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Lou Grant (1977-1982)

After losing his job, a man relocates and begins life as the city editor of a newspaper. (Learn more)

Starring: Ed Asner, Linda Kelsey, Robert Walden (View All)

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(Airdate: 9/13/82)

Staffers' demands overwhelm Charlie; Lance overdoes it on an out-of-town assignment; guest Joanna...

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(Airdate: 8/30/82)

Rossi investigates the treatment of Japanese-Americans during World War II; guests Pat Morita, Clint...

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(Airdate: 5/24/82)

Lou is in hot water over the Trib's story on rival surfing gangs; Billie and Ted get in a...

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(Airdate: 5/17/82)

Cub reporter Lance (Lance Guest) digs up dangerous information on a hit-and-run victim; guests Dixie...

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(Airdate: 5/3/82)

A Middle East crisis has the staff gearing up to cover a nuclear war; guest Bonnie Bartlett.

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(Airdate: 4/19/82)

Billie's lobbyist ex-husband undermines her; Lou finds shocking news about a respected foundation;...

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(Airdate: 4/12/82)

A councilman uses one of Animal's photos in a revenge lawsuit; Lou has home-repair difficulties.

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(Airdate: 4/5/82)

A frank sex column causes attacks on the Trib; a staffer may once have been an FBI informant.

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(Airdate: 3/22/82)

Tragedy hits the city room; Rossi joins Animal's fight for an endangered species.

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(Airdate: 3/8/82)

A police officer shoots a thief during an armed holdup in which Lou was injured; guest Barry Primus.

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(Airdate: 3/1/82)

Impelled by Lou's dare, Rossi devotes himself to a story about mass starvation in Third World...

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(Airdate: 2/15/82)

The refugee plight comes to light when the Trib hires a Vietnamese photographer; a tip leads Rossi...

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(Airdate: 2/8/82)

A complaint against the Trib comes before a news review board with a hostile chairperson; guest...

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(Airdate: 1/25/82)

Billie is a defense witness when a woman claims her son was injured in a hostage case; guest John...

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(Airdate: 1/11/82)

After a murder suspect blames ghosts, skeptical Billie joins scientists holding a seance in a...

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(Airdate: 1/4/82)

Rossi reunites Sonny Goodwin's (Joe Williams) famous jazz quartet; retirement splits a top news...

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(Airdate: 12/28/81)

Rossi becomes involved in a friend's election campaign; Donovan tussles with the health editor.

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(Airdate: 12/14/81)

Charlie's troubled nephew (W.K. Stratton) wants a job; a hunt begins for an escaped bear; with...

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(Airdate: 12/7/81)

A wealthy man donates a time capsule to the public, with a mysterious jeweled cross inside.

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(Airdate: 11/30/81)

Sharon conceals her source in a child-pornography story; Donovan accompanies a rescue volunteer.

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(Airdate: 11/23/81)

In his hometown, Lou covers a troubling story and meets an old flame; with Robert Prosky, Thom Bray.

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(Airdate: 11/16/81)

Lou and Billie take a drunken-driving test; Charlie's hot line creates headlines.

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(Airdate: 11/9/81)

A publisher (Christopher Cazenove) sees profit in the story of a condemned killer (Terri Nunn) who...

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(Airdate: 11/2/81)

Ted (Cliff Potts) proposes to Billie, but her work on a story distracts her.

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(Airdate: 5/4/81)

With Mrs. Pynchon hospitalized, the editors clash with her nephew over control of the paper.

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(Airdate: 4/13/81)

A police reporter has a midlife crisis; Mrs. Pynchon orders Charlie to hire a new executive editor.

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(Airdate: 4/6/81)

Billie probes sports violence; Lou goes along with the paper's film critic; with Fred Williamson,...

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(Airdate: 3/23/81)

Coverage of a factory fire raises accusations of anti-business bias; with Edward Winter, David...

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(Airdate: 3/16/81)

Rossi publicizes striking farm workers and ends up in jail.

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(Airdate: 3/9/81)

Animal investigates a dead girl's background; a salary dispute plagues the Trib; with Trinidad...

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(Airdate: 2/23/81)

Caught in a storm, Lou and Rossi encounter survivalists; with Keene Curtis, Ed Harris, Lance Guest.

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(Airdate: 2/16/81)

Lou confronts his staff during a bitter strike by the printers over jobs lost to automation.

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(Airdate: 2/9/81)

Rossi helps a worker seek her birth mother; the gossip columnist wants Lou's secret.

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(Airdate: 1/26/81)

Children harass an elderly man; Charlie's bored father shoplifts; a retiree (Whitman Mayo) dispenses...

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(Airdate: 1/19/81)

Rossi and Billie drop all to help a columnist (Michael Constantine) with a potentially sensational...

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(Airdate: 1/12/81)

Sharon, (Lynne Moody), Rossi's partner on a difficult story, is raped.

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(Airdate: 1/5/81)

Billie falls for her news source, baseball player Ted McCovey (Cliff Potts); strange computer...

