Known for TV hits like “All in the Family” and “The Jeffersons,” Lear spent his career tackling social issues through comedy, and “Clean Slate” is a clear continuation of his legacy.
Yet, it keeps things rather lighthearted. Like most Norman Lear productions, there is a tease of controversy, a sense of humanity, and a sense that, there is a balance between network TV safe ...
(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 ...
Its title, which harkens back to network sitcoms of yesteryear and wholesome themes of a family growing and learning together, feel straight out of a Norman Lear production. And that’s by design.