Lou Grant: Yes, it’s The Mary Tyler Moore Show’s Mr. Grant.

Veteran actor Ed Asner amazingly morphed his ’70s sitcom sidekick into a crusading drama lead.

Leaving TV news to edit a Los Angeles newspaper, he’d mentor young reporters and tackle post-Watergate issues — police scandals, gang shootings, battered women, sports corruption, religious cults, corporate takeovers. (Season 2 due Aug. 16.)

Extras: New half-hour Asner interview explains the show’s creation, his earlier journalism experience, lots more.

List price: $40, from Shout.

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Outsiders: Big, bearded riders and a mountain of trouble: It’s been called the next Sons of Anarchy.

WGN’s series casts David Morse as the head of an Appalachian clan (they ride ATVs), with detailed first-season featurette, deleted scenes; $46, Sony.

My Friend Flicka: All 39 episodes of well-remembered ’50s Western about a boy and his horse; $20, Timeless (only at Walmart).