Lou Grant

Season 3 (24 Episodes)

5 Seasons 1979 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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Season 3 Episodes:

Episode 1 Cop

1. Cop

Aired: Sep 17, 1979

Lou is the only witness to a neighborhood murder and is mystified by the way ...

Episode 2 Exposé

2. Exposé

Aired: Sep 24, 1979

The hard drinking husband of a popular female politician makes headlines whil...

Episode 3 Slammer

3. Slammer

Aired: Oct 1, 1979

After agreeing to be guest speaker at Rossi's journalism class, Lou learns hi...

Episode 4 Charlatan

4. Charlatan

Aired: Oct 15, 1979

A naked man on a church steeple and the editor of a sleazy porno magazine put...

Episode 5 Frame-Up

5. Frame-Up

Aired: Oct 22, 1979

Billie gets into the headlines when her stories questioning a big company's c...

Episode 6 Hype

6. Hype

Aired: Oct 29, 1979

While helping test a new drug, Lou learns about the "publish or perish" resea...

Episode 7 Gambling

7. Gambling

Aired: Nov 5, 1979

To help with a story on the legalization of gambling, Lou befriends an elderl...

Episode 8 Witness

8. Witness

Aired: Nov 12, 1979

The unwilling Billie finds herself in the protective custody of a male chauvi...

Episode 9 Kidnap

9. Kidnap

Aired: Nov 26, 1979

When a plane carrying a high school basketball team is believed to be missing...

Episode 10 Andrew: Part 1

10. Andrew: Part 1

Aired: Dec 3, 1979

Art's cousin Andrew displays violent feelings against women. His mother wants...

Episode 11 Andrew: Part 2

11. Andrew: Part 2

Aired: Dec 10, 1979

Andrew is put on trial for the murder of a young woman who lived in his mothe...

Episode 12 Hollywood

12. Hollywood

Aired: Dec 17, 1979

Lou is intrigued by the closed restaurant down the street, which turns out to...

Episode 13 Kids

13. Kids

Aired: Dec 24, 1979

Rossi does a story on a child actress who is secretly unhappy about being dep...

Episode 14 Brushfire

14. Brushfire

Aired: Jan 7, 1980

The paper is on the scene of a series of brush fires in the California Valley...

Episode 15 Indians

15. Indians

Aired: Jan 14, 1980

The paper does a series of articles on Native Americans. Animal tries to reun...

Episode 16 Cover-Up

16. Cover-Up

Aired: Jan 21, 1980

When a well-liked teacher at a private school is accused of molesting a child...

Episode 17 Inheritance

17. Inheritance

Aired: Jan 28, 1980

When Billie investigates claims that drug companies manufactured a drug that ...

Episode 18 Censored

18. Censored

Aired: Feb 4, 1980

Rossi visits a small town where book burnings are back in fashion and a young...

Episode 19 Lou

19. Lou

Aired: Feb 11, 1980

Lou faces a burn-out on a particularly stressful day when everybody has somet...

Episode 20 Blackout

20. Blackout

Aired: Feb 18, 1980

The paper's long standing streak of having a daily newspaper published is thr...

Episode 21 Dogs

21. Dogs

Aired: Mar 3, 1980

The disappearance of Mrs. Pynchon's dog leads Rossi to the discovery of an un...

Episode 22 Influence

22. Influence

Aired: Mar 10, 1980

Lou sticks his neck out to try and help Adam, who develops a serious drinking...

Episode 23 Guns

23. Guns

Aired: Mar 17, 1980

While the paper investigates a story on stolen guns, Lou himself becomes the ...

Episode 24 Hazard

24. Hazard

Aired: Mar 24, 1980

Checkbook journalism - payment for a new story- becomes an issue when a sourc...

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Network: CBS

Genres: Drama, Crime