Lou Grant

Sep 20, 1977

Sep 27, 1977

Oct 04, 1977

Oct 11, 1977

Lou clashes with a woman who is the head of the woman's section of the newspaper over whose reporter should cover the alleged murder of a famous playwright in New Mexico.

Oct 18, 1977

Oct 25, 1977

Nov 01, 1977

Nov 08, 1977

Nov 15, 1977

Nov 22, 1977

Nov 29, 1977

Billie uses a battered woman as a source for a story on spousal abuse but has trouble following through with it when the women's husband finds out. She later finds out that a co-worker has a problem with spousal abuse.

Dec 06, 1977

Dec 13, 1977

Jan 03, 1978

Jan 10, 1978

The paper faces a public backlash after Lou runs a story about an NCAA investigation into the possible recruiting violations by a popular local college football team.

Jan 17, 1978

Jan 30, 1978

Feb 06, 1978

Feb 13, 1978

Feb 27, 1978

Mar 06, 1978

After Rossi's friend reveals that he has damaging information about the unsafe conditions at a nuclear plant, he is "accidentally" struck and killed by a car. Eager to prove that it was no accident, Rossi continues the investigation into the nuclear plant.

Mar 20, 1978

Lou reluctantly goes for a physical and finds out that he has a thyroid condition that requires surgery. At the paper, he offers advice to an intern who wants to become a reporter. Rossi learns that he has a good chance at a Pulitzer prize for his story on mental hospitals.

Sep 25, 1978

Oct 02, 1978

Oct 16, 1978

After a homicide occurs in the city, Billie finds out that the victim was a prostitute who worked at a "spa" business. While investigating, she strikes up an unlikely friendship with the victim's co-worker who does not seem to fit the stereotypical profile of a hooker.

Oct 23, 1978

Oct 30, 1978

Nov 06, 1978

Art Donovan's mother is dying, but he is having trouble accepting this as fact. His relations with everyone in the newsroom suffer as his mother gets worse, and his colleagues try to help him come to terms with the inevitable.

Nov 20, 1978

Nov 27, 1978

Dec 04, 1978

Dec 11, 1978

Dec 18, 1978

Jan 01, 1979

Jan 08, 1979

While investigating a string of fires in the same neighborhood, Lou and Billie find a connection linking a building owner and members of a fire department to arson.

Jan 15, 1979

Jan 22, 1979

Feb 05, 1979

Feb 12, 1979

Feb 19, 1979

A mother, obsessed with tracking the hit-and-run driver who killed her son, arouses Rossi's fighting instincts and leads to a human interest story with an unexpected payoff. Meanwhile, after Lou and Mrs. Pynchon have separate encounters with hostile citizens, Billie is assigned to find out if there's a story in the use of cars as weapons.

Feb 26, 1979

Mar 05, 1979

Mar 19, 1979

Mar 26, 1979

Apr 02, 1979

May 07, 1979

Sep 17, 1979

Lou is the only witness to a neighborhood murder and is mystified by the way the police handle the case, thereby discovering a touchy area of crime. At the same time, a fatal fire in a gay bar poses a tough question for Lou: should the newspaper publish the names of the victims, knowing people will be hurt by the story. Lou is also puzzled to see a uniformed cop working a homicide case and sends Rossi to find out why, with disturbing results.

Sep 24, 1979

The hard drinking husband of a popular female politician makes headlines while the Trib staff makes news itself in a gossip magazine. The Trib learns a hard lesson about what happens when private lives become public from Rossi's tough coverage of elected official, Bonita Worth, and Lou's firing of a resentful reporter.

Oct 01, 1979

Oct 15, 1979

Oct 22, 1979

Oct 29, 1979

Nov 05, 1979

To help with a story on the legalization of gambling, Lou befriends an elderly man who has inside tips for betting on the horses. Billie's new boyfriend uses her to feed his gambling addiction.

Nov 12, 1979

Nov 26, 1979

Dec 03, 1979

Dec 10, 1979

Andrew is put on trial for the murder of a young woman who lived in his mother's flat. Art wants to protect his cousin but realizes that the Tribune's coverage may work against the case.

Dec 17, 1979

Dec 24, 1979

Jan 07, 1980

Jan 14, 1980

Jan 21, 1980

Jan 28, 1980

Feb 04, 1980

Rossi visits a small town where book burnings are back in fashion and a young teacher loses her job for teaching too radical ideas. Back at the Trib', Charlie refuses to publish a satirical comic strip in lieu of being sued.

Feb 11, 1980

Feb 18, 1980

The paper's long standing streak of having a daily newspaper published is threatened by a blackout.

Mar 03, 1980

Mar 10, 1980

Lou sticks his neck out to try and help Adam, who develops a serious drinking problem. However, when Adam's drinking problems gets worse and he expects Lou to keep covering for him, Lou regrets getting involved.

Mar 17, 1980

Mar 24, 1980

Sep 22, 1980

Sep 29, 1980

Oct 27, 1980

Nov 17, 1980

Charlie and Lou do some thorough investigating when Charlie's new tenant seems to be using his house for suspicious purposes.

Nov 24, 1980

Dec 08, 1980

Dec 15, 1980

Jan 05, 1981

Jan 12, 1981

Jan 19, 1981

Jan 26, 1981

Feb 09, 1981

Feb 16, 1981

When the Tribune is hit by a worker's strike, Lou sides with management but is sympathetic toward the union.

Feb 23, 1981

Mar 09, 1981

Mar 16, 1981

Mar 23, 1981

Apr 06, 1981

Apr 13, 1981

May 04, 1981

Nov 02, 1981

Nov 09, 1981

Kitty Larsen, a young woman on death row, picks Rossi to tell her story. Although hesitant at first, he soon begins to like her. But Lou has personal feelings against her because she killed a reporter from the Trib.

Nov 16, 1981

Nov 23, 1981

When Lou goes back to his elderly home to settle his aunt's estate, he meets an old flame and gets his first story assignment in years from Charlie.

Nov 30, 1981

Sharon McNeil gets a story about child pornography by promising not to reveal the names of her source. A promise her superiors at the Trib and the L.A. police department soon want her to break. Art goes out on a helicopter jump with some volunteer rescuers and young reporter Lance has big dreams involving dating Billie and becoming the first newsman in space.

Dec 07, 1981

Dec 14, 1981

Dec 28, 1981

Jan 04, 1982

Jan 11, 1982

Jan 25, 1982

Feb 08, 1982

Feb 15, 1982

The Tribune hires an old acquaintance of Animal's from 'Nam: photographer Lee Van Tam. But Tam's domestic troubles interfere with his work. Lou tries to get out of meeting visiting relatives.

Mar 01, 1982

Mar 08, 1982

Mar 22, 1982

Apr 05, 1982

Apr 12, 1982

Apr 19, 1982

May 03, 1982

May 17, 1982

May 24, 1982

Aug 30, 1982

Lou is shot by a robber, who is in turn killed by policeman Vince DeMayo. Both Vince and Lou have a difficult time getting their life back in order.

Sep 13, 1982