How a ‘Sanford and Son’ Reboot Pitch to Norman Lear Led to George Wallace and Laverne Cox’s ‘Clean Slate’
Cox and Wallace discuss their Prime Video comedy about a father who reunites with his trans daughter after being estranged ...
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Author Tripp Whetsell on his new biography on TV legend Norman Lear, the man who shaped American culture
Author Tripp Whetsell joined "City Lights" host Lois Reitzes to discuss his new biography "Norman Lear: His Life and Times." ...
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'The Jeffersons' at 50: Looking back at a classic sitcom that changed TV
"The Jeffersons" was hardly a pioneer — two other Norman Lear creations, "Good Times" (1974-79) and "Sanford and Son" (1972-77) came before — but it was a groundbreaker and rabble rouser.
Laverne Cox Says Developing ‘Clean Slate’ With Norman Lear Felt ‘Like a Miracle’
The Amazon show's star and co-creator also tells TheWrap about finding the humor in an authentic trans story The post Laverne ...
Laverne Cox transforms Norman Lear comedy in ‘Clean Slate’
Clean Slate” has Cox as Desiree Slate, who returns to her Alabama birthplace after a decades-long absence to confront her ...
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Black History Month TV picks: 'Clean Slate' and 'Luther: Never Too Much'
NPR TV critic Eric Deggans explains how it evolved out of a pitch to reboot Lear's "Sanford and Son," and discusses "Luther: Never Too Much," a new documentary about Luther Vandross.
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Review: ‘Clean Slate’ is a sweet, new old-fashioned family comedy
According to Wallace, he had approached the late Norman Lear, an executive producer on “Clean Slate,” about the possibility of rebooting “Sanford and Son,” and in the fullness of time it ...
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Laverne Cox’s next chapter begins with a ‘Clean Slate’
acceptance and family that hark back to classic Black sitcoms such as “Sanford and Son” and “Family Matters.” For Harry and Desiree, that family is a tight-knit band of misfits ...