What 'Modern Family,' '2 Broke Girls,' and Other Shows Can Learn from 'The Mary Tyler Moore Show'

Everybody knows The Mary Tyler Moore Show is a respected '70s classic. But I think it just might be able to save modern television, too.

Not that modern television needs saving — we've got more decent sitcoms now than we did a few years ago, for sure. But I'm convinced that if the producers of some of the great shows that are sliding into repetitive mediocrity, or a few new-ish shows still...