David Davis, Writer-Producer of ‘The Mary Tyler Moore Show,’ ‘Taxi,’ and Other Classics, Dies at Age 86

David Davis, an architect of modern American television, died on Friday in Los Angeles, as reported by The Hollywood Reporter. The Emmy-winner (and six-time nominee) was best known for writing and producing the groundbreaking Mary Tyler Moore Show and its spin-off Rhoda, and co-creating The Bob Newhart Show and Taxi. He was 86 years old. The Brooklyn-born Davis got his start in television as a dialogue supervisor on The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis and Gilligan’s Island in the early 1960s. He worked as an associate producer on shows for all three major networks, including NBC’s bizarre My Mother The… Read Full Article