Lou Grant
CBS (ended 1982)
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Season 5
- Ep 24Charlie9/13/82
This episode covers a day in the life of managing editor Charlie Hume, who tries to fire two employees but is overruled by Mrs. Pynchon. He then counsels Art on a personal matter, and confronts the possibility of losing ace reporter Billie, who is talking about moving to Sacramento. - Ep 23Victims8/30/82
Two shootings have a big impact at the Tribune. First, Lou is shot by a robber in the parking lot after work. Then a police officer shoots and kills a man trying to rob a liquor store, but subsequently becomes depressed and abusive, and eventually joins a therapy group of fellow officers who have been forced to kill in the line of duty.moreless - Ep 22Beachhead5/24/82
After Lou witnesses their bad behavior at the beach, surfer gangs are the subject of a front page story by Rossi which is then criticized by the city council for stirring up gang warfare. Meanwhile, Billie and her husband Ted argue over the desirability of a new halfway house opening in their neighborhood for the mentally ill.moreless - Ep 21Suspect5/17/82
An eager young reporter goes all-out to prove his theory that an environmental activist's death at the hands of a hit-and-run driver was not an accident. - Ep 20Unthinkable5/3/82
Tribune staff members confront the real possibility of having to cover the start of World War III, as tensions grow between the United States and the Soviet Union over a crisis in the Middle East. Meanwhile, Billie covers a young girl's struggle to recover from extensive burns suffered in the crash of a school bus.moreless - Ep 19Fireworks4/19/82
Billie goes to the state capitol to investigate attempts to weaken fireworks regulations by industry lobbyists, one of whom is her ex-husband. Meanwhile, the Tribune staff is in conflict over Charlie's recommendation that they go after an award by the Greenwood Foundation, which has a record of disregarding the environment and selling products overseas after they have been banned in the U.S.moreless - Ep 18Law4/12/82
Is everyone turning to lawsuits to solve their disputes? When some of a politician's disgruntled constituents petition to have him recalled, he sues them. When Lou is dissatisfied with a plumber's work, he sues the man. But then Lou is counter-sued, and faces the prospect of ruinous legal fees. - Ep 17Blacklist4/5/82
Rossi learns that his girlfriend's father was one of those blacklisted because of their political leanings during the 1950s, and that another reporter at the Trib is one of those who saved himself in those dark days by becoming an FBI informant. Meanwhile, the Trib gets protests about its new column advising teens about sex, and there are threats of a boycott.moreless - Ep 16Obituary3/22/82
Billie, Rossi and Lou struggle to write obituaries for three journalists who died in a plane crash, while Animal struggles to photograph an endangered species of moth without having the publicity endanger it further at the hands of eager collectors. - Ep 15Recovery3/8/82
Rossi discovers that Mrs. Pynchon's husband was one of the shady entrepreneurs who swindled Japanese-Americans out of their land when they were sent to internment camps during World War II. Meanwhile, Billie writes a story about a woman recently appointed to the police review board, who was tainted with suspicion after her doctor husband fled the country in the wake of a Medicaid scandal.moreless - Ep 14Hunger3/1/82
As a result of a bet, Rossi writes a story about a nun who operates a soup kitchen and a meal service for shut-ins. But when he wants to expand his investigation to the problem of hunger in a Central American nation, the Tribune editors tell him that he doesn't understand the economic realities and that the story isn't worth the time it would take.moreless - Ep 13Immigrants2/15/82
The Tribune's new photographer, a Vietnamese refugee, encounters some difficulties at work and in his new community. A criminal gang puts pressure on him to commit fraud, the immigration services cannot handle the influx of new arrivals and the locals are upset about the changes in the neighborhood. - Ep 12Review2/8/82
When a complaint against The Tribune is judged by the News Council, a moment from Margaret Pynchon's past influences the final verdict. - Ep 11Cameras1/25/82
Watching a hostage crisis unfold on TV, the Tribune staff bemoan the advantage television coverage of an event has in immediacy. Later, they debate the use of live cameras in the courtroom, and a mother is accused of putting her child in front of the cameras for monetary gain. - Ep 10Ghosts1/11/82
