Today marks the 50th anniversary of Rhoda Morgenstern's iconic wedding episode on CBS. The hour-long special, titled "Rhoda's Wedding," aired on October 28, 1974, and became the highest-rated individual television episode of the 1970s. The episode followed Rhoda (Valerie Harper) as she married Joe Gerard (David Groh) in a ceremony attended by her friends from Minneapolis, including Mary Richards (Mary Tyler Moore). The wedding was a cultural phenomenon, with fans hosting "wedding parties" and CBS receiving numerous gifts for the fictional couple.

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