The series “Lou Grant” was a spin-off from the “Mary Tyler Moore” Show which starred Ed Asner as a newspaper editor.   The series was a drama and covered the news desk of a Los Angeles newspaper and the lives of the reporters therein.   It also starred Linda Kelsey, Robert Walden, Mason Adams, Daryl Anderson and my favourite Jack Bannon as Donovan.   The series ran from 1977 until 1982.