From a Wall Street Journal television review by John Anderson headlined “Mary Tyler Moore, TV’s Modern Woman”:

With all due respect to Mary Tyler Moore, two hours is a lot of Mary Tyler Moore—or anyone whose most significant contribution to pop culture aired its finale in 1977. “Being Mary Tyler Moore” does have its revelations: Moore, who died in 2017 at the age of 80, was far more intelligent and discerning than her characters—and her characters were almost always distinguished by intelligence and discernment.