Product Details

• Actors: Ed Asner
• Directors: Corey Allen, Donald A. Baer, Burt Brinckerhoff, Georg Stanford Brown, James Burrows (II)
• Format: NTSC
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00005JOE1
• For more information about "Lou Grant" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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38 of 38 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a brilliant television series, June 14, 2005

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smoothsoul (New Zealand) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lou Grant (DVD)

Before "Hill Street Blues" and "St. Elsewhere" was the newspaper drama "Lou Grant," an Emmy award-winning show that was one of the most intelligent on television. The writing was consistently high, as was the acting. The whole cast from Ed Asner on down was terrific. (Fans of "The Sopranos" might enjoy seeing Nancy Marchand, who played Tony's mother, as newspaper owner Mrs. Pynchon.)

The show tackled tough subjects, like privacy issues, child abuse, survivalists (in an episode starring Ed Harris). It ran from 1977 to 1982, and without it, later quality MTM dramas like 'Hill Street' and "St. Elsewhere" wouldn't have happened. Sadly, only three videos were released of the series; with so many bad TV series getting the DVD treatment, let's hope this gets the release it deserves.

21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It's about time, August 21, 2005

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B. G. Turnbull "radio fan" (La Conchita, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lou Grant (DVD)

It's hard to believe that with some of the shows I see on DVD, this one still has not been made available. This was one of the best, and perhaps most underrated, shows in the history of the medium. The entire cast was brilliant - including Ed Asner, Mason (voice-over king) Adams, Robert Walden, Linda Kelsey, and Nancy Marchand, among others. I concur that without the success of this show, the later MTM greats would not have been possible. I anxiously await that e-mail to tell me that I can renew my subscription to the "L-A Trib".

24 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Don't tease us with this "unavailable" product page!, August 4, 2005

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blah blah blah (maryland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lou Grant (DVD)

I sure hope Fox really plans on putting this one out. If not, then this page here is a total insult. Nothing less than complete season sets will do where this series is concerned. It was one of the BEST dramas on TV back in the late 70s and early 80s, and it was a crime that CBS cancelled it just because they didn't like Edward Asner's personal politics. I guess the price for freedom of speech is the unnecessary death of a decent show. FACISTS!!