CBS, 1979-1982
** WGA NOMINATION
Executive Producer Gene Reynolds
Executive Consultant Allan Burns
Producer Seth Freeman
Executive Story Editor April Smith
Story Editors Michelle Gallery, Steve Kline
Cast: Edward Asner, Mason Adams, Robert Walden, Linda Kelsey, Nancy Marchand, Jack Bannon, Daryl Anderson, Sidney Clute, Emilio Delgado, Laurence Haddon, Gary Pagett, Allen Williams, Billy Beck, Rebecca Balding, Cliff Potts, Barbara Jane Edelman, Lance Guest, Richard B. Schull

     April was extremely fortunate to land her first television staff job on Lou Grant, a drama about a daily newspaper, the most respected series of its time. She learned how to break stories, do research and write dramatic dialogue from the best in the business: Gene Reynolds, Allan Burns and Seth Freeman, generous teachers to whom she owes enormous gratitude. The show had an integrity yet to be duplicated, and dominated the all the major awards. 

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