"Lou Grant" (1977) TV series 1977-1982

Creators:

James L. Brooks
Allan Burns
Gene Reynolds
(more)

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5

Release Date:

20 September 1977 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

After everyone on the "Mary Tyler Moore Show" got fired, Lou Grant went to Los Angeles and became city editor of the L.A...

Plot Keywords:

Critically Acclaimed | Newspaper Editor | Reporter | Journalism | Boyhood Friend

Awards:

Won 3 Golden Globes. Another 23 wins & 61 nominations

Cast

Edward Asner	...	Lou Grant (114 episodes, 1977-1982)
Robert Walden	...	Joe Rossi (114 episodes, 1977-1982)
Mason Adams	...	Charlie Hume (114 episodes, 1977-1982)
Jack Bannon	...	Art Donovan (114 episodes, 1977-1982)
Daryl Anderson	...	Dennis "Animal" Price / ... (114 episodes, 1977-1982)
Nancy Marchand	...	Margaret Pynchon (114 episodes, 1977-1982)
Linda Kelsey	...	Billie Newman (111 episodes, 1977-1982)
Allen Williams	...	Adam Wilson (64 episodes, 1977-1982)

Series Directed by
Alexander Singer		(18 episodes, 1977-1982)
Roger Young		(14 episodes, 1978-1982)
Burt Brinckerhoff		(13 episodes, 1978-1982)
Gene Reynolds		(11 episodes, 1977-1981)
Peter Levin		(10 episodes, 1979-1982)
Mel Damski		(7 episodes, 1977-1978)
Charles S. Dubin		(6 episodes, 1977-1979)
Allen Williams		(4 episodes, 1980-1982)
Alan Cooke		(3 episodes, 1979-1982)
Seth Freeman		(3 episodes, 1981-1982)
Jay Sandrich		(2 episodes, 1977-1978)
Harvey S. Laidman		(2 episodes, 1978-1981)
Gerald Mayer		(2 episodes, 1979-1980)
Donald A. Baer		(2 episodes, 1980)
Paul Stanley		(2 episodes, 1981-1982)

Series Writing credits
James L. Brooks		(114 episodes, 1977-1982)
Allan Burns		(114 episodes, 1977-1982)
Gene Reynolds		(114 episodes, 1977-1982)
Leon Tokatyan		(114 episodes, 1977-1982)
Seth Freeman		(21 episodes, 1977-1982)
Michele Gallery		(18 episodes, 1978-1982)
Steve Kline		(11 episodes, 1979-1982)
April Smith		(11 episodes, 1980-1982)
David Lloyd		(6 episodes, 1977-1982)
Bud Freeman		(6 episodes, 1978-1981)
Gary David Goldberg		(5 episodes, 1978-1979)
Leonora Thuna		(3 episodes, 1977-1979)
Johnny Dawkins		(3 episodes, 1979-1981)
Michael Vittes		(3 episodes, 1979-1981)
Patt Shea		(2 episodes, 1980-1981)
Harriett Weiss		(2 episodes, 1980-1981)

Series Produced by
Seth Freeman	....	producer / co-producer (92 episodes, 1978-1982)
Gene Reynolds	....	executive producer / producer (48 episodes, 1977-1980)
Roger Young	....	associate producer (32 episodes, 1977-1979)
James L. Brooks	....	executive producer (22 episodes, 1977-1978)
Allan Burns	....	executive producer (22 episodes, 1977-1978)
Gary David Goldberg	....	producer (16 episodes, 1978-1979)
Michael Vittes	....	associate producer (10 episodes, 1979-1980)

Series Original Music by
Patrick Williams		(31 episodes, 1977-1980)
Shirley Walker		(2 episodes, 1980)

Series Cinematography by
Robert F. Liu		(68 episodes, 1979-1982)
Robert Caramico		(21 episodes, 1977-1979)
William K. Jurgensen		(5 episodes, 1977)

Series Film Editing by
James Galloway		(10 episodes, 1977-1980)
Douglas Hines		(10 episodes, 1977-1979)
Tony de Zarraga		(7 episodes, 1977-1978)
A. David Marshall		(5 episodes, 1979-1980)
Michael Vittes		(3 episodes, 1978-1979)
Bob Blake		(2 episodes, 1980)

Series Casting by
Fran Bascom		(36 episodes, 1977-1980)

Series Art Direction by
Kenneth A. Reid		(24 episodes, 1978-1979)
Sydney Z. Litwack		(16 episodes, 1977-1978)
Richard Berger		(7 episodes, 1980)
Elizabeth Bousman		(3 episodes, 1979)

