As of July 2026, Lou Grant Season 2 aired in 1978 with 24 episodes. Full episode guide and where to watch below.
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Lou Grant Season 2

1978 24 Episodes Comedy · Drama ⭐ 7/10

Lou Grant Season 2 is currently streaming on major platforms, and it delivers exactly the kind of comedy that earns a loyal following. A single, tightly-focused season means there is plenty to get through without ever feeling padded. With 29 viewer ratings on TMDB, this is not a title flying under the radar. Ed Asner sets the tone, and the rest of the cast matches it scene for scene. There is no real reason to keep putting it off.

Part of the current wave of titles people are actually watching, Lou Grant Season 2 earns its spot. Lou Grant Season 2 does what great comedies rarely manage — it is actually funny, consistently, across the whole run. Season 2 of Lou Grant includes 24 episodes. It aired from September 1978 to May 1979. This season stars Ed Asner, Robert Walden and Linda Kelsey. Ed Asner and Robert Walden lead a cast that brings real weight to the material. It was aired in 1978. Lou Grant Season 2 earns its laughs from character rather than situation, which is why it does not wear thin the way pure farce tends to. It delivers reliably on what it promises, which is more than most of its competition manages.

Lou Grant Season 2 is the kind of thing you put on in the background and end up fully watching. If you have run out of similar titles to watch, this is a strong next pick. Best experienced as a single, sustained watch if your schedule allows. Ed Asner's comic timing carries it through its weaker moments. The kind of comedy you recommend to someone who claims they do not watch much.

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🎬 Lou Grant Season 2 — Episode Guide

E1
Pills
1978-09-25
E2
Prisoner
1978-10-02
E3
Hooker
1978-10-16
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.
E4
Mob
1978-10-23
E5
Murder
1978-10-30
E6
Dying
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.
E7
Schools
1978-11-20
E8
Slaughter
1978-11-27
E9
Singles
1978-12-04
E10
Babies
1978-12-11
E11
Conflict
1978-12-18
E12
Denial
1979-01-01
E13
Fire
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.
E14
Vet
1979-01-15
E15
Scam
1979-01-22
E16
Sweep
1979-02-05
E17
Samaritan
1979-02-12
E18
Hit
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'...
E19
Home
1979-02-26
E20
Convention
1979-03-05

🎭 Cast of Lou Grant Season 2

Ed Asner
Ed Asner
Lou Grant
Robert Walden
Robert Walden
Joe Rossi
Linda Kelsey
Linda Kelsey
Billie Newman
Mason Adams
Mason Adams
Charlie Hume
Jack Bannon
Jack Bannon
Art Donovan
Daryl Anderson
Daryl Anderson
Dennis Price
Nancy Marchand
Nancy Marchand
Margaret Pynchon
Allen Williams
Allen Williams
Adam Wilson
Laurence Haddon
Laurence Haddon

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