Billie looks into the history of a supposedly haunted house after a woman dies there and her husband claims a poltergeist is responsible. - Ep 9Jazz1/4/82
After a visit to a jazz club, Rossi tries to reunite a legendary group of musicians. Meanwhile, another investigative reporter at the Tribune tries to adjust to losing his long-time writing partner. - Ep 8Friends12/28/81
Rossi has a crisis of conscience when he discovers that his good friend and jogging partner Burt Cary may be smearing a political opponent to win election to the city board of supervisors. - Ep 7Drifters12/14/81
Charlie tries to help his nephew, a young man recovering from a nervous breakdown. The reporters at The Tribune become obsessed with the story of Ziggy, the bear who escaped from Los Angeles Zoo. - Ep 6Doublecross12/7/81
Billie works with a local historian to discover the truth about a valuable gold cross, retrieved from a time capsule, which has become the pawn in a game between two feuding sides of the Matheson family. - Ep 5Risk11/30/81
For a story on purveyors of pornography, reporter Sharon McNeil has promised anonymity to her source, a mother who to pay the rent has allowed her daughter to appear illegally in such films. Lou and Mrs. Pynchon reluctantly support their reporter's refusal to reveal the mother's identity to the police. - Ep 4Hometown11/23/81
Because of the death of his aunt, Lou makes a visit to his hometown of Goshen, Michigan. He has a reunion with an old girlfriend and writes a piece about the shutdown of one of the town's main employers, a glass factory that is now owned by a corporation back in Los Angeles.moreless - Ep 3Reckless11/16/81
Charlie Hume has second thoughts after starting a crime hotline that rewards people for making anonymous accusations. Meanwhile, Lou is arrested for drunk driving. - Ep 2Execution11/9/81
Rossi develops a personal relationship with a woman on death row, who killed 4 people in a holdup, after she asks him to tell the world her story. - Ep 1Wedding11/2/81
After much worry about the conflicting demands of her career, Billie has decided to marry baseball player Ted McCovey in a ceremony at the home of Charlie Hume. Lou, too, feels the strain of his work in his relationships with his daughters, particularly Janie, and has to cancel a planned reunion in Chicago when a computer crash forces everyone at the Trib to redo the entire day's work.moreless
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Season 4
- Ep 20Stroke5/4/81
When Mrs. Pynchon, the newspaper's owner, has a stroke that causes partial paralysis and loss of speech, Charlie and Lou are confronted with the possibility that her nephews will either shut down the paper or make big changes. - Ep 19Depression4/13/81
In an episode that explores personal feelings of disappointment and depression, a veteran reporter attempts suicide and Charlie Hume becomes frustrated when Mrs. Pynchon omits him from consideration for a new executive editor position. - Ep 18Violence4/6/81
For an exploration of violence in our society, Rossi interviews a football player who crippled an opponent while Billie talks to doctors and the injured player's wife. Meanwhile, Lou figuratively butts heads with the Trib's film critic about the predominance of violence in the movies. - Ep 17Business3/23/81
When a fire of suspicious origin occurs at a California electronics plant, Billie and Rossi do a story suggesting a link between the fire and safety violations. When this turns out to be wrong, the Trib is accused of unfair anti-business leanings, and Charlie and Lou reply by criticizing business for not being open with the press.moreless - Ep 16Campesinos3/16/81
Rossi and other Tribune reporters go to California's Central Valley to cover a strike by migrant farm workers and a visit by a legendary activist. - Ep 15Venice3/9/81
While taking photographs at Venice Beach, Animal become interested in the story of a beautiful woman who apparently committed suicide, and becomes obsessed with discovering the reason. - Ep 14Survival2/23/81
After encountering a survivalist near Art's cabin in the California backwoods, Rossi starts gathering information for a story. But then Rossi and Lou become stranded in the forest when a rainstorm causes flash flooding. - Ep 13Strike2/16/81
The planned installation of a new computerized system promises to cause the loss of many jobs, and the Trib's printers vote to go on strike. The reporters honor their picket lines, but Lou is reluctantly forced to remain at work because he is now part of management. Tensions rise as the strike continues for several weeks.moreless - Ep 12Search2/9/81