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(Airdate: 12/15/80)

Rossi's style irritates a reporter (Carl Franklin) investigating a ghetto killing with him.

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(Airdate: 12/8/80)

A tabloid publisher sues the paper over an expose; with Bernard Fox, James Van Patten.

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(Airdate: 11/24/80)

Billie and Rossi investigate a dump site; Lou and Charlie debate sending someone under cover at a...

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(Airdate: 11/17/80)

A strange couple renting Charlie's house makes changes; with Larry Linville.

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(Airdate: 10/27/80)

Billie gets a rough welcome covering a politician's road campaign; with Eileen Heckart, Ed Nelson,...

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(Airdate: 9/29/80)

Billie uses office events in an article on sexual harassment; with David Spielberg.

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(Airdate: 9/22/80)

Lou works with the Trib's eccentric night crew on a late-breaking story.

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(Airdate: 3/24/80)

A source demands payment for providing information; guests Ed Harris, Carl Lumbly.

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(Airdate: 3/17/80)

Lou connects a bar owner (Rue McClanahan) and Americans sending money and weapons to Ireland.

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(Airdate: 3/10/80)

Mrs. Pynchon backs a controversial airport proposal; Lou protects an alcoholic financial editor;...

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(Airdate: 3/3/80)

The search for Mrs. Pynchon's missing Yorkshire terrier leads Rossi to dogfight promoters; guest...

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(Airdate: 2/18/80)

An earthquake causes damage, vandalism and a blackout that cripples the Tribune.

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(Airdate: 2/11/80)

Lou deals with a nuclear protest rally, a possibly libelous column and a persistent writer; guest...

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(Airdate: 2/4/80)

The Trib decries book-burning in a farm community, but pulls a controversial comic strip.

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(Airdate: 1/28/80)

Billie may be the victim of a carcinogen; Animal uncovers a historic feud that threatens a wedding.

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(Airdate: 1/21/80)

Rossi suspects a cover-up around a troubled private-school teacher; Lou reveals movie kickbacks.

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(Airdate: 1/14/80)

A runaway boy inspires Rossi and Animal to delve into American Indian culture.

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(Airdate: 1/7/80)

A brush fire threatens Charlie's neighborhood; Billie's father (Marshall Thompson) watches her at...

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(Airdate: 12/24/79)

Rossi interviews a child TV-star but can't use the story; guests Matthew Laborteaux, Michael J. Fox.

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(Airdate: 12/17/79)

The Trib probes an unsolved murder involving old-time Hollywood stars; guests Howard Duff, Margaret...

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(Airdate: 12/10/79)

Donovan's disturbed cousin (Bruce Davison) is tried for murder; guest Barbara Barrie.

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(Airdate: 12/3/79)

Donovan's cousin (Bruce Davison), a mental patient, becomes increasingly hostile; guest Barbara...

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(Airdate: 11/26/79)

A basketball-team plane disappears; the Trib may be sold.

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(Airdate: 11/12/79)

Billie has police protection in a grand jury case involving a game-show host; good Samaritan Lou is...

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(Airdate: 11/5/79)

Lou has a tip on a long shot; Billie's boyfriend borrows to cover gambling losses.

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(Airdate: 10/29/79)

An administrator (Harold Gould) pressures a scientist to speed up research; Lou meets a human guinea...

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(Airdate: 10/22/79)

Billie's story about a corporation's air-pollution standards causes the firm to sue.

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(Airdate: 10/15/79)

Rossi investigates a nude man on a church steeple; Lou defends a pornography publisher; guest Ellen...

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(Airdate: 10/1/79)

Lou helps prison inmates whose newspaper has been shut down; guests Kene Holliday, Alan Fudge, Danny...

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(Airdate: 9/24/79)

The Trib uncovers a politician's alcoholic husband, then becomes the target of a gossip magazine.

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(Airdate: 9/17/79)

Lou witnesses a murder; Lou questions publishing names of victims of a fire in a gay bar; guest Joe...

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(Airdate: 5/7/79)

Susan (Frances Lee McCain) makes an offer to Lou; Billie talks to teens who became pregnant to...

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(Airdate: 4/2/79)

Rossi and Lou find personal connections in Skid Row stranglings; guests Andrew Duggan, Scoey...

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(Airdate: 3/26/79)

A terrorist threatens to detonate a homemade nuclear device; guests Dinah Manoff, Joe Spano.

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(Airdate: 3/19/79)

Harried Lou copes with a hectic news day and city-room upheaval; guest Michael Warren.

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(Airdate: 3/5/79)

Radicals threaten to kidnap a VIP during a publishers' convention; guest Kenneth McMillan.

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(Airdate: 2/26/79)

Billie goes under cover in a shoddy nursing home; Lou looks into other problems of the elderly;...

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(Airdate: 2/19/79)

Rossi and a distraught mother seek her son's hit-and-run killer; Billie explores cars as weapons;...

