Ed Asner & Rue McClanahan Starring in "Generation Gap" Oct. 25th on Hallmark Channel

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Actor Ed Asner -- who as the TV character Lou Grant claimed to have been an editor at the Free Press -- teams up with Rue McClanahan ("The Golden Girls") for "Generation Gap," a Hallmark Channel Original Movie premiering at 9 p.m. Oct. 25.

Ralph Waite ("The Waltons") and Alex Black ("Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide") co-star.

The plot's far removed from the "Mary Tyler Moore Show" version of Grant: Dylan Statlan (Black), a troubled New York teen, is testing the patience of his single mother, Veronica (Catherine Mary Stewart, "Days of Our Lives"), and just about everyone else in his life. Dylan's mom is at her wit's end when her son is expelled from school for fighting, so she turns to her tough, no-nonsense World War II veteran father, Col. Bart Cahill (Asner), for help. Dylan is sent off to northern California for the summer, so his grandfather can whip him into shape.

Initially Dylan is miserable. But as the summer progresses, Dylan learns valuable life lessons from his grandfather and the colonel's war buddies, including Waite.