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The WJM-TV news staff is excited when Mary’s renowned Aunt Flo – a prestigious newspaper journalist and an overwhelming prima donna – comes to visit their newsroom, except for Lou Grant, who isn’t particularly impressed. Despite Aunt Flo’s belittling, then trying to take over the WJM-TV news operation, Mary is determined to convince Mr. Grant that behind the old die-hard, steam-rolling newswoman, is a very nice lady.

Father Brian and Mary develop a professional closeness by working together on a children’s documentary for WJM-TV News, but Mary feels their relationship is getting too close when Father Brian tells her about a friend who left the monastery because of a woman, right after he (Brian) breaks the news to her that he wants to leave too.

Rhoda has good news: she’s madly in love with someone who shared her lunch table. And bad news: the man she loves owns the store she works in, and she has no idea how he feels about her.

Ted and Georgette Baxter are afraid they will never have children when a doctor proclaims the egocentric anchorman is physically unable. Helpless against the crushing news, Ted browbeats himself and declares he is an incomplete man. While the Baxters are convinced they’ll never hear the patter of little feet around their house, Lou Grant fears he’ll never get rid of the big feet stomping around his house. He’s stuck with a Saint Bernard dog that’s driving him up the wall.

In the interest of job security, Ted Baxter has not taken a vacation in four years. Finally forced to take two weeks off, Ted worries that his temporary replacement, Rod Porter, a very popular substitute anchor man, will become a permanent fixture. Porter is an immediate hit with the viewers and “The Six O’Clock News” moves the station from last place to second in the ratings. As a result, everybody expects Porter to get the job permanently and Ted pleads with Mary to put in a good word for him with Lou.

Mary accepts a job as producer of a television talk show for a competitive station. She decides after a great deal of soul-searching, and then finds her last day in the newsroom almost impossible to bear. Mary almost misses her farewell party as she drinks a prolonged farewell luncheon with her co-workers. Then, when she tearfully tries to say her final goodbyes, her boss offers to match her new salary.

Mary finds herself in a complicated situation when she is pursued by two charming bachelors, each of whom is seeking her constant companionship. Joe Warner, who has been a steady romantic figure in Mary’s life, finds his confidence shaken when Mary decides to go out for an evening with an ex-boyfriend to whom she was once almost engaged.

When Mary Richards gets city councilman Peter Peterson to appear on “Face the People,” she learns that he’s not ready to face the people – he’s completely ignorant of current events. Mary, along with Peterson’s aides, desperately try to bring Councilman Peterson up to speed with the latest news so he doesn’t embarrass himself.