Lou Grant
Lou Grant
First Appearance "Love Is All Around" Last appearance "Charlie" (officially) KSTP-TV's ads (unofficially) Cause/reason End of the series
Information
Gender	Male
Age	45 (in 1970)
Date of birth	1925
Date of death	Unknown (still alive as of 1982)
Occupation	Television producer (19??-1977) Newspaper editor (1977-????)
Family	Allen Stevens (nephew)
Spouse(s)	Edie Grant (divorced)
Children	Three daughters (names unknown)
Episode count	167 (The Mary Tyler Moore Show) 114 (Lou Grant) 2 (Rhoda)
Portrayed by	Ed Asner
Created by	James L. Brooks and Allan Burns

Lou Grant is a fictional character played by Ed Asner in two shows on CBS. The first was Mary Tyler Moore (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. Image File history File links LouGrant. ... There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ... Linda Kelsey and Edward Asner as Billie Newman and Lou Grant in MTMs Lou Grant Lou Grant was a popular and critically acclaimed television drama series starring Ed Asner as a newspaper editor. ... KSTP-TV Channel 5 (50 digital) is the ABC affiliate for the Twin Cities. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... Year 1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar). ... A Television producer oversees the making of television penis programs. ... Also: 1977 (album) by Ash. ... Editing is the process of preparing language, images, or sound for presentation through correction, condensation, organization, and other modifications. ... Edie Grant (nee Edith McKenzie) was a fictional character on the seventies sitcom, The Mary Tyler Moore Show. ... Mary Tyler Moore is an American television sitcom created by James L. Brooks and Allan Burns that aired on CBS from September 19, 1970 to March 19, 1977. ... Lou Grant is a fictional character played by Ed Asner in two shows on CBS. The first was Mary Tyler Moore in which the character was the producer of the fictional WJM-TV news. ... Rhoda is an American situation comedy and a television spin-off of The Mary Tyler Moore Show. ... Edward Asner (born November 15, 1929) is an American actor known for his Emmy-winning role as Lou Grant on The Mary Tyler Moore Show, and later continued in a spinoff series, Lou Grant. ... James L. Brooks (born May 9, 1940) is a three-time Academy Award, nineteen-time Emmy and Golden Globe-winning American producer, writer, and film director. ... Allan Burns (born May 18, 1935) is a Jewish-American screenwriter and television producer. ... Edward Asner (born November 15, 1929) is an American actor known for his Emmy-winning role as Lou Grant on The Mary Tyler Moore Show, and later continued in a spinoff series, Lou Grant. ... CBS is one of the largest radio and television networks in the United States. ... Mary Tyler Moore is an American television sitcom created by James L. Brooks and Allan Burns that aired on CBS from September 19, 1970 to March 19, 1977. ... WJM-TV is a fictional television station located in Minneapolis, Minnesota on the 1970s TV series The Mary Tyler Moore Show. ... Linda Kelsey and Edward Asner as Billie Newman and Lou Grant in MTMs Lou Grant Lou Grant was a popular and critically acclaimed television drama series starring Ed Asner as a newspaper editor. ...

Unusually, the two shows in which the Grant character features 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. This article or section seems to contain too many examples (or of a poor quality) for an encyclopedia entry. ... This does not cite any references or sources. ...

Lou lived in Minneapolis most of his life, beginning his work in newspaper journalism, and was married to Edie MacKenzie (Priscilla Morrill). They divorced in Minneapolis in 1973; and Edie remarried. They had three daughters. Lou's nephew, Allen tried to put the move on Mary Richards; which earned him Lou's wrath. "Listen you, let me remind you of something, and remember this forever," Lou said sternly, "I think of this girl here as if she were my own daughter and that means she is your cousin, you get my drift?!" Edie Grant (nee Edith McKenzie) was a fictional character on the seventies sitcom, The Mary Tyler Moore Show. ... Played by Mary Tyler Moore, Mary Richards was the main character in the long-running television sitcom, Mary Tyler Moore. ...

When he first interviewed Mary, he liked her because she had spunk, even though he hated spunk. He offered her the job of associate producer, which paid less than the secretarial position for which she'd initially interviewed, but she approved it, saying that she could only afford being an associate producer. (Lou had jokingly offered her a position as producer for even less money.)

He had several dates after he and Edie divorced, he went with a woman named Charlene (Sheree North); Mary's best friend Rhoda Morgenstern; Mary's infrequent next-door neighbor, Paula Kovacks (Penny Marshall); Mary's Aunt Flo (Eileen Heckart); and even with Mary herself in the next-to-last episode. The last episode shows that Lou, along with Mary, Murray Slaughter and Sue Ann Nivens had been fired due to the low ratings. Lou's sometime-nemesis, Ted Baxter, primarily the real cause for the news' awful ratings was retained. Sheree North (born January 17, 1932, in Los Angeles, California - died November 4, 2005 in Los Angeles), was an actress and singer who appeared in numerous Broadway shows, Hollywood movies, and television series from the 1950s onwards. ... Rhoda was an American situation comedy and a television spin-off of The Mary Tyler Moore Show. ... Penny Marshall at the 1988 Emmy Awards Penny Marshall (born October 15, 1942) is an American actress, producer and director. ... Florence Meredith, best known as Aunt Flo, was a character on the seventies sitcom, The Mary Tyler Moore Show. ... Eileen Heckart was an American actress of stage, screen and television. ... Murray Slaughter was a fictional character in the long running situation comedy The Mary Tyler Moore Show. ... Sue Ann Nivens, The Happy Homemaker Sue Ann Nivens was a fictional character on the long-running situation comedy, Mary Tyler Moore. ... Ted Baxter was a fictional character on the long running situation comedy, The Mary Tyler Moore Show. ...

As such, he was asked by an old friend, Charlie Hume, to relocate to Los Angeles, to help work with him at the fictitious Los Angeles Tribune, as an editor, returning him to newspaper work. Nickname: Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates: , State California County Los Angeles County Settled 1781 Incorporated April 4, 1850 Government  - Type Mayor-Council  - Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa  - City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo  - Governing body City Council Area  - City  498. ...

In 2004, Asner unofficially reprised the role in a series of ads promoting Twin Cities station KSTP-TV, a real channel in the same market as the fictional WJM-TV. shelby was here 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A map of the Twin Cities metropolitan area. ... KSTP-TV Channel 5 (50 digital) is the ABC affiliate for the Twin Cities. ...

Trivia

• In a 1984 episode of Saturday Night Live, Lou hired a team of mercenaries to "rescue" Mary Richards after she got stuck in syndicated reruns. But Mary refused rescue on the grounds that she never ages, never gains weight, and that people still like her.