Lou Grant the role in a series of ads promoting Twin Cities station KSTP-TV, a real television station in the same market as the fictional WJM-TV. Additionally in 2013, Asner again reprised the role for a series of promos for "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" airing on MeTV. Asner won five Primetime Emmy Awards for his portrayal of Lou, with three of these awards for "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" and two for "Lou Grant". Bravo ranked Lou 35th on their list of the 100 greatest TV characters. Lou Grant Louis Grant is a fictional character played by Edward Asner in two
T. P. McKenna Adamant Lives!" (1967), "Jason King" (1972), "The Sweeney" (1975), "Blake's 7" (1978), "Minder" (1984) and in the "Doctor Who" serial "The Greatest Show in the Galaxy" (1989). He played Richmond in the Thames Television series "Callan" (1972) and made ten appearances in "Crown Court" (1974–1982), mainly as barrister Patrick Canty, while also appearing in the popular ATV anthology drama series "Love Story" (1965-1968). He also featured prominently in other television dramas including "The Duchess of Malfi" (1972), "Napoleon and Love" (1974),"The Changeling" (1974), "Fathers and Families (1977)", "Holocaust" (1978), "The Manions of America" (1981), "To the Lighthouse" (1983), "The Scarlet