Oscar Not Wilde

I remember Stiers first as the new station manager, Mel Price, at WJM on the Mary Tyler Moore show.
 

Lou Grant : [Angry that Mel's just told Professor Heller he's going to appear nightly, simply because controversy means increased ratings] Well, if 'controversy' is what you want, why don't we just have Mary, here, deliver the news topless?
 
Mel Price : [Looks at Mary, who's standing aside him, he thinks - for a long time - silently] Let's see how this works out, first.