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Lou Grant is a fictional character played by Ed Asner in two television series produced by MTM Enterprises for CBS. The first was The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970–1977), a half-hour light-hearted situation comedy in which the character was the news director at fictional television station WJM-TV in Minneapolis.
Aug 29, 2021 · Edward Asner, the tough guy with the soft side who starred as the irascible newsroom boss Lou Grant on the legendary sitcom The Mary Tyler Moore Show and on his own hard-hitting TV drama, has...
Aug 29, 2021 · Seven-time Emmy-winning actor Ed Asner, who starred as Lou Grant on both sitcom “ The Mary Tyler Moore Show ” and hourlong drama “Lou Grant” before a late-career rejuvenation through his...
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: 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
- Crime, Drama
- 60
The Mary Tyler Moore Show was a half-hour newsroom sitcom featuring Ed Asner as her gruff boss Lou Grant. The Mary Tyler Moore Show bridged aspects of the Women's Movement with mainstream culture by portraying an amiable, independent woman whose life focused on her professional career rather than marriage and family.
Aug 29, 2021 · Moore starred as Mary Richards, an associate producer for a local TV news operation in Minneapolis. The short, barrel-shaped Asner played her brusque and irascible boss, Lou Grant.
