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Lou Grant

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

Genre: Comedy, Drama,

Actor:

Creator: Gene Reynolds, James L. Brooks, Allan Burns, Leon Tokatyan,

Country:

Type: tv

Season: 5

Episode: N/A

Duration: 50 minutes

Release: 1977-09-20

Rating: 7.3

1977-09-20

1977-09-27

1977-10-04

1977-10-11

Lou 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.

1977-10-18

1977-10-25

1977-11-01

1977-11-08

1977-11-15

1977-11-22

1977-11-29

Billie 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.

1977-12-06

1977-12-13

1978-01-03

1978-01-10

The 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.

1978-01-17

1978-01-30

1978-02-06

1978-02-13

1978-02-27

1978-03-06

After Rossi's friend reveals that he has damaging information about the unsafe conditions at a nuclear plant, he is "accidentally" struck and killed by a car. Eager to prove that it was no accident, Rossi continues the investigation into the nuclear plant.

1978-03-20

1978-09-25

1978-10-02

1978-10-16

After a homicide occurs in the city, Billie finds out that the victim was a prostitute who worked at a "spa" business. While investigating, she strikes up an unlikely friendship with the victim's co-worker who does not seem to fit the stereotypical profile of a hooker.

4"Mob"

1978-10-23

5"Murder"

1978-10-30

6"Dying"

1978-11-06

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 mother gets worse, and his colleagues try to help him come to terms with the inevitable.

1978-11-20

1978-11-27

1978-12-04

1978-12-11

1978-12-18

1979-01-01

1979-01-08

While 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.

1979-01-15

1979-01-22

1979-02-05

1979-02-12

1979-02-19

A 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.

1979-02-26

1979-03-05

1979-03-19

1979-03-26

1979-04-02

24"Loves (a.k.a.) Romance"

1979-05-07

1"Cop"

1979-09-17

Lou is the only witness to a neighborhood murder and is mystified by the way the police handle the case, thereby discovering a touchy area of crime. At the same time, a fatal fire in a gay bar poses a tough question for Lou: should the newspaper publish the names of the victims, knowing people will be hurt by the story. Lou is also puzzled to see a uniformed cop working a homicide case and sends Rossi to find out why, with disturbing results.

2"Expose"

1979-09-24

The 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.

1979-10-01

1979-10-15

1979-10-22

1979-10-29

1979-11-05

To help with a story on the legalization of gambling, Lou befriends an elderly man who has inside tips for betting on the horses. Billie's new boyfriend uses her to feed his gambling addiction.

8"Witness"

1979-11-12

9"Kidnap"

1979-11-26

10"Andrew, Part 1: Premonition"

1979-12-03

11"Andrew, Part 2: Trial"

1979-12-10

Andrew 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.

1979-12-17

1979-12-24

1980-01-07

1980-01-14

1980-01-21

1980-01-28

1980-02-04

Rossi visits a small town where book burnings are back in fashion and a young teacher loses her job for teaching too radical ideas. Back at the Trib', Charlie refuses to publish a satirical comic strip in lieu of being sued.

19"Lou"

1980-02-11

20"Blackout"

1980-02-18

The paper's long standing streak of having a daily newspaper published is threatened by a blackout.

21"Dogs"

1980-03-03

22"Influence"

1980-03-10

Lou 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.

1980-03-17

1980-03-24

1980-09-22

1980-09-29

1980-10-27

1980-11-17

Charlie and Lou do some thorough investigating when Charlie's new tenant seems to be using his house for suspicious purposes.

1980-11-24

1980-12-08

1980-12-15

1981-01-05

1981-01-12

1981-01-19

1981-01-26

1981-02-09

1981-02-16

When the Tribune is hit by a worker's strike, Lou sides with management but is sympathetic toward the union.

1981-02-23

1981-03-09

1981-03-16

1981-03-23

1981-04-06

1981-04-13

1981-05-04

1981-11-02

1981-11-09

Kitty Larsen, a young woman on death row, picks Rossi to tell her story. Although hesitant at first, he soon begins to like her. But Lou has personal feelings against her because she killed a reporter from the Trib.

3"Reckless"

1981-11-16

4"Hometown"

1981-11-23

When 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.

5"Risk"

1981-11-30

Sharon McNeil gets a story about child pornography by promising not to reveal the names of her source. A promise her superiors at the Trib and the L.A. police department soon want her to break. Art goes out on a helicopter jump with some volunteer rescuers and young reporter Lance has big dreams involving dating Billie and becoming the first newsman in space.

1981-12-07

1981-12-14

1981-12-28

1982-01-04

1982-01-11

1982-01-25

1982-02-08

1982-02-15

The 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.

1982-03-01

1982-03-08

1982-03-22

1982-04-05

1982-04-12

1982-04-19