Lou Grant

1977 - 1982 TV-PG 1h 00m 7.3

The trials of a former television station manager, turned newspaper city editor, and his journalist staff.

After everyone on the "Mary Tyler Moore Show" got fired, Lou Grant went to Los Angeles and became city editor of the L.A. Tribune, owned by Mrs. Pynchon, with whom Lou often has loud but sympathetic arguments. Lots of social causes and interpersonal relationships.

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Episodes:

Episode 1 Cophouse

1. Cophouse

Aired: Sep 20, 1977

After landing the city editor job at the Los Angeles Tribune, Lou Grant's fir...

Episode 2 Hostages

2. Hostages

Aired: Sep 27, 1977

A gunman, upset with a story about his brother who was wrongfully shot by a s...

Episode 3 Hoax

3. Hoax

Aired: Oct 4, 1977

When Lou gets a tip from a friend who claims to know the whereabouts of a mis...

Episode 4 Henhouse

4. Henhouse

Aired: Oct 11, 1977

Lou clashes with a woman who is the head of the woman's section of the newspa...

Episode 5 Nazi

5. Nazi

Aired: Oct 18, 1977

While investigating a group of Nazis, Billie comes upon information that one ...

Episode 6 Aftershock

6. Aftershock

Aired: Oct 25, 1977

When a member of the staff passes away, Lou does everything he can to comfort...

Episode 7 Barrio

7. Barrio

Aired: Nov 1, 1977

Surprised by the paper's lack of coverage on the shooting of a Hispanic woman...

Episode 8 Scoop

8. Scoop

Aired: Nov 8, 1977

Pressured to get the latest scoop at any cost, Lou ends up in hot water after...

Episode 9 Judge

9. Judge

Aired: Nov 15, 1977

When Lou goes to a courthouse to look into a report of inappropriate behavior...

Episode 10 Psych-Out

10. Psych-Out

Aired: Nov 22, 1977

After Lou tells him that his stories are missing first-hand experience, Rossi...

Episode 11 Housewarming

11. Housewarming

Aired: Nov 29, 1977

Billie uses a battered woman as a source for a story on spousal abuse but has...

Episode 12 Takeover

12. Takeover

Aired: Dec 6, 1977

Staff members become nervous when a multi-millionaire with a penchant for rui...

Episode 13 Christmas

13. Christmas

Aired: Dec 13, 1977

Lou gets homesick with Christmas approaching. Billie does a story on a family...

Episode 14 Airliner

14. Airliner

Aired: Jan 3, 1978

News breaks of an airplane carrying over 300 people that is unable to land. M...

Episode 15 Sports

15. Sports

Aired: Jan 10, 1978

The paper faces a public backlash after Lou runs a story about an NCAA invest...

Episode 16 Hero

16. Hero

Aired: Jan 17, 1978

When a man saves a judge's life and then flees the scene, the paper launches ...

Episode 17 Renewal

17. Renewal

Aired: Jan 30, 1978

The paper does a story on a senior citizen whose apartment, decorated with ar...

Episode 18 Sect

18. Sect

Aired: Feb 6, 1978

Charlie is devastated when his son joins a cult.

Episode 19 Scandal

19. Scandal

Aired: Feb 13, 1978

Rossi gets upset when a new female reporter comes in and is given the story a...

Episode 20 Spies

20. Spies

Aired: Feb 27, 1978

When the paper finds out about the son of a wealthy businessman being secretl...

Episode 21 Poison

21. Poison

Aired: Mar 6, 1978

After Rossi's friend reveals that he has damaging information about the unsaf...

Episode 22 Physical

22. Physical

Aired: Mar 20, 1978

Lou reluctantly goes for a physical and finds out that he has a thyroid condi...

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Info about Lou Grant

Network: CBS

Genres: Drama, Crime