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catlover79 · 03-22-2010, 12:56 AM

CBS' official reason for cancelling Lou Grant was low ratings, but people suspected that it was Ed Asner's very outspoken liberal views that did the show in.

Brian Damage · 03-22-2010, 09:06 AM

Thanks for the updates guys, interesting stuff.

I just thought of another show that switched from comedy to drama, The Brady Bunch became The Bradys and became a drama.

catlover79 · 03-23-2010, 03:08 AM

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Thanks for the updates guys, interesting stuff.

I just thought of another show that switched from comedy to drama, The Brady Bunch became The Bradys and became a drama.

Oh, yes! Absolutely!

caladon · 03-23-2010, 09:06 PM

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You see, I don't like that. I understand you want to set Lou apart from MTM, but why just one little mention? I guess that answers my other question if anybody from MTM ever visited for a guest role.

Actually, there was one cross over character; Eileen Heckart reprised her role as Flo Meredith (Mary's Aunt Flo) in the episode "Pact." She mentions that she knows Lou, but there's no mention as to how she knows him.

Brian Damage · 03-23-2010, 09:35 PM

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Actually, there was one cross over character; Eileen Heckart reprised her role as Flo Meredith (Mary's Aunt Flo) in the episode "Pact." She mentions that she knows Lou, but there's no mention as to how she knows him.

Thanks for the heads up on that!

caladon · 03-24-2010, 09:07 AM

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Thanks for the heads up on that!

You're welcome. Glad to have helped.

Doug-oh · 07-10-2022, 08:17 PM

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Actually, there was one cross over character; Eileen Heckart reprised her role as Flo Meredith (Mary's Aunt Flo) in the episode "Pact." She mentions that she knows Lou, but there's no mention as to how she knows him.

FYI... the ep's name is Pack.
As in press pack... going with the pack, which was the theme of the ep.

I state this because I recently watched it on Youtube.

Very good episode. In it Heckart tells Billie on the campaign bus that she use to date Lou... and how Lou once asked her to marry him. She declined. He didn't ask again.

Billie tells her she'd like to hear more about their romance, but Flo is reticent and doesn't want to talk about it.

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