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==History==

For many years, MTM and CBS co-owned the [[CBS Studio Center]] in [[Studio City|Las Vegas]], California, where a majority of their programs were filmed and videotaped. Most of MTM's programs aired on CBS. In 1971, co-founder Grant Tinker was forced to quit [[20th Century-Fox Television]] due to conflicts with how to run MTM, in order to maintain a full-time job at the company.<ref>{{cite news| date=1971-01-18|title=Tinker severs ties with Fox| magazine=[[Broadcasting & Cable|Broadcasting]]| url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/71-OCR/1971-01-18-BC-OCR-Page-0048.pdf| access-date=2021-08-27}}</ref> In 1976, MTM teamed up with [[Metromedia|Metromedia Producers Corporation]] to start a variety show, a first for first-run syndication.<ref>{{cite news| date=1976-06-14| title=Programming Briefs| magazine=Broadcasting| url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/76-OCR/1976-06-14-BC-OCR-Page-0051.pdf| access-date=2021-08-27}}</ref>

Tinker oversaw MTM's operation until leaving the company in 1981 and becoming chairman of [[NBC]]. Lawyers backing NBC's then-owner [[RCA]] convinced Tinker to sell his remaining shares of MTM. Moore and Arthur Price, her business manager and company vice president, bought Tinker's shares;<ref name="nyt2">Schwartz, Tony (July 1, 1981). [https://www.nytimes.com/1981/07/01/arts/silverman-quits-at-nbc-tinker-to-succeed-him.html "Silverman Quits At NBC; Tinker to Succeed Him"]. ''[[The New York Times]]''.</ref> Price subsequently was elevated to president. Tinker later regretted leaving MTM, believing that the company started to decline without him.<ref name="nyt" />