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Asner to play newsman on 'The Middle'

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Ed Asner arrives at the 82nd annual Academy Awards in Hollywood on March 7, 2010. UPI/Jim Ruymen
Ed Asner arrives at the 82nd annual Academy Awards in Hollywood on March 7, 2010. UPI/Jim Ruymen 
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Published: Feb. 28, 2012 at 11:47 AM

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 28 (UPI) -- Edward Asner is to guest star as a veteran newsman on the American family sitcom "The Middle," ABC announced.

One of Asner's most famous roles is that of Lou Grant, a TV news director on the sitcom "The Mary Tyler Moore Show," and a newspaper city editor on the drama "Lou Grant."

He is to appear on the March 14 episode of "The Middle."

The show stars Patricia Heaton, Neil Flynn, Charlie McDermott, Eden Sher and Atticus Shaffer as the blue-collar Heck family, living in Indiana.

Heaton's father Chuck was a longtime sportswriter for The (Cleveland) Plain-Dealer.

Topics: Patricia Heaton, Edward Asner
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