LOU GRANT: BRUSHFIRE (TV)
Summary
One in this series of dramas about a Los Angeles newspaper, its staff, and city editor Lou Grant. In this episode, a terrible heat wave leads to an outbreak of major brushfires in several residential parts of Los Angeles. Plot developments include the following: Charlie tells Lou that he and his wife Marion have decided to separate; Mrs. Pynchon calls in a fire story from a riding stable; Rossi interviews firefighters and frightened residents as entire neighborhoods are evacuated and houses are consumed in minutes; Charlie learns that fires have spread into his neighborhood and rushes home to check on Marion; Charlie works to save his house despite the warnings of the firefighters; Billie tries politely to keep her visiting father out of her hair as she covers the disaster from the city room; Animal learns he is suspected of arson by a fire department investigator; and Charlie and Marion make a decision about their relationship. Commercials deleted. Cataloging of this program was made possible by Grant Tinker in honor of Ed Asner.
Details
- NETWORK: CBS
- DATE: January 7, 1980 10:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:49:06
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T:35100
- GENRE: Drama
- SUBJECT HEADING: Drama; Fire; Newspaper editors; Newspaper publishing; Newspapers; Reporters and reporting
- SERIES RUN: CBS - TV series, 1977-1982
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Gene Reynolds … Executive Producer, Created by, Writer
- Seth Freeman … Producer
- Michael Vittes … Associate Producer
- Donald A. Baer … Director
- Leon Tokatyan … Developed by
- Allan Burns … Created by, Writer
- James L. Brooks … Created by
- Patrick Williams … Music by
- Edward Asner … Cast, Lou Grant
- Robert Walden … Cast, Joe Rossi
- Linda Kelsey … Cast, Billie Newman
- Mason Adams … Cast, Charlie Hume
- Jack Bannon … Cast, Art Donovan
- Daryl Anderson … Cast, Dennis "Animal" Price
- Nancy Marchand … Cast, Mrs. Pynchon
- Peggy McCay … Cast, Marion Hume
- Marshall Thompson … Cast, Newman
- Jeff Corey … Cast, Bergman
- Brian Farrell … Cast, Sweeney
- Tony Perez … Cast, Ramirez
- William Joyce … Cast, the Fire Chief
- Allen Williams … Cast, Adam Wilson
- Michelle Downey … Cast, Jody
- Matthew Faison … Cast, the Man
- Kurtwood Smith … Cast, the Fire Captain
- Charles Bracy … Cast, Leon
- John Christy Ewing … Cast, Frank Taylor
- Kiva Lawrence … Cast, the Woman
- Lloyd McLinn … Cast, Fireman #1
- Terrence McNally … Cast, the Policeman
- Robert Rothwell … Cast, Man #2
- Gene Whittington … Cast, Fireman #2