Series Set Decoration by
Jacqueline S. Price		(11 episodes, 1977)
Cloudia Rebar		(11 episodes, 1978-1979)
Bob Gullickson		(7 episodes, 1980)
Charles Korian		(3 episodes, 1978)
Don Greenwood Jr.		(2 episodes, 1977)
Barbara Down		(2 episodes, 1979)

Series Makeup Department
Jean Austin	....	hair stylist (36 episodes, 1977-1980)
Frank Griffin	....	makeup artist (18 episodes, 1977-1978)
Webster Philips	....	makeup artist (14 episodes, 1979-1980)
Dave Grayson	....	makeup artist (3 episodes, 1978)

Series Production Management
Ted Rich	....	post-production supervisor (36 episodes, 1977-1980)
Donald A. Baer	....	production manager (26 episodes, 1977-1979)
Robert S. Mendelsohn	....	unit production manager (10 episodes, 1979-1980)
John Slosser	....	unit production manager (unknown episodes, 1980-1982)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Carl Dubliclay	....	second assistant director (31 episodes, 1977-1980)
Paul Nichols	....	first assistant director / assistant director (14 episodes, 1977-1980)
John Slosser	....	first assistant director (8 episodes, 1978-1980)
Jack Aldworth	....	assistant director (3 episodes, 1977)
Shirleen Brazell	....	second assistant director (3 episodes, 1977)
Mel Efros	....	assistant director (3 episodes, 1977)
Joseph M. Ellis	....	assistant director (3 episodes, 1977)
Cyrus Yavneh	....	assistant director (3 episodes, 1977)
Kalai Strode	....	second assistant director (unknown episodes)

Series Art Department
Gene Cox	....	property master (36 episodes, 1977-1980)
Pat Grande	....	construction coordinator (36 episodes, 1977-1980)
Lloyd R. Apperson	....	construction foreman (unknown episodes)

Series Sound Department
Dean Vernon	....	sound mixer (36 episodes, 1977-1980)
Jeff Clark	....	assistant sound editor (36 episodes, 1980-1981)
David A. Whittaker	....	sound editor (24 episodes, 1981-1982)
Dale Johnston	....	sound effects editor / sound editor (23 episodes, 1977-1980)
Tony Garber	....	sound effects editor (3 episodes, 1977)
John S. Coffey	....	sound mixer (unknown episodes)
Jeremy Hoenack	....	sound editor (unknown episodes)

Series Stunts
Charlie Picerni	....	stunts (2 episodes, 1977)
Mickey Alzola	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Jean Coulter	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Tom Elliott	....	stunt coordinator (unknown episodes)
Gene LeBell	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Jesse Wayne	....	stunts (unknown episodes)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
Charles R. Young	....	camera operator (44 episodes, 1980-1982)
Lowell Peterson	....	first assistant camera (24 episodes, 1981-1982)
Jonathan West	....	camera operator / assistant camera (23 episodes, 1977-1978)
Jack Harmon	....	electrical gaffer / gaffer (20 episodes, 1977-1979)
Tom Long	....	key grip (16 episodes, 1978-1980)
Robert F. Liu	....	camera operator (13 episodes, 1977)
William Santoro	....	key grip / electrical gaffer (12 episodes, 1977-1978)
Peter Hapke	....	camera operator (10 episodes, 1979-1980)
Merle Miller	....	electrical gaffer / electric gaffer (9 episodes, 1979-1980)
Wallace E. Johnson	....	camera operator (7 episodes, 1978-1979)
Jay Johnson	....	key grip (5 episodes, 1977)
Ron Knox	....	electrical gaffer (5 episodes, 1977)
Joe Meshelski	....	key grip (2 episodes, 1978)
Dixon Wimpy	....	camera operator (2 episodes, 1979)
Kenneth Zunder	....	assistant camera (unknown episodes)

Series Costume and Wardrobe Department
Leslie Hall	....	costumer: women (36 episodes, 1977-1980)
Louis Infante	....	costumer: men (20 episodes, 1978-1980)
Ed Fincher	....	costumer: men (13 episodes, 1977-1978)
Ronald Wind	....	costumer: men (2 episodes, 1977)
Loree Parral	....	set costumer (unknown episodes)

Series Editorial Department
Susan Heick	....	assistant editor (12 episodes, 1980-1981)
Daniel T. Cahn	....	assistant editor (8 episodes, 1981-1982)
Joe Ann Fogle	....	assistant editor (5 episodes, 1979-1980)
Gary Blair	....	assistant editor (4 episodes, 1978-1979)
Philip Carr Neel	....	assistant editor (2 episodes, 1978-1979)
John Heath	....	assistant editor (2 episodes, 1978)

