BRIEF SERIES DESCRIPTION
After leaving WJM-TV (“The Mary Tyler Moore Show“), Lou Grant moves to Los Angeles to work on the Tribune newspaper.
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EPISODE PLOT DESCRIPTION
The Tribune covers a story about child problems. Billie works on a story about a lawyer whose specialty is children’s rights. Lou tries to help the teenage son of a single mother who is flirting with trouble .- Synopsis from The Canonical Lou Grant Episode Guide
GENERAL PROGRAM INFORMATION
GENRE: Drama
SETTING: Los Angeles, CA
STATION: CBS
AIR DATES: September 1977 – September 1982
NUMBER OF EPISODES: 114
NORMAL RUNNING TIME: 60 Minutes
“KIDS” EPISODE INFORMATION
AIR DATE: December 24, 1979
EPISODE NUMBER: 59
WRITER: Michael Vittes & Shep Greene
DIRECTOR: Alexander Singer
CREW AND OTHER TECHNICAL INFORMATION
CREATOR: James L. Brooks, Allan Burns, Gene Reynolds
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: James L. Brooks, Allan Burns, Gene Reynolds
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CAST :: CHARACTER NAME…ACTOR NAME
Lou Grant…Ed Asner
Charlie Hume…Mason Adams
Dennis “Animal” Price…Daryl Anderson
Carla Mardigian…Rebecca Balding (1977)
Art Donovan…Jack Bannon
Chris…Thomas Carter
Foreign Editor…Laurence Haddon
Bille Newman McCovey…Linda Kelsey
Margaret Pynchon…Nancy Marchand
Joe Rossi…Robert Walden
GUEST CAST OF EPISODE “KIDS”
Mark Donner…Matthew Laborteaux
Al Mitchell…Nicholas Pryor
Helen Mitchell…Melinda Cordell
Dixie Collins…Peggy Ann Garner
Meg Donner…Jenny Sullivan
Carry Mitchell…Elizabeth Bliss
Paul Stone…Michael J. Fox
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EXTRAS
Related Sites
The Museum of Broadcast Communications’ Lou Grant Page
Tim’s Lou Grant Page
The Canonical Lou Grant Episode Guide
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