As of July 2026, Lou Grant Season 5 aired in 1981 with 24 episodes. Full episode guide and where to watch below.
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Lou Grant Season 5

1981 24 Episodes Comedy · Drama ⭐ 7/10

If you are after a comedy that actually makes you laugh out loud, Lou Grant Season 5 is available on streaming right now. A compact run that never overstays its welcome. 29 viewers have already rated it on TMDB — the kind of consensus that does not happen by accident. Ed Asner leads a cast with real comic timing. Put it on tonight and see for yourself.

There is a reason Lou Grant Season 5 keeps coming up in conversation. Lou Grant Season 5 gets the fundamentals right first, then finds room to get weird with it. Season 5 of Lou Grant includes 24 episodes. It aired from November 1981 to September 1982. 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 1981. Lou Grant Season 5 earns its laughs from character rather than situation, which is why it does not wear thin the way pure farce tends to. It knows exactly what it is, and does not try to be anything else.

Lou Grant Season 5 is the kind of thing you put on in the background and end up fully watching. It rewards viewers regardless of what else is in their watch history. A contained run means every episode is doing real work. 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 5 — Episode Guide

E1
Wedding
1981-11-02
E2
Execution
1981-11-09
Kitty Larsen, a young woman on death row, picks Rossi to tell her story. Although hesitant at first, he soon begins to like her. But Lou has personal feelings against her because she killed a reporter from the Trib.
E3
Reckless
1981-11-16
E4
Hometown
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.
E5
Risk
1981-11-30
Sharon McNeil gets a story about child pornography by promising not to reveal the names of her source. A promise her superiors at the Trib and the L.A. police department soon want her to break. Art goes out on a helicopter jump with some volunteer rescuers and young reporter Lance has big dreams inv...
E6
Doublecross
1981-12-07
E7
Drifters
1981-12-14
E8
Friends
1981-12-28
E9
Jazz
1982-01-04
E10
Ghosts
1982-01-11
E11
Cameras
1982-01-25
E12
Review
1982-02-08
E13
Immigrants
1982-02-15
The Tribune hires an old acquaintance of Animal's from 'Nam: photographer Lee Van Tam. But Tam's domestic troubles interfere with his work. Lou tries to get out of meeting visiting relatives.
E14
Hunger
1982-03-01
E15
Recovery
1982-03-08
E16
Obituary
1982-03-22
E17
Blacklist
1982-04-05
E18
Law
1982-04-12
E19
Fireworks
1982-04-19
E20
Unthinkable
1982-05-03

🎭 Cast of Lou Grant Season 5

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
Paul Stolarsky
Paul Stolarsky
Hammer

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