Rossi helps a colleague find her birth mother. Lou discovers the negative effects of being a trendsetter. - Ep 11Generations1/26/81
Charlie lets his father stay with him, which causes tensions with his wife Marian. An old man in Lou's street is harassed by the neighbors' kids. But are the kids to blame? - Ep 10Boomerang1/19/81
When a Tribune foreign corespondent dies, the paper goes after companies that dump defective or dangerous goods in Third World countries. Lou clashes with an old friend, a celebrity columnist who tries to take over his city room. - Ep 9Rape1/12/81
When a Tribune reporter becomes the victim of a rapist, her colleagues react in different ways. - Ep 8Catch1/5/81
Billie gets emotionally involved with a ballplayer who is mixed up in a shady real estate deal. Rossi's suspicions about The Tribune's computer system lead to a startling discovery. - Ep 7Streets12/15/80
The deaths of a policeman and a dealer send Rossi and a African-American colleague to a dangerous neighborhood. The two journalists discover that they see things differently. Meanwhile, Charlie returns from a seminar on demographics with new, exciting ideas, all of which Lou hates. - Ep 6Libel12/8/80
Going after a trashy supermarket tabloid, The Los Angeles Tribune itself gets sued for libel ... by the tabloid. - Ep 5Goop11/24/80
When Billie goes undercover to prove that a chemical company is dumping hazardous waste, there is some discussion at the paper about the ethics of such a deception. - Ep 4Sting11/17/80
Charlie Hume moves to an apartment near The Trib and rents out his house. He soon finds that his tenants behave suspiciously. - Ep 3Pack10/27/80
When Billie gets the chance to cover a senatorial campaign, she clashes with the old guard of campaign reporters but discovers a secret about the candidate. - Ep 2Harassment9/29/80
Billie and Rossi do stories on sexual harassment, with different results. Lou becomes the object of gossip at The Trib when he dates a fellow worker. - Ep 1Nightside9/22/80
Taking over from the night editor, Lou tries to solve the mystery of a sinking luxury yacht. He can rely on the assistance of the night staff, a collection of unusual people.
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Season 3
- Ep 24Hazard3/24/80
Investigating allegations that a motorcycle being marketed to young people is unsafe, Rossi is offered proof by a whistle blower at the company, but Mrs. Pynchon refuses on principle to pay the $4000 he wants for the documents. - Ep 23Guns3/17/80
Francie Fitzgerald, whom Lou thinks is an Irish colleague, turns out to be a gunrunner for the IRA. The reporters of the Tribune learn more about the "Troubles" and Art gets annoyed when people think his Irish ancestry makes him an expert on the matter. - Ep 22Influence3/10/80
Lou has to decide how to handle a co-worker's drinking problem. Mrs. Pynchon gets courted by a group of prominent businessmen, who have a secret agenda. - Ep 21Dogs3/3/80
After the theft of Mrs. Pynchon's dog Barney, the Tribune looks into the underreported problem of dogfighting. Rossi goes undercover to catch an interstate dogfighting ring. - Ep 20Blackout2/18/80
A power outage cripples most of the city, including the offices of the L.A. Tribune. If the staff can't find a way to get the next paper out, it will be the first time in 64 years that the Trib misses a day. - Ep 19Lou2/11/80
Several members of the Tribune's staff clash with Lou, who is having a really bad day. - Ep 18Censored2/4/80
A story on the banning and burning of books strikes close to home when Charlie Hume refuses to publish a controversial political cartoon, and an old friend of Lou's turns out to be behind a new book-burning crusade. - Ep 17Inheritance1/28/80
Doing a story on the cancer-causing effects among young women of the artificial hormone DES, which was given to their mothers during pregnancy, Billie discovers that she too is a "DES daughter." Meanwhile, Rossi covers the legal struggle of a young woman of Armenian descent who has been ostracized and disowned by her family because she married a Turk.moreless - Ep 16Cover-Up1/21/80
The two stories in this episode are about scandals that are covered up. When a teacher in a private school is accused of sexual misconduct with a student, Mrs. Pynchon tries to stop the board from making a hasty decision about the future of a promising teacher. Meanwhile, Billie tries to uncover corruption in a film studio.moreless - Ep 15Indians1/14/80
While covering an Indian marathon organized to protest the treatment of Indians in South America, the reporters of the Tribune meet several Native Americans. Rossi finds out more about the work ethic of Indians, Billie sees the struggles that young Indian couples face and Animal tries to reunite a young runaway with his uncle.moreless - Ep 14Brushfire1/7/80
