A retired U.S. Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal colonel dedicated his three-decade career to eradicating explosive threats to ...

What will a thin-skinned showman do with an institution central to Washington’s cultural life? One expectation is more ...

Telma Hopkins, D.K. Uzoukwu, Laverne Cox and George Wallace star in 'Clean Slate,' a Norman Lear project that tackles family dynamics around gender with wit and humor.

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.

At the center of the show is a prototypical crotchety yet goodhearted Lear patriarch, Wallace’s Harry Slate. Harry has lived for decades in the small Alabama town where he owns a car wash ...

The Prime Video sitcom is one of the last that Norman Lear worked on before his passing ... most is the laughter that has brought numbers of us together.” In Clean Slate‘s pilot, Desiree ...

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 ...

Norman Lear never retired. In the decade leading up to his ... “The laughter that I’ve enjoyed most is laughter that has brought numbers of us together.” Lear believed that a society capable of joking ...

This is FRESH AIR. A new TV comedy series called "Clean ... The show is one of the last TV series from pioneering sitcom producer Norman Lear, who died in 2023. Our TV critic, David Bianculli ...

This is FRESH AIR. A new TV comedy series called "Clean Slate" premieres ... The show is one of the last TV series from pioneering sitcom producer Norman Lear, who died in 2023. Our TV critic, David ...