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Lou Grant

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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.

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".

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!!

This show was one of my favorites growing up. It is one of the reasons I became a photojournalist. Animal is my hero. I have the first two VHS tapes but would love the whole series on DVD. I agree with others about some of the other lesser shows already on DVD. This show was a classic and needs to be released. Come on, The White Shadow has a DVD.

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Paul W Gillespie

I recently purchased used copies of three of the episode of Lou Grant that were released on VHS. I am amazed that, even though this show was made almost thirty years ago (wow), the subjects are still pertinent to the events happening today. This was a very good show. It really deserves to be rediscovered by today's generation. What's the hold up?

I totally agree with all these people. 30 years later I still remember this show, and every few months I check amazon to see if it's been released yet. It was an absolute classic; great characters, superb stories, and the thing was, everybody looked REAL. No perfect teeth, Hollywood bone-structures or Hair-To-Die-For. They looked and talked like ordinary working people. And the stories dealt thoughtfully with REAL ISSUES.

It was one of the finest series ever made on either side of the Atlantic, and it's criminal that it is still unreleased on DVD. Wake up Fox!!

Lou Grant was one of the best American drama series ever made. I used to watch the late night re-runs here in the UK on Channel 4 and loved the way it dealt with important social issues, whilst being poignant and entertaining in equal measure. As soon as this is released on DVD, I'll be first in line for a copy. Please release season boxsets now!

I love this show. I keep hoping it will be put out on DVD. Its a refreshing look at what real TV should be. Its well acted, well written and engaging. Even 30 years later, many if not most of the shows topics are still as relevant now as they were then. Great show but I don't want to buy it only on amazon's unibox thing. I want DVD copies I can play at my parent's house on a DVD player as easily as I can on my own DVD player.

Ed Asner starring as Lou Grant (in both The Mary Tyler Moore Show 1970 to 1977 and then in his own series Lou Grant 1977 to 1982). Thank goodness we have all the MTM years on DVD. Now...what about finally releasing Lou Grant 1977 to 1982 on DVD??? At least give us the first season! Ed Asner is one of my favorite actors of all time and as his signature character, Lou Grant, he was dynamite. We don't get great acting like this anymore nor do we get great TV dramas like Lou Grant anymore - so can we please have it on DVD? I'll be the first in line to buy it! Thank you.

Please release Lou Grant on a DVD. So many Shows are out on DVD but it seems that the "real" quality shows either don't make it or it takes for ever. Don't always consider only the profit but also the obligation.