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Lou Grant is a 1970s American drama series starring Ed Asner as a newspaper editor. It was a spin-off of The Mary Tyler Moore Show and won 13 Emmy Awards, including two for Asner.
Lou Grant is a fictional journalist who appeared in The Mary Tyler Moore Show and its spinoff Lou Grant. Learn about his biography, career, family, and relationships in this comprehensive article.
Lou Grant: Created by James L. Brooks, Allan Burns, Gene Reynolds, Leon Tokatyan. With Edward Asner, Robert Walden, Mason Adams, Jack Bannon. The trials of a former television station manager, turned newspaper city editor, and his journalist staff.
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- 1977-09-20
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Lou Grant is an American drama television series starring Ed Asner in the title role as a newspaper editor that aired on CBS from September 20, 1977, to September 13, 1982. The third spin-off (after Rhoda and Phyllis) of the American sitcom The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Lou Grant was created by James L. Brooks, Allan Burns, and Gene Reynolds.
Lou Grant was a CBS network drama TV series and spin-off of " The Mary Tyler Moore Show " that was created by James L. Brooks, Allan Burns & Gene Reynolds, starring Ed Asner in the title role. The show first premiered on September 20, 1977.
Created by executive producers Gene Reynolds with James L. Brooks and Allan Burns, this series drew on the comedy character of the executive producer of TV news in the long-running Mary Tyler Moore Show. But it transformed that comic persona into a serious, reflective, committed newsman at a major metropolitan newspaper.
Lou Grant (TV Series 1977–1982) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
