Tripp Whetsell is no meathead when he talks about Norman Lear. Having grown up on the legendary producer's groundbreaking sitcoms like "All in the Family," "Maude" and "Good Times," Whetsell has ...
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, ...
(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 ...