Watch Series: Alice Released in (1976) - Season 5 produced by USA, The TV Series categorized in Comedy, Drama, and content rating TV-PG with duration 30 min broadcasted as these networks CBS, Streamed at Putlocker & directed by Robert Getchell, Marc Daniels, William Asher, John Pasquin. Alice is an American sitcom television series that ran from August 31, 1976 to March 19, 1985 on CBS. The series is based on the 1974 film Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore. The show stars Linda Lavin in the title role, a widow who moves with her young son to start her life over again, and finds a job working at a roadside diner on the outskirts of Phoenix, Arizona. Most of the episodes revolve around events at Mel's Diner. - Season 5