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Networks
Created By
Allan Burns
James L. Brooks
Leon Tokatyan
Lou Grant
Overview
The trials of a former television station manager turned newspaper city editor, and his journalist staff.
Key Crew
Writer: Leon Tokatyan, Leonora Thuna, Steve Kline, James L. Brooks, Michael Vittes, Patt Shea, Michele Gallery, April Smith, Bud Freeman, Seth Freeman, Allan Burns, Gary David Goldberg, Johnny Dawkins
Producer: Gary David Goldberg, James L. Brooks, Seth Freeman, Roger Young
Top Cast
Ed Asner
Lou Grant
Robert Walden
Joe Rossi
Linda Kelsey
Billie Newman
Mason Adams
Charlie Hume
Jack Bannon
Art Donovan
Daryl Anderson
Dennis Price
Nancy Marchand
Margaret Pynchon
Allen Williams
Adam Wilson
Seasons
Season 1 (1977)
No overview available.
22 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: Cophouse
1977-09-20Episode 2: Hostages
1977-09-27Episode 3: Hoax
1977-10-04Episode 4: Henhouse
1977-10-11Lou clashes with a woman who is the head of the woman's section of the newspaper over whose reporter should cover the alleged murder of a famous playwright in New Mexico.
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 5: Nazi
1977-10-18Episode 6: Aftershock
1977-10-25Episode 7: Barrio
1977-11-01Episode 8: Scoop
1977-11-08Episode 9: Judge
1977-11-15Episode 10: Psychout
1977-11-22Episode 11: Housewarming
1977-11-29Billie uses a battered woman as a source for a story on spousal abuse but has trouble following through with it when the women's husband finds out. She later finds out that a co-worker has a problem with spousal abuse.
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 12: Takeover
1977-12-06Episode 13: Christmas
1977-12-13Episode 14: Airliner
1978-01-03Episode 15: Sports
1978-01-10The paper faces a public backlash after Lou runs a story about an NCAA investigation into the possible recruiting violations by a popular local college football team.
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 16: Hero
1978-01-17Episode 17: Renewal
1978-01-30Episode 18: Sect
1978-02-06Episode 19: Scandal
1978-02-13Episode 20: Spies
1978-02-27Episode 21: Poison
1978-03-06Episode 22: Physical
1978-03-20
Season 2 (1978)
No overview available.
24 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: Pills
1978-09-25Episode 2: Prisoner
1978-10-02Episode 3: Hooker
1978-10-16Episode 4: Mob
1978-10-23Episode 5: Murder
1978-10-30Episode 6: Dying
1978-11-06Art Donovan's mother is dying, but he is having trouble accepting this as fact. His relations with everyone in the newsroom suffer as his mother gets worse, and his colleagues try to help him come to terms with the inevitable.
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 7: Schools
1978-11-20Episode 8: Slaughter
1978-11-27Episode 9: Singles
1978-12-04Episode 10: Babies
1978-12-11Episode 11: Conflict
1978-12-18Episode 12: Denial
1979-01-01Episode 13: Fire
1979-01-08While investigating a string of fires in the same neighborhood, Lou and Billie find a connection linking a building owner and members of a fire department to arson.
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 14: Vet
1979-01-15Episode 15: Scam
1979-01-22Episode 16: Sweep
1979-02-05Episode 17: Samaritan
1979-02-12Episode 18: Hit
1979-02-19A mother, obsessed with tracking the hit-and-run driver who killed her son, arouses Rossi's fighting instincts and leads to a human interest story with an unexpected payoff. Meanwhile, after Lou and Mrs. Pynchon have separate encounters with hostile citizens, Billie is assigned to find out if there's a story in the use of cars as weapons.
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 19: Home
1979-02-26Episode 20: Convention
1979-03-05Episode 21: Marathon
1979-03-19Episode 22: Bomb
1979-03-26Episode 23: Skids
1979-04-02Episode 24: Loves (a.k.a.) Romance
1979-05-07
Season 3 (1979)
No overview available.
24 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: Cop
1979-09-17Episode 2: Expose
1979-09-24The hard drinking husband of a popular female politician makes headlines while the Trib staff makes news itself in a gossip magazine. The Trib learns a hard lesson about what happens when private lives become public from Rossi's tough coverage of elected official, Bonita Worth, and Lou's firing of a resentful reporter.
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 3: Slammer
1979-10-01Episode 4: Charlatan
1979-10-15Episode 5: Frame-Up
1979-10-22Episode 6: Hype
1979-10-29Episode 7: Gambling
1979-11-05Episode 8: Witness
1979-11-12Episode 9: Kidnap
1979-11-26Episode 10: Andrew, Part 1: Premonition
1979-12-03Episode 11: Andrew, Part 2: Trial
1979-12-10Andrew is put on trial for the murder of a young woman who lived in his mother's flat. Art wants to protect his cousin but realizes that the Tribune's coverage may work against the case.
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 12: Hollywood
1979-12-17Episode 13: Kids
1979-12-24Episode 14: Brushfire
1980-01-07Episode 15: Indians
1980-01-14Episode 16: Cover-Up
1980-01-21Episode 17: Inheritance
1980-01-28Episode 18: Censored
1980-02-04Episode 19: Lou
1980-02-11Episode 20: Blackout
1980-02-18The paper's long standing streak of having a daily newspaper published is threatened by a blackout.
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 21: Dogs
1980-03-03Episode 22: Influence
1980-03-10Lou sticks his neck out to try and help Adam, who develops a serious drinking problem. However, when Adam's drinking problems gets worse and he expects Lou to keep covering for him, Lou regrets getting involved.
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 23: Guns
1980-03-17Episode 24: Hazard
1980-03-24
Season 4 (1980)
No overview available.
20 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: Nightside
1980-09-22Episode 2: Harassment
1980-09-29Episode 3: Pack
1980-10-27Episode 4: Sting
1980-11-17Episode 5: Goop
1980-11-24Episode 6: Libel
1980-12-08Episode 7: Streets
1980-12-15Episode 8: Catch
1981-01-05Episode 9: Rape
1981-01-12Episode 10: Boomerang
1981-01-19Episode 11: Generations
1981-01-26Episode 12: Search
1981-02-09Episode 13: Strike
1981-02-16When the Tribune is hit by a worker's strike, Lou sides with management but is sympathetic toward the union.
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 14: Survival
1981-02-23Episode 15: Venice
1981-03-09Episode 16: Campesinos
1981-03-16Episode 17: Business
1981-03-23Episode 18: Violence
1981-04-06Episode 19: Depression
1981-04-13Episode 20: Stroke
1981-05-04
Season 5 (1981)
No overview available.
24 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: Wedding
1981-11-02Episode 2: Execution
1981-11-09Episode 3: Reckless
1981-11-16Episode 4: Hometown
1981-11-23When Lou goes back to his elderly home to settle his aunt's estate, he meets an old flame and gets his first story assignment in years from Charlie.
Runtime: 60 minEpisode 5: Risk
1981-11-30Episode 6: Doublecross
1981-12-07Episode 7: Drifters
1981-12-14Episode 8: Friends
1981-12-28Episode 9: Jazz
1982-01-04Episode 10: Ghosts
1982-01-11Episode 11: Cameras
1982-01-25Episode 12: Review
1982-02-08Episode 13: Immigrants
1982-02-15The Tribune hires an old acquaintance of Animal's from 'Nam: photographer Lee Van Tam. But Tam's domestic troubles interfere with his work. Lou tries to get out of meeting visiting relatives.
Runtime: 60 min
