<Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Lou Grant </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Ed Asner as Lou Grant </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> First appearance </Th> <Td> "Love Is All Around" (MTM Show) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Last appearance </Th> <Td> "Charlie" (Lou Grant) (officially) KSTP - TV's ads (unofficially) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Created by </Th> <Td> James L. Brooks and Allan Burns </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Portrayed by </Th> <Td> Ed Asner </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Information </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Gender </Th> <Td> Male </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Occupation </Th> <Td> City editor of The Los Angeles Tribune newspaper Former News director at WJM - TV Station Former Reporter Former Copy boy </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Family </Th> <Td> John Simpson Grant (father) Ellen Hammersmith Grant (mother) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Spouse (s) </Th> <Td> Edie Grant (divorced) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Children </Th> <Td> Ruth (daughter) Jane (daughter) Sarah (daughter) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Relatives </Th> <Td> Amy (granddaughter) Abby (granddaughter) Eric (grandson) Matthew (grandson) Allen Stevens (nephew) Bill Phelps (son - in - law) (By 1979, he had begun referring to one of his daughters as "Ellen", and she had a young son named Nick .) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Lou Grant </Th> </Tr>

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