Lou Grant

Lou Grant
Ed Asner as Lou Grant
First appearance	"Love Is All Around" September 19, 1970
Last appearance	"Charlie" September 13, 1982
Created by	James L. Brooks Allan Burns
Portrayed by	Ed Asner
In-universe information
Gender	Male
Occupation	City editor of The Los Angeles Tribune newspaper Former News producer at WJM-TV Station Former Reporter Former Copy boy
Family	John Simpson Grant (father) Ellen Hammersmith Grant (mother) Irene “Reenie” (cousin)
Spouse	Edie Grant (divorced)
Children	Ruth (daughter) Jane (daughter) Sara (daughter)
Relatives	Amy (granddaughter) Abby (granddaughter) Eric (grandson) Matthew (grandson)[1] Allen Stevens (nephew) Bill Phelps (son-in-law) (By 1979, he had begun referring to one of his daughters as "Ellen", and she had a young son named Nick.[2])

Lou Grant is a fictional character played by Ed Asner in two television series produced by MTM Enterprises for CBS. The first was The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970–1977), a half-hour light-hearted situation comedy in which the character was the news director at fictional television station WJM-TV in Minneapolis. A spinoff series, entitled Lou Grant (1977–1982), was an hour-long serious dramatic series that frequently engaged in social commentary, featuring the same character as city editor of the fictional Los Angeles Tribune. Although spin-offs are common on American television, Lou Grant remains one of a very few characters played by the same actor to have a leading role on both a popular comedy and a popular dramatic series.