 'Round

03 October, 1977 5:30 am
A suspected flasher and Flo's third ex-husband (Rod McCary) stir things up at Mel's Diner.

2x02 The Indian Taker

10 October, 1977 5:30 am
A Native American who claims Mel's diner is built on sacred ground refuses to leave.

2x03 86 the Waitresses

24 October, 1977 4:30 am
Mel incites his waitresses to quit by giving a new waiter better wages than theirs.

2x04 Alice by Moonlight

31 October, 1977 5:30 am
Alice's moonlighting job as a nightclub singer is taking its toll on her waitress job.

2x05 Single Belles

07 November, 1977 5:30 am
The girls accept an invitation to visit a new singles bar.

2x06 The Sixty Minutes Man

14 November, 1977 5:30 am
Alice suspects that a diner regular is really an incognito mobster.

2x07 That Old Back Magic

05 December, 1977 5:30 am
Mel can't be moved after his bad back flares up at Alice's place.

2x08 Love is Sweeping the Counter

12 December, 1977 5:30 am
Endearments replace the insults in Flo and Mel's relationship after they attend an out-of-town game together.

2x09 A Semi-Merry Christmas

19 December, 1977 5:30 am
Alice and friends are snowbound en route to her cousin's for Christmas.

2x10 Oh! George Burns

02 January, 1978 5:30 am
When George Burns stops into Mel's, Vera believes that he's actually the Deity he played in the movie Oh, God!

2x11 The Eyes of Texas

09 January, 1978 5:30 am
Flo's vanity keeps her from getting the eyeglasses she obviously needs.

2x12 Love is a Free Throw

12 January, 1978 5:30 am
An amorous high-school basketball star starts putting the moves on Alice.

2x13 Close Encounters of the Worst Kind

23 January, 1978 5:30 am
Hostility rages at Mel's after the workers decide to vent their petty grievances.

2x14 The Pharmacist

30 January, 1978 5:30 am
A pharmacist protesting food additives threatens to take his life in Mel's Diner.

2x15 Love Me, Love My Horse

06 February, 1978 5:30 am
Flo fixes up Alice with her bronco-busting brother (Burton Gilliam).

2x16 Florence of Arabia

20 February, 1978 5:30 am
Flo is courted by a rich Arab (Richard Libertini) who, unknown to her, already has three wives.

2x17 The Cuban Connection

27 February, 1978 5:30 am
Alice mediates a squabble between a womanizing photographer (Desi Arnaz)and his fed-up wife (Janis Paige).

2x18 Mel's Big Five-0

06 March, 1978 5:30 am
To Mel's disappointment, the girls take him at his word when he says he doesn't want a 50th-birthday party.

2x19 Don't Lock Now

13 March, 1978 5:30 am
Mel wants to know who's stealing food and making long-distance phone calls from the diner.

2x20 The Star in the Storeroom

20 March, 1978 6:30 am
Because she once baby-sat Jerry Reed, Flo is hounded for tickets to the singer's concert. Jerry plays himself.

2x21 Mel's Recession

03 April, 1978 6:30 am
Mel considers firing a waitress to save money.

2x22 Earthquake

10 April, 1978 6:30 am
Everyone's rattled when a Native American predicts an earthquake.

2x23 The Reporter

02 January, 1970 6:30 am
An investigative reporter seeks refuge in Mel's Diner.

2x24 The Bus

02 January, 1970 6:30 am
Mel and the staff prepare for a bus load of hungry customers.

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