Rossi and Billie cover a devastating local brush fire, and Animal's photos serve to lead police to the arrest of an arsonist. Meanwhile, struggling to save their home from the conflagration, Charlie Hume and his wife Marion reconcile after being on the verge of separation. - Ep 13Kids12/24/79
Billie researches an article about the suicide of two teenagers and the effects on their families, while Rossi does a story about the personal and professional pressures on child star Carly Mitchell. Meanwhile, Lou tries to help a troubled youngster who is being neglected by his mother. - Ep 12Hollywood12/17/79
The reporters of the Tribune get interested in the murder of a boxer thirty years ago. It leads them into the world of Hollywood's Golden Age.'' - Ep 11Andrew (2): Trial12/10/79
Art's cousin Andrew faces charges of murder. As the young man suffers from a personality disorder, there is some confusion about what he should plead in court: innocence or temporary insanity. At first the Tribune does not spend much attention to the case, partly out of loyalty to Art. But as the other papers start to cover it, the Trib is forced to do so as well, much to the dismay of Art. He believes the details of the murder will incite the local community, making it necessary for the D.A. to go for murder one.moreless - Ep 10Andrew (1): Premonition12/3/79
Art's Aunt Edna is worried about her mentally ill son Andrew, afraid that he might harm someone during one of his episodes. As she finds it hard to find anyone who will take her premonition seriously, she asks Art for help. Billie becomes interested in the plight of people who have mental problems but seem normal. Meanwhile strange pieces of erotic fiction appear on the Trib's computer consoles. It turns out Rossi is ghostwriting the saucy memoirs of film critic Lana Barkley.''''Three days after being put into an institution, Andrew gets released again. Within hours he is under arrest for the murder of his mother's neighbor.moreless - Ep 9Kidnap11/26/79
When Lou sends both Billie and Rossi to cover the kidnapping of a small town's high school basketball teams, they clash about who will beat the other to the scoop. Meanwhile, Mrs. Pynchon mulls over an offer to sell the Tribune to a large newspaper chain. - Ep 8Witness11/12/79
After a thug confesses to Billie about being hired to intimidate a lawyer in a grand jury investigation, the thug is murdered and Billie herself is threatened. She gets police protection until she can testify, but has a hard time getting along with the officer assigned to guard her. - Ep 7Gambling11/5/79
A proposed ballot initiative raises the issue of illegal gambling. Lou is forced to fire the paper's business reporter when he violates conflict-of-interest rules in an attempt to pay off his gambling debts. Mrs. Pynchon considers dropping sports lines and other features in the paper that provide information used in illegal betting.moreless - Ep 6Hype10/29/79
Rossi and Billie research a story about the development of new medicines at the Los Angeles University Medical Center, which provides critical funding for its continuation. However, the pressure has caused a young researcher to falsify his results for a new arthritis medicine. - Ep 5Frame-Up10/22/79
Billie and the Tribune receive a lot of criticism after her article describing a company as a big polluter causes it to cancel a planned move to Los Angeles. Then the company reverses its decision, and Billie learns that it was all just a ploy so that the company could negotiate for more incentives and tax breaks from the state government.moreless - Ep 4Charlatan10/15/79
The Trib's religion writer is critical of Rossi and Billie's article about an evangelist's financial irregularities. Meanwhile, Lou wants to defend the right of a pornographer to print the names and addresses of undercover law enforcement officers in his magazine, but Charlie and Mrs. Pynchon don't agree. - Ep 3Slammer10/1/79
Lou and Rossi work with prison inmates who are creating their own newspaper, but find that over-enthusiasm can lead to a dangerous situation. Meanwhile Charlie has to take on Mrs. Pynchon's tasks when she is called for jury duty. - Ep 2Expose9/24/79
A tabloid journalist interviews the city room staff for a feature on the Tribune. The resulting article paints a pretty negative picture, undermining the Tribune's trustworthiness just when it has a scoop about a politician's personal problems. - Ep 1Cop9/17/79
When a neighbor of his is murdered, Lou meets a young cop who has to hide his homosexuality from everyone else at the police force.
