VIDEO : 'The Mary Tyler Moore Show' Had Gay Character

According to Huffington Post, "Some 48 years after its premiere, ?The Mary Tyler Moore Show? is considered a classic series that broke fresh ground in terms of how women were portrayed on television." It also successfully portrayed a gay man on television in 1973. In the 1973 episode ?My Brother?s Keeper,? Robert Moore plays a character named Ben. It is revealed that he's gay, which was a big surprise for his sister Phyllis. Critic consider the episode to be groundbreaking.