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(Airdate: 2/12/79)

Lou fears a Tribune column could cause a six-time killer to strike again.

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(Airdate: 2/5/79)

Lou deals with a new copygirl, Mrs. Pynchon's spoiled niece, while investigating illegal aliens;...

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(Airdate: 1/22/79)

Investor Lou uncovers a con game, but can't convince anyone; guest J. Pat O'Malley.

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(Airdate: 1/15/79)

While trying to help Animal, Lou learns about Vietnam veterans; guests Charlie Robinson, Joe Spano.

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(Airdate: 1/8/79)

Animal's building is the next target of arsonists Lou is investigating; guest G.W. Bailey.

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(Airdate: 1/1/79)

Lou's grandson has hearing problems; Rossi chases down a construction-company scandal; guest Meeno...

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(Airdate: 12/18/78)

Mrs. Pynchon assigns Rossi as staff ``watchdog,'' causing repercussions.

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(Airdate: 12/11/78)

Rossi and Billie pose as husband and wife to expose a baby-selling racket; guest Joseph Mascolo.

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(Airdate: 12/4/78)

A newspaper expert's plans for the Trib include an in-depth piece on single people, sex and computer...

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(Airdate: 11/27/78)

Vacationing Lou clashes with his old boss (Stephen Elliott), a crusty rural newspaper editor, over...

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(Airdate: 11/20/78)

A high-school counselor gives Lou a crash course on violence and drug abuse; guests the Rev. Jesse...

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(Airdate: 11/6/78)

Billie gets an unusual assignment when Donovan cannot deal with his mother's (Geraldine Fitzgerald)...

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(Airdate: 10/30/78)

A woman's murder generates no interest; the tale of a woman who fought jewel thieves does.

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(Airdate: 10/23/78)

Lou and Rossi wonder why an old-time mobster has appeared at a posh resort; guest Nicholas...

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(Airdate: 10/16/78)

Billie's investigation of a prostitute's murder causes her to question some beliefs; guest Dee...

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(Airdate: 10/2/78)

Lou puzzles over Charlie's irrational reaction to an expose of political torture.

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(Airdate: 9/25/78)

Rossi's investigation of a pill-pushing doctor lands him in jail.

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(Airdate: 3/20/78)

Lou must undergo surgery for cancer.

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(Airdate: 3/6/78)

Rossi's investigation of radiation leaks at a chemical plant leads to a friend's death and personal...

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(Airdate: 2/27/78)

The CIA asks Lou to abandon a local espionage story; he refuses; guest Laurette Spang.

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(Airdate: 2/13/78)

Rossi thinks a woman reporter is trading personal favors for political information; guests Gail...

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(Airdate: 2/6/78)

Lou investigates when Charlie fears he has lost his son to the Hare Krishna movement.

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(Airdate: 1/30/78)

Lou tries to prevent the destruction of his friend's artwork; guest Robert Earl Jones.

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(Airdate: 1/17/78)

Lou seeks a man who foiled an assassination, then feels responsible for the resultant tragedy.

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(Airdate: 1/10/78)

The Tribune courts public outrage by exposing a college-football cheating scandal; guests David...

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(Airdate: 1/3/78)

Charlie's daughter is a passenger on a jumbo jet in trouble above Los Angeles.

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(Airdate: 12/13/77)

Two stories -- one on a homeless family, and one on a politician -- take unexpected turns; guest Tim...

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(Airdate: 12/6/77)

Lou and Charlie suspect that Mrs. Pynchon's beau, a publisher, covets the Tribune; guest John...

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(Airdate: 11/29/77)

Billie writes a series on wife abuse then finds it in the city room; guests Julie Kavner, Edward...

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(Airdate: 11/22/77)

Lou suspects he forced Rossi to take unnecessary risks in an in-depth story on a mental hospital.

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(Airdate: 11/15/77)

Lou's observation of a manslaughter trial leads him to question an elderly judge's (Barnard Hughes)...

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(Airdate: 11/8/77)

Billie's accuracy causes her to miss a deadline; Rossi's speedy reporting yields errors.

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(Airdate: 11/1/77)

Billie gets involved in a story about a gang-related barrio shooting; guest Joe Santos.

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(Airdate: 10/25/77)

Lou has trouble ending his relationship with a Tribune reporter's widow; guest Joyce Van Patten.

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(Airdate: 10/18/77)

Billie probes anti-Semitic activities of an American fascist group; guests Brian Dennehy, Peter...

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(Airdate: 10/11/77)

Lou orders ``Today'' section reporter Billie off a murder story.

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(Airdate: 10/4/77)

Lou's con-artist pal (Eugene Roche) offers him an exclusive interview with a missing tycoon.

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(Airdate: 9/27/77)

A dead thief's brother orders hostage Rossi to rewrite a story about a shooting; guest John...

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(Airdate: 9/20/77)

Lou, fired from his TV job, leaves Minneapolis and becomes city editor on the faltering Los Angeles...

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