Lyn Lear has a favorite "Normanism" - the term coined to describe the late TV legend Norman Lear's various adages, sayings and maxims about life. For Lyn, it was whenever Norman would offer his ...

Norman Lear has enjoyed a long career in television and film, and as a political and social activist and philanthropist. Mr. Lear began his television writing career in 1950 when he and his partner, ...

"Norman Lear: His Life and Times" is a new biography ... and "Maude" does especially. But the writing was so good and the acting was so good that it does make it hold up in that sense.

At 11 seasons, “The Jeffersons” ran longer than any of producer Norman Lear’s classic 1970s comedies, including its parent show “All in the Family.” But the more important history it ...

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.

Rob Reiner, left, and Sally Struthers introducing the In Memoriam segment with a tribute to Norman Lear during the 75th Primetime Emmy Awards on Monday, Jan. 15, 2024, at the Peacock Theater in Los ...

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 ...

Simmons and Lear hit it off and began writing comedy bits together ... starring Dick Van Dyke and Debbie Reynolds, in 1967. “Norman lived a life of creativity, tenacity, and empathy,” his ...

(JTA) — Norman Lear, the Jewish TV pioneer behind iconic comedies of the 1970s and 1980s that helped bring social commentary and Black characters into the mainstream, has died at 101. Lear’s ...

And while Norman Lear began developing "Clean Slate" back when he was 96 years old, the credit for creating the series and writing the pilot goes to three people. Dan Ewen, who wrote "Dear Santa ...