4) The highest grossing film in 1975, the year Saturday Night Live premiered, was Steven Spielberg thriller Jaws. 6) The ...

The late Norman Lear‘s career was defined by centering underrepresented stories rarely seen on television, and “Clean Slate,” one of Lear’s final projects, continues that tradition.

In Clean Slate, Laverne Cox’s Desiree Slate returns to Mobile, Alabama to reconnect with her estranged father Harry, and collect herself after a combination career/relationship setback in New ...

Laverne Cox stars as Desiree Slate in "Clean Slate." Laverne Cox and George Wallace co-star as daughter and father in "Clean Slate." Laverne Cox and George Wallace co-star as daughter and father ...

But when the duo pitched the idea to the NBC comedy’s uncredited executive producer Norman Lear, he passed unless the series could be reformatted with a twist. That’s how “Stanford and ...

A new show from the late All in the Family producer centers on an Alabama widower and his trans daughter. Clean Slate delivers laughs and tenderness, courtesy of stars George Wallace and Laverne Cox.

And while Norman Lear began developing "Clean Slate" back ... Wallace's Harry Slate, just like Carroll O'Connor's Archie Bunker, manages to be liable, even lovable, even when he's being gruff ...

Norman Lear was a force of nature in television. His progressive, boundary-breaking comedies—like All in the Family, Sanford and Son, Maude, and One Day at a Time—were never afraid to embrace ...