Series Music Department
Daniel Allan Carlin	....	music editor (21 episodes, 1977-1980)
Patrick Williams	....	composer: theme music (5 episodes, 1978-1980)
Jim Weidman	....	music editor (2 episodes, 1980)

Series Transportation Department
Paul Shoemaker	....	transportation captain (35 episodes, 1977-1980)
Frank Khoury	....	transportation (3 episodes, 1978)
Chris Haynes	....	driver (2 episodes, 1979)

Series Other crew
Michele Gallery	....	research assistant / story editor / ... (36 episodes, 1977-1980)
Bonnie Green	....	assistant to executive producer / assistant to executive producers (36 episodes, 1977-1980)
Meryl O'Loughlin	....	executive in charge of talent / talent executive (36 episodes, 1977-1980)
Janice Carr	....	production coordinator (35 episodes, 1977-1980)
Lionel A. Ephraim	....	production executive: MTM Enterprises (26 episodes, 1977-1979)
Leon Tokatyan	....	executive story consultant / creative consultant / ... (26 episodes, 1977-1979)
Martin Ryan Rosenberg	....	location coordinator (24 episodes, 1977-1979)
Seth Freeman	....	story editor (22 episodes, 1977-1978)
Allan Burns	....	executive consultant (20 episodes, 1978-1980)
Susan Freedman	....	research assistant / research (20 episodes, 1978-1980)
Carol Straughn	....	assistant to executive producer / assistant to executive producers (16 episodes, 1977-1978)
Bonnie Prendergast	....	script supervisor (11 episodes, 1977-1978)
Marybeth Roden	....	assistant to producers / assistant to producer (11 episodes, 1979-1980)
James L. Brooks	....	executive consultant (10 episodes, 1978-1979)
Gary David Goldberg	....	creative consultant (10 episodes, 1979-1980)
George Rutter	....	script supervisor (10 episodes, 1979-1980)
Abby Singer	....	production executive: MTM Enterprises (10 episodes, 1979-1980)
Joni Chadkin	....	location manager (8 episodes, 1979-1980)
April Smith	....	story editor (7 episodes, 1980)
Nancy Greene	....	script supervisor (6 episodes, 1978-1979)
Veronica K. Ehrenreich	....	assistant to producers / assistant to producer (4 episodes, 1978)
Cleo Anton	....	script supervisor (3 episodes, 1977)
Carol Johnsen	....	assistant to producer (3 episodes, 1980)
Betty McKeller	....	script supervisor (2 episodes, 1978)
Art Scholl	....	pilot (unknown episodes, 1981)
Jim Carberry	....	location manager (unknown episodes)
Jeffrey A. Humphreys	....	studio utility (unknown episodes)

Production Companies

• MTM Enterprises

Distributors

• Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) (1977-1982) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• United American Video (1993) (USA) (VHS)
• Vlaamse Televisie Maatschappij (VTM) (2007) (Belgium) (TV)

Other Companies

• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera cranes
• Deluxe  prints
• Inter Video  24 frame video playback
• Pacific Title  title and optical effects

Also Known As:

Runtime:

Germany:50 min (113 episodes) | USA:60 min (114 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:TV-PG

Filming Locations:

CBS Studio Center - 4024 Radford Avenue, Studio City, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

MTM Enterprises

Trivia:

The Trib uncovered numerous scandals in the small city of Newton, California. Newton is the name of an LAPD district, but there is no city of Newton, California.

Quotes:

Lou Grant:Well, I haven't gotten the memo yet, but any way that we can be protected from the nuts who call the city room would be great.
Mrs. Pynchon:That's not what the memo says. I asked you to be courteous to the nuts who call the city room.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Moon Over Parador (1988)

shoehorned dialogue

What do I mean, shoehorned dialogue? What I mean is this: it seems as though every issue-oriented episode (and there were a LOT of them) had someone spouting some obscure statistic as casually as they would say, "I'll take cream and two sugars in my coffee". The overly earnest dialogue was a harbinger of things to come--Quincy, ER, Designing Women all used the same technique to advance a largely left-wing agenda.

That being said, I really enjoyed Rossi and Billie's constant bickering. He never gave up (or had a clue). Ed Asner's portrayal was REALLY better in the MTM Show. The crustiness was just endearing, when he'd threaten to rearrange Ted Baxter's face. Here it was just pontificating. Sorry guys, just can't give the thumbs up to this one.