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Norman Lear's Sanford and Son Premiered 49 Years Ago Today
On January 14, 1972, NBC premiered Sanford and Son, one of many Norman Lear sitcoms of the decade that featured edgier...
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All in the Family turns 50: Why the Norman Lear sitcom was so radical for 1971
Norman Lear, who with Bud Yorkin pitched the working-class comedy based on British sitcom Till Death Us Do Part to...
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Norman Lear's "Bunkerverse" Turns 50 Years Old Today
The night of January 12th, 1971 marked the first time TV audiences would see (and hear) the now-iconic opening credits for...
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Posted Thursday 12/10/20 at 1:09PM EST
Norman Lear developing a TV series based on Father Gregory Boyle and his gang intervention program Homeboy Industries
The TV icon and his producing partner Brent Miller have optioned the rights to Boyle’s bestselling book Tattoos on the...
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One Day at a Time canceled for a second time — Sony TV is now searching for a third home
ViacomCBS has opted not to order a fifth season of the Pop TV comedy after its fourth season was cut...
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Posted Friday 11/20/20 at 4:52PM EST
Valerie's Family creator Charlie Hauck, who wrote for Maude, Frasier and Home Improvement, dies at 79
Hauck created the infamous 1986 Valerie Harper sitcom Valerie, which became Valerie's Family and then The Hogan Family following Harper's...
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Joe Biden wins the presidency: CNN called it first, Fox News was last
"CNN called it first, at 11:24 a.
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TV Today: One Day at a Time Comes Full Circle as Season 4 Lands on CBS
What a long, strange trip it has been for One Day at a Time.
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Posted Wednesday 9/16/20 at 1:48PM EDT
98-year-old Norman Lear surpasses his own record as the oldest Emmy winner
Lear won another Emmy Tuesday night for ABC's Live in Front of a Studio Audience: All in the Family and...
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Netflix orders a Good Times animated reboot that's "a little edgier"
Norman Lear, Stephen Curry and Seth MacFarlane will serve as producers on the Good Times animated series, which has received...
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Posted Saturday 9/12/20 at 2:47AM EDT
Norman Lear's longtime producing partner is on a mission to reshape the TV icon's comedy for a new, diverse generation
It was Brent Miller -- Lear's producing partner of the past 14 years -- who came up with the idea...
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Posted Friday 8/14/20 at 9:56PM EDT
Norman Lear would like to do a Live in Front of a Studio Audience on Maude's abortion episode
"I'd like to do Maude," Lear says of the third Live in Front of a Studio Audience.
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A Who's the Boss? sequel series is in the works, starring Tony Danza and Alyssa Milano
Sony Pictures Television is developing a Norman Lear-produced revival of the classic 1984-92 ABC sitcom that starred Danza as a...
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Posted Wednesday 7/29/20 at 1:48PM EDT
Here's some Emmys trivia: From Buzz Aldrin's first nomination to Norman Lear beating his record as oldest nominee
As Variety points out, Aldrin and Michael Collins are nominated for best cinematography for CNN's Apollo 11 documentary for filming...
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Posted Monday 7/27/20 at 3:36PM EDT
Norman Lear is having a virtual reunion with the original One Day at a Time stars
Lear will join Valerie Bertinelli, Mackenzie Phillips, Michael Lembeck and Glenn Scarpelli Thursday for the Stars in the House benefit...