Lou Grant

1. Cophouse

Air Date: 1977-09-20

2. Hostages

Air Date: 1977-09-27

3. Hoax

Air Date: 1977-10-04

4. Henhouse

Air Date: 1977-10-11

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.

5. Nazi

Air Date: 1977-10-18

6. Aftershock

Air Date: 1977-10-25

7. Barrio

Air Date: 1977-11-01

8. Scoop

Air Date: 1977-11-08

9. Judge

Air Date: 1977-11-15

10. Psychout

Air Date: 1977-11-22

11. Housewarming

Air Date: 1977-11-29

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.

12. Takeover

Air Date: 1977-12-06

13. Christmas

Air Date: 1977-12-13

14. Airliner

Air Date: 1978-01-03

15. Sports

Air Date: 1978-01-10

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.

16. Hero

Air Date: 1978-01-17

17. Renewal

Air Date: 1978-01-30

18. Sect

Air Date: 1978-02-06

19. Scandal

Air Date: 1978-02-13

20. Spies

Air Date: 1978-02-27

21. Poison

Air Date: 1978-03-06

22. Physical

Air Date: 1978-03-20

1. Pills

Air Date: 1978-09-25

2. Prisoner

Air Date: 1978-10-02

3. Hooker

Air Date: 1978-10-16

4. Mob

Air Date: 1978-10-23

5. Murder

Air Date: 1978-10-30

6. Dying

Air Date: 1978-11-06

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.

7. Schools

Air Date: 1978-11-20

8. Slaughter

Air Date: 1978-11-27

9. Singles

Air Date: 1978-12-04

10. Babies

Air Date: 1978-12-11

11. Conflict

Air Date: 1978-12-18

12. Denial

Air Date: 1979-01-01

13. Fire

Air Date: 1979-01-08

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.

14. Vet

Air Date: 1979-01-15

15. Scam

Air Date: 1979-01-22

16. Sweep

Air Date: 1979-02-05

17. Samaritan

Air Date: 1979-02-12

18. Hit

Air Date: 1979-02-19

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.

19. Home

Air Date: 1979-02-26

20. Convention

Air Date: 1979-03-05

21. Marathon

Air Date: 1979-03-19

22. Bomb

Air Date: 1979-03-26

23. Skids

Air Date: 1979-04-02

24. Loves (a.k.a.) Romance

Air Date: 1979-05-07

1. Cop

Air Date: 1979-09-17

2. Expose

Air Date: 1979-09-24

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.

3. Slammer

Air Date: 1979-10-01

4. Charlatan

Air Date: 1979-10-15

5. Frame-Up

Air Date: 1979-10-22

6. Hype

Air Date: 1979-10-29

7. Gambling

Air Date: 1979-11-05

8. Witness

Air Date: 1979-11-12

9. Kidnap

Air Date: 1979-11-26

10. Andrew, Part 1: Premonition

Air Date: 1979-12-03

11. Andrew, Part 2: Trial

Air Date: 1979-12-10

12. Hollywood

Air Date: 1979-12-17

13. Kids

Air Date: 1979-12-24

14. Brushfire

Air Date: 1980-01-07

15. Indians

Air Date: 1980-01-14

16. Cover-Up

Air Date: 1980-01-21

17. Inheritance

Air Date: 1980-01-28

18. Censored

Air Date: 1980-02-04

19. Lou

Air Date: 1980-02-11

20. Blackout

Air Date: 1980-02-18

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

21. Dogs

Air Date: 1980-03-03

22. Influence

Air Date: 1980-03-10

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.

23. Guns

Air Date: 1980-03-17

24. Hazard

Air Date: 1980-03-24

1. Nightside

Air Date: 1980-09-22

2. Harassment

Air Date: 1980-09-29

3. Pack

Air Date: 1980-10-27

4. Sting

Air Date: 1980-11-17

5. Goop

Air Date: 1980-11-24

6. Libel

Air Date: 1980-12-08

7. Streets

Air Date: 1980-12-15

8. Catch

Air Date: 1981-01-05

9. Rape

Air Date: 1981-01-12

10. Boomerang

Air Date: 1981-01-19

11. Generations

Air Date: 1981-01-26

12. Search

Air Date: 1981-02-09

13. Strike

Air Date: 1981-02-16

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

14. Survival

Air Date: 1981-02-23

15. Venice

Air Date: 1981-03-09

16. Campesinos

Air Date: 1981-03-16

17. Business

Air Date: 1981-03-23

18. Violence

Air Date: 1981-04-06

19. Depression

Air Date: 1981-04-13

20. Stroke

Air Date: 1981-05-04

1. Wedding

Air Date: 1981-11-02

2. Execution

Air Date: 1981-11-09

3. Reckless

Air Date: 1981-11-16

4. Hometown

Air Date: 1981-11-23

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.

5. Risk

Air Date: 1981-11-30

6. Doublecross

Air Date: 1981-12-07

7. Drifters

Air Date: 1981-12-14

8. Friends

Air Date: 1981-12-28

9. Jazz

Air Date: 1982-01-04

10. Ghosts

Air Date: 1982-01-11

11. Cameras

Air Date: 1982-01-25

12. Review

Air Date: 1982-02-08

13. Immigrants

Air Date: 1982-02-15

14. Hunger

Air Date: 1982-03-01

15. Recovery

Air Date: 1982-03-08

16. Obituary

Air Date: 1982-03-22

17. Blacklist

Air Date: 1982-04-05

18. Law

Air Date: 1982-04-12

19. Fireworks

Air Date: 1982-04-19

20. Unthinkable

Air Date: 1982-05-03

21. Suspect

Air Date: 1982-05-17

22. Beachhead

Air Date: 1982-05-24

23. Victims

Air Date: 1982-08-30

24. Charlie

Air Date: 1982-09-13