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Season 2
- Ep 24Romance5/7/79
Rossi writes about a rock star who is being sued by a former girlfriend. Billie researches welfare mothers and learns about a girl who wants to have a baby just so she can get welfare payments and move out of her mother's place. Lou considers moving in together with his police-officer girlfriend Susan.moreless - Ep 23Skids4/2/79
Joe Rossi investigates a company that produced a malfunctioning motorcycle, and gets burned. Billie tries to get close to a politician who is just out of jail for bribery. Charlie fires an editor without giving a clear reason. - Ep 22Bomb3/26/79
After Rossi's encounter with a young terrorist threatening to blow up the city, the reporters look into the likelihood of someone actually being able to build an atomic bomb in their garage, and end up getting followed around by federal agents. - Ep 21Marathon3/19/79
The Tribune staff has an exhausting day covering a tunnel collapse, a "human fly" trying to scale a skyscraper, predictions of an alien UFO landing, and Art mulling over an offer to go to work for the governor. - Ep 20Convention3/5/79
The senior staff, attending a newspaper convention in Palm Springs, are informed by authorities that any of them could be the target of a terrorist kidnapping attempt. Meanwhile, Billie gets an interview with the terrorist group's leader. - Ep 19Home2/26/79
Both Billie and Lou are confronted with the problems of senior citizens. Billie goes undercover in Lakevale Nursing Home to investigate possible neglect. While jogging, Lou befriends a retired hat maker who desperately wants to be useful to society. - Ep 18Hit2/19/79
Rossi meets a woman who is still trying to solve the hit-and-run death of her son two years ago, and is so impressed by her determination that he ignores his regular assignments to help her. - Ep 17Samaritan2/12/79
The Tribune starts receiving a new series of letters from a serial killer called "Samaritan" who threatens to resume a reign of terror that everyone thought ended 5 years ago. - Ep 16Sweep2/5/79
After witnessing a raid at a Mexican restaurant, Lou and his staff investigate the problems caused by illegal immigrants, including those who exploit them. Lou also discovers that a newly-hired copy girl, Mrs. Pynchon's niece, is illiterate. - Ep 15Scam1/22/79
When Lou comes into some unexpected money, Charlie suggests that Lou let Charlie's broker David Milburn invest it for him. But then an unhappy former client of Milburn brings news of fraud to the newspaper. Charlie remains loyal to his broker and thinks the paper shouldn't publish rumors. However, the more the journalists investigate the case, the clearer it becomes that Charlie might never see his money again.moreless - Ep 14Vet1/15/79
After Animal risks his life to get a photograph, Lou discovers that he is a Vietnam veteran who is still haunted by his experiences. Lou commissions more stories about the difficulties faced by Vietnam vets, and tries to get Mrs. Pynchon to reach out to hire more of them at the paper.moreless - Ep 13Fire1/8/79
A friend of Lou's angers the fire department by revealing information from an internal investigation that a series of fires are being set by an arson-for-profit gang that includes two officials. One of the fires occurs at Animal's apartment building. - Ep 12Denial1/1/79
A visit from Lou's daughter Ellen reveals that she is in denial about her son's progressive deafness. Meanwhile, Rossi is disgruntled about being told that his story about faulty building construction doesn't have enough documentation, and he gets in trouble by giving the story to a rival reporter. - Ep 11Conflict12/18/78
Many conflicts of interest for the Tribune staff come to light. Mrs. Pynchon orders an end to favoritism and freebies, but then Lou angers her by writing an article critical of one of her favorite charity's fund-raising tactics. - Ep 10Babies12/11/78
Billie and Rossi pose as wife and husband in order to investigate a black-market baby ring. - Ep 9Singles12/4/78
