Lou Grant

Lou Grant is a fictional character played by Ed Asner in two shows on CBS. The first was The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970-1977), in which the character was the producer of the fictional WJM-TV news. A spinoff series, simply entitled Lou Grant (1977-1982), featured the character as an editor at the fictional Los Angeles Tribune.

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What may be unique about the character is that the two shows in which he appears are in completely different genres. The Mary Tyler Moore Show was a half-hour long light-hearted situation comedy while Lou Grant was an hour long serious dramatic series which frequently engaged in social commentary.

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In 2004, Asner unofficially reprised the role in a series of ads promoting Twin Cities station KSTP, a real channel in the same market as the fictional WJM-TV.

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Ed Asner: Yitzhak Edward Asner (born November 15, 1929 in Kansas City, Kansas) is a Jewish-American actor best known for his Emmy-winning role as Lou Grant on Mary Tyler Moore, and later continued in a spinoff series, Lou Grant. The series was the longest lasting show about newspapers, and one that many prof...

CBS: CBS (Columbia Broadcasting System) is a major television network and radio broadcaster in the United States. One of the pioneer radio networks, from its earliest days CBS established a reputation for quality; prior to the fracturing of the market under cable television, CBS's television network was...

The Mary Tyler Moore Show: The Mary Tyler Moore Show is an American television sitcom that aired on CBS from September 19, 1970 to March 19, 1977. It was one of the most critically acclaimed shows—and one of the most beloved—in television history, as well as a breakthrough for leading female characters in televisi...

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