Ally McBeal The hit Fox Television series Ally McBeal premiered in September of 1997. "Ally [McBeal] was called a modern version of the 1970s television heroine Mary Tyler Moore." (Speace 57.) Until 1997, the Mary Tyler Moore show was the only show that had focused on the single woman. Mary Tyler Moore was the consummate single woman of the 1970s with the perfect life. Viewers never saw her contemplating whom she would marry, when she would have kids, …showed first 75 words of 938 total…

…showed last 75 words of 938 total…ght say that society has become less "shockable" than it used to be. Four years after the premier of Ally McBeal single and "re-single" women are continuing to tune in weekly. The progression of the show over the years has retained many of its original viewers and continues to attract new ones. I do not see Ally McBeal leaving behind a legacy, but instead keeping television up to date with the realistic ways of life.