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Laverne Cox, George Wallace to Lead TV Vet Norman Lear's Clean Slate
100-year-old TV legend Norman Lear isn't slowing down anytime soon.
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Norman Lear Celebrates 100th Birthday With ABC Special This Fall
Norman Lear is celebrating his 100th birthday on Wednesday, and to commemorate the occasion, ABC will be airing a primetime...
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Norman Lear Wants to Recreate Maude's Abortion Episode on Live
In November of 1972, just two months before the Supreme Court issued ruled in Roe v.
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Posted Tuesday 3/08/22 at 12:57PM EST
Norman Lear and producing partner Brent Miller team for Gamergate TV series
The fictional Gamergate from Mind Riot Entertainment is based on the 2014 online harassment campaign leveled against journalist, game developer...
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Posted Wednesday 12/08/21 at 4:15AM EST
Live in Front of a Studio Audience did not go off the rails, but Norman Lear had to be bleeped and the A-listers kept cracking up
Jimmy Kimmel was surprised the 99-year-old TV legend would drop the F-bomb on live TV ahead of the re-enactments of...
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Posted Tuesday 12/07/21 at 8:53PM EST
Jimmy Kimmel spent years trying to get Kevin Hart to play Diff'rent Strokes' Kevin Arnold on Live in Front of a Studio Audience
The problem was that Hart, with a very busy schedule with numerous projects, was always unavailable.
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Why The Facts of Life Mattered
With Tuesday night's installment of Live in Front of a Studio Audience — the series of live specials produced (and...
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Diff’rent Strokes and The Facts of Life are getting the Live in Front of a Studio Audience treatment
Kevin Hart will take on Gary Coleman's iconic role of Arnold Drummond in the third installment of the ABC's Live...
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Posted Tuesday 7/27/21 at 7:03PM EDT
Emily Hampshire-led Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman reboot lands at TBS on Norman Lear's 99th birthday
“The kick of kicks as I turn 99 today is learning that TBS is developing MHMH and will allow us to...
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Posted Tuesday 7/27/21 at 2:13PM EDT
Norman Lear marks his 99th birthday today by penning an Op-Ed on voting rights
"I woke up today at the start of my 100th year as a citizen of this beautiful, bewildering country," the...
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Norman Lear's classic sitcom library is headed to Amazon and IMDb TV
Amazon and Sony Pictures TV have struck a deal to bring the legendary producer's extensive catalog to the two streaming...
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Posted Monday 2/22/21 at 2:34PM EST
Norman Lear lands two TV projects at IMDb TV, including a comedy starring George Wallace and Laverne Cox
Both Clean Slate and Lotería are original ideas about family navigating unique challenges to their relationships.
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Posted Thursday 1/28/21 at 1:24PM EST
Norman Lear to receive the Carol Burnett Award at the Golden Globes
The TV icon will follow Carol Burnett and Ellen DeGeneres in being honored with the Globes' lifetime TV award.
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The Jeffersons Premiered 46 Years Ago Today
On January 18, 1975, the first ever-episode of The Jeffersons aired on CBS, kicking off an 11 season run.
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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...