Lou takes an instant dislike to a new media consultant who wants the Tribune to do more "sexy" stories in an attempt to widen the paper's audience. The reporters investigate various dating services, but the young man Billie meets refuses to leave her alone. - Ep 8Slaughter11/27/78
While on vacation, fishing with an old friend who now runs a small-town newspaper, Lou helps expose the cause of a mysterious illness plaguing the area's cattle, but a quarantine could ruin many of the local farmers. - Ep 7Schools11/20/78
Visiting a school guidance counselor to help pick a group of Tribune scholarship winners, Lou learns about the eruption of violence in such inner-city schools, but is shocked when she is beaten and raped by two students. Billie and Rossi work on a background story. - Ep 6Dying11/6/78
Donovan refuses to accept the fact that his terminally ill mother is dying. Meanwhile Lou sends Rossi to do a story on a woman who takes out an ad in the Trib, advertising for a husband; and Charlie sells his used car to Animal. - Ep 5Murder10/30/78
Billie gets upset when her story of the murder of an 'ordinary' African American mother gets buried on page 26 opposite the shipping news, while Rossi's upbeat feel-good story of an elderly white lady who beat up some attackers gets front page treatment. - Ep 4Mob10/23/78
When Lou and Rossi visit a resort to set up the newspaper staff's annual tennis tournament, they discover that it is a mob haven heavily populated by organized crime figures, as well as a Senate candidate. - Ep 3Hooker10/16/78
The victim of the murder Billie is investigating turns out to be a prostitute. But Billie ends up befriending Patti, a young lady who seems too bright and personable to be in the business of selling sex. - Ep 2Prisoner10/2/78
Mrs. Pynchon plays host to Amanda Baroja, wife to the ruler of a little-known Latin American country. The Baroja regime are tyrannical torturers, and Charlie Hume's first-hand experience with them causes him to confront Amanda at an inopportune moment. - Ep 1Pills9/25/78
A doctor is dealing illegal amphetamines to his patients. But when one of them breaks in to steal records that will help Rossi expose the crime, it is Rossi who faces jail time for refusing to reveal his source.
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Season 1
- Ep 22Physical3/20/78
Lou is feeling unusually tired as he helps a copy boy who is trying to become a reporter, and has to fire a promising intern who impishly inserted a fake award into a list of awards. Then a routine checkup reveals that Lou has cancer of the thyroid, which requires immediate surgery.moreless - Ep 21Poison3/6/78
When a friend of Rossi's is killed after claiming that there are safety violations at the nuclear plant where he works, Rossi and Billie attempt to initiate an investigation themselves. - Ep 20Spies2/27/78
When the Trib receives a request from the CIA to stop investigating two young men arrested for drug dealing, the staff comes to suspect that there is a CIA informant in their midst. Meanwhile, Rossi starts to date Charlie Hume's daughter. - Ep 19Scandal2/13/78
Because of his disrespectful attitude toward a city supervisor, Rossi is pulled from covering the man's re-election campaign and replaced by a female reporter. But when she comes up with scoops, Rossi suspects that she has become romantically involved with the politician she is supposed to be covering. - Ep 18Sect2/6/78
Charlie Hume and his wife are upset about their son Tommy's conversion to the Hare Krishna religion, but have second thoughts after hiring a "de-programmer" to kidnap him. Meanwhile, Rossi and Billie do a story on such religious cults. - Ep 17Renewal1/30/78
Lou tries to help Earl, the local newsstand owner, when an urban renewal project threatens to destroy his building... along with the artwork he painted directly on his room's walls. - Ep 16Hero1/17/78
