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Lou Grant (1977)

7.4 5 seasons 114 episodes Ended
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The trials of a former television station manager turned newspaper city editor, and his journalist staff.

Watch S2 E1 Latest: S5 E24

Seasons & episodes

E1
PillsSep 25, 1978 · 1h 0m

Rossi is handed records which prove that a doctor is illegally prescribing drugs. When the story runs and it is suspected that the records…

E2
PrisonerOct 2, 1978 · 1h 0m

When Mrs. Pynchon plays host to the wife of the leader of a controversial Latin American country known for its torturing practices, Charlie…

E3
HookerOct 16, 1978 · 1h 0m

After a homicide occurs in the city, Billie finds out that the victim was a prostitute who worked at a "spa" business. While investigating,…

E4
MobOct 23, 1978 · 1h 0m

Lou and Rossi visit a California resort in preparation for the Trib's annual tennis tournament. They are perplexed at the number of mob bos…

E5
MurderOct 30, 1978 · 1h 0m

Billie is upset because her story, about a courageous black woman who is slain in her own apartment, is relegated to the back pages while R…

E6
DyingNov 6, 1978 · 1h 0m

Art Donovan's mother is dying, but he is having trouble accepting this as fact. His relations with everyone in the newsroom suffer as his m…

E7
SchoolsNov 20, 1978 · 1h 0m

Lou, Charlie, and Donovan interview students from an inner city school for the purpose of awarding a college scholarship to a journalism ma…

E8
SlaughterNov 27, 1978 · 1h 0m

Lou visits his home town while on vacation and meets his old boss who now runs the town's newspaper. While there, an outbreak of an unknown…

E9
SinglesDec 4, 1978 · 1h 0m

Lou clashes with the new media consultant who believes that the paper should do more trashy stories to cater to the younger crowds. One of…

E10
BabiesDec 11, 1978 · 1h 0m

Billie and Rossi pose as a married couple in order to uncover a black market baby selling operation.

E11
ConflictDec 18, 1978 · 1h 0m

Rossi uncovers conflicts of interest on the staff, including Lou, and writes a story that sets off fireworks in the city room. Mrs. Pynchon…

E12
DenialJan 1, 1979 · 1h 0m

Lou's little grandson is hard of hearing, but the boy's mother can't accept it. While Lou is absorbed by his family, Rossi gets in trouble…

E13
FireJan 8, 1979 · 1h 0m

While investigating a string of fires in the same neighborhood, Lou and Billie find a connection linking a building owner and members of a…

E14
VetJan 15, 1979 · 1h 0m

Animal's erratic behavior touches off a Tribune inquiry into the plight of the all-but-forgotten Vietnam veteran who is treated much differ…

E15
ScamJan 22, 1979 · 1h 0m

Looking for a place to invest a $15,000 windfall, Lou gets a shocking look at white collar crime when he uncovers a clever financial scheme…

E16
SweepFeb 5, 1979 · 1h 0m

After Lou sees an Immigration Department sweep of his favorite Mexican restaurant, the Tribune uncovers a grim and unsettling picture of wh…

E17
SamaritanFeb 12, 1979 · 1h 0m

The city is thrown into panic when the Tribune's star columnist writes a column that Lou fears could incite a serial killer to strike again…

E18
HitFeb 19, 1979 · 1h 0m

A mother, obsessed with tracking the hit-and-run driver who killed her son, arouses Rossi's fighting instincts and leads to a human interes…

E19
HomeFeb 26, 1979 · 1h 0m

A helpless old lady in a wheelchair is dumped in a county office because of a bureaucratic wrangle, and this sets the staff onto a searing…

E20
ConventionMar 5, 1979 · 1h 0m

The city room hears that a radical group plans to kidnap a VIP at a publishers' convention attended by Lou and other Tribune executives. Lo…

E21
MarathonMar 19, 1979 · 1h 0m

In a news-packed day, Lou feels the pressure as he sets up coverage of a tunnel cave-in and a human fly climbing a skyscraper, knowing that…

E22
BombMar 26, 1979 · 1h 0m

Could an individual build an atomic bomb? Lou gets a terrifying answer when a terrorist threatens to detonate a nuclear device and provides…

E23
SkidsApr 2, 1979 · 1h 0m
E24
Loves (a.k.a.) RomanceMay 7, 1979 · 1h 0m

Romance hits the Tribune, but not the hearts and flowers kid: Lou gets an unexpected offer from Susan, and Billie meets teenagers who have…

Cast

Ed AsnerLou Grant
Robert WaldenJoe Rossi
Linda KelseyBillie Newman
Mason AdamsCharlie Hume
Jack BannonArt Donovan
Daryl AndersonDennis Price
Nancy MarchandMargaret Pynchon
Allen WilliamsAdam Wilson
Laurence Haddon
Paul StolarskyHammer

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