Lou Grant
originally aired on CBS
Lou Grant is the third spin-off (after Rhoda and Phyllis) of the sitcom The Mary Tyler Moore Show. Ed Asner received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series in 1978 and 1980. Lou Grant won 13 Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Drama Series twice. The show was cancelled after Asner publicly protested U.S. intervention into Latin American politics.