When a gubernatorial candidate is saved from an assassination attempt by an anonymous bystander, Rossi identifies the man and writes a story about him that reveals a hidden conviction for armed robbery in his past. This causes the hero to lose business clients, as well as his girlfriend. Meanwhile, Billie's story on a struggling halfway house for women newly released from prison gains sympathy from Mrs. Pynchon.moreless - Ep 15Sports1/10/78
When the Tribune's sports department refuses to cover the UCLA football team's recruitment scandals, Lou steps in, but he meets unexpected resistance from a columnist whom he has long admired. - Ep 14Airliner1/3/78
The Tribune staff are called back to work after hours because of a jet liner experiencing mechanical troubles which might crash. Joan Hume, Charlie's daughter, is on the plane. - Ep 13Christmas12/13/77
Billie's holiday assignment to profile a needy family leads to an oupouring of sympathy and monetary support, whereas Rossi's assignment leads him to discover that an uninteresting official is a bigamist supporting two separate families. - Ep 12Takeover12/6/77
A charming media mogul romances Mrs. Pynchon and attempts to add the Tribune to his somewhat disreputable media empire. - Ep 11Housewarming11/29/77
Working on a story about spousal abuse, Billie gives advice and refuge to a battered wife, then discovers that one of her co-workers at the paper is a wife-beater. - Ep 10Psych-Out11/22/77
Without telling anyone, Rossi has himself checked into a mental hospital to gather information on patient abuses, and then has trouble getting out. Meanwhile, Lou becomes concerned that fear of litigation is causing the Tribune to censor its news reporting. - Ep 9Judge11/15/77
When Lou visits the Courthouse to verify reports of a Superior Court judge's bizarre behavior, he ends up getting jailed for contempt and the newspaper's publisher threatened. - Ep 8Scoop11/8/77
Billie and Rossi have problems trying to cover the news in a timely fashion. Billie keeps taking too long to verify her stories and misses the deadline, whereas Rossi keeps turning them in too soon and getting the facts wrong. - Ep 7Barrio11/1/77
Billie and a Hispanic community leader try to help a teenager whose mother was shot by a barrio gang from getting caught up in the endless cycle of gang violence and retaliation. - Ep 6Aftershock10/25/77
Rattled by his first exposure to a Los Angeles earthquake, Lou sends Rossi and Animal to investigate a local researcher's claim that his insects can predict upcoming earthquakes. Meanwhile, a recently-deceased colleague's widow comes to depend more and more on Lou as a replacement for her husband. - Ep 5Nazi10/18/77
Trying to delve behind the headlines about a violent demonstration by American Neo-Nazis, Billie uncovers the fact that their leader comes from an Orthodox Jewish family. - Ep 4Henhouse10/11/77
Lou and the editor of the women's section of the paper engage in a turf war by proxy as their respective reporters, Joe Rossi and Billie Newman, clash over whether the death of a prominent New Mexico playwright is murder or suicide. At the end, Billie is offered a chance to move up from the "Today" section to the "City" staff.moreless - Ep 3Hoax10/4/77
Veteran journalist Jack Riley convinces Lou and Rossi to go to Jamaica to find a missing Los Angeles industrialist who was thought to have been kidnapped. - Ep 2Hostages9/27/77
A gunman takes the Tribune newsroom hostage, ordering Rossi to rewrite his story about the man's brother, who was supposedly killed by a store owner while committing a robbery. - Ep 1Cophouse9/20/77
50-year-old Lou Grant, down on his luck, is hired by his old friend Charlie Hume to be the new city editor of the Los Angeles Tribune. He is immediately faced with a dilemma, when brash young newshound Joe Rossi accuses the paper's veteran police reporter of covering up a scandal concerning cops having sex with underage girls in a police-sponsored soccer league.moreless - spinoff from The Mary Tyler Moore Show
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