Harve Bennett on how Edward Asner came to be cast in Rich Man, Poor Man

William Blinn on the "Captain Davies" character in Roots, played by Edward Asner, and on the "Anne Reynolds" character played by Sandy Duncan

James L. Brooks on the ensemble cast of The Mary Tyler Moore Show

James L. Brooks on Ed Asner getting his own show, Lou Grant

Allan Burns on casting "Lou Grant" on The Mary Tyler Moore Show

Allan Burns on the creation of Lou Grant and making the show a drama rather than a comedy

Allan Burns on Ed Asner's political activism and how it affected Lou Grant

LeVar Burton on his Roots co-stars

Richard Crenna on working with Ed Asner on Slattery's People, and on the stories on the show

Richard Crenna on directing Lou Grant starring Ed Asner

Charles S. Dubin on directing Lou Grant with Ed Asner and Nancy Marchand

Harlan Ellison on walking off his first directing job

Gavin MacLeod on Edward Asner as "Lou Grant" on The Mary Tyler Moore Show

Mary Tyler Moore on the casting of Ed Asner as "Lou Grant" on The Mary Tyler Moore Show

Bernie Oseransky on working with Ed Asner

Gene Reynolds on Edward Asner as "Lou Grant" on Lou Grant  and the rest of the cast

Hank Rieger on Edward Asner, the AFTRA strike, and the Emmy Awards

Jay Sandrich on how it took a while for Ed Asner to trust him when they were working on The Mary Tyler Moore Show

Ted Sarandos on writing for the local newspaper when he was in high school and getting the opportunity to do an interview with Ed Asner

William Schallert on Ed Asner succeeding him as President of SAG

Jan Scott on doing production design for The Gathering, starring Ed Asner

Ralph Senensky on directing Ed Asner in Lou Grant

on writing the The Mary Tyler Moore Show episode "The Lou and Edie Story," featuring Ed Asner as "Lou Grant"

Grant Tinker on casting The Mary Tyler Moore Show

Grant Tinker on Lou Grant's Ed Asner

Grant Tinker on Ed Asner

Betty White on working with Mark Goodson,Dinah Shore, Rod Serling, Grant Tinker, Mary Tyler Moore, Edward Asner, Cloris Leachman, and Ted Knight

Ethel Winant on casting The Mary Tyler Moore Show: Edward Asner