Season 9 • Episode 16
LatestOn 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.
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.
Acting
Linda Lavin's warmth anchors every episode like your favorite aunt.
Writing
Polly Holliday's Flo made 'Kiss my grits!' legendary before she spun off.
Creator
Robert Getchell
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Polly Holliday left for her own spinoff Flo after only three seasons, forcing a major cast reshuffle.
The show quietly portrayed a working single mother without a will-they-won't-they romance as her main plot for years—radical for 1970s TV.
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