By Ben Jealous My grandfather’s first cousin was Lieutenant Colonel Howard Lee Baugh. Cousin Howard was part of the 99th Pursuit Squadron, the first unit of the Tuskegee Airmen. This month marks the ...

When you consider the television series created by Norman Lear, one tends to focus on the humor that pushed every envelope it ...

The Jeffersons,” which debuted a half-century ago this year, presented the image of an upwardly mobile Black businessman, ...

Ahead of the 50th anniversary of the beloved sitcom’s December 1975 premiere, the actress shared memories of her earliest days on the set of the Norman Lear-produced series. “I remember being 15, ...

After a comedy career lasting almost 50 years, Atlanta’s George Wallace is still keen on making audiences laugh, most recently in the Amazon show "Clean Slate." ...

Glenn Padnick, the TV executive who guided Jerry Seinfeld's eponymous NBC sitcom through all nine seasons, has died. He was ...

The comedy veteran and star of Norman Lear’s final sitcom discusses what he hopes MAGA nation takes away from his new show—and shares some unflattering memories about Johnny Carson.

One of TV’s first sympathetic trans characters, Edie Stokes, appeared in a 1977 episode of the epic Norman Lear comedy “The Jeffersons.” In the episode, George Jefferson is waiting for a ...