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Rhiannon12866

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8. Oh, Lou Grant was also a favorite of mine!

Reply to brewens (Reply #4)

Thu Jul 22, 2021, 12:05 AM

Jul 2021

And Ed Asner is "one of us!"

And I really liked The Newsroom, hated to see it end. I was kinda hoping they'd come out with a sequel, but the death of Charlie Skinner (played by Sam Waterston) made that pretty much impossible.

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I got nostalgic and watched the pilot for All In The Family. [View all] JohnnyRingo Jul 2021 OP

And this is one show that has stood the test of time Rhiannon12866 Jul 2021 #1

My dad looked a lot like Archie Bunker. Mr.Bill Jul 2021 #2

Here's the Youtube link... George II Jul 2021 #3

I should watch all those again. I'm watching the old Lou Grant Show now. I was a journalism kid brewens Jul 2021 #4

Oh, Lou Grant was also a favorite of mine! Rhiannon12866 Jul 2021 #8

I watched all of The Mary Tyler Moore Show recently. That's what made me want to watch "Lou" again. brewens Jul 2021 #11

Of course I loved MTM, too. And though Lou Grant was suppose to be the same character in both Rhiannon12866 Jul 2021 #13

I watched the original show in England Skittles Jul 2021 #5

There were three pilots, with the different sets of Mike and Gloria rsdsharp Jul 2021 #6

Whaaaaaat? JohnnyRingo Jul 2021 #15

Yep! And here's the 1968 pilot that never aired... Buckeye_Democrat Jul 2021 #17

I saw the series debut on January 12, 1971. John1956PA Jul 2021 #7

I watched it too. I was a junior in high school. rsdsharp Jul 2021 #18

CNN is showing History of Sitcoms BigmanPigman Jul 2021 #9

And the genius behind it, Norman lear, is still going strong at age 98! markpkessinger Jul 2021 #10

I couldn't get enough of Gloria when I was 16. rickyhall Jul 2021 #12

It's on GetTV channel where I live. edbermac Jul 2021 #14

I've been watching All in the Family recently wnylib Jul 2021 #16