With Norman Lear, I think the novelty of his shows started to wear off. America was in an angry place in 1971 when these shows were first airing—you had the tail end of the civil rights movement ...

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

"Just hearing the music, already that smile comes on your face. So I said, ‘Let me go to Norman Lear.' I had known him for 30 years and I said, ‘I want to reboot Sanford and Son.' He says ...

Christopher Willard/ABC via Getty Images Lyn Lear is reminding creatives her late husband, Norman Lear, would want the best for them. After the television pioneer died Wednesday at the age of 101 ...

(JTA) – Jewish comedy titan Norman Lear turns a century old on Wednesday, and he’s still got a spring in his step. Lear took to Instagram to reminisce the day before his 100th birthday with a ...

(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 ...

After serving in the U.S. Air Force and flying missions during World War II, Lear relocated to Los Angeles ... Van Dyke and Debbie Reynolds, in 1967. “Norman lived a life of creativity, tenacity ...

Marla Gibbs opened up to ET about her time working on 'The Jeffersons' and with the late Norman Lear. Marla Gibbs is one of ET’s ‘TV grEaTs!’ The actress exclusively chats with ET and reflec ...