But when the duo pitched the idea to the NBC comedy’s uncredited executive producer Norman Lear, he passed unless the series could be reformatted with a twist. That’s how “Stanford and ...

Norman Lear was a force of nature in television. His progressive, boundary-breaking comedies—like All in the Family, Sanford and Son, Maude, and One Day at a Time—were never afraid to embrace ...

At the center of the show is a prototypical crotchety yet goodhearted Lear patriarch, Wallace’s Harry Slate. Harry has lived for decades in the small Alabama town where he owns a car wash ...

The late Norman Lear‘s career was defined by centering underrepresented stories rarely seen on television, and “Clean Slate,” one of Lear’s final projects, continues that tradition.

In Clean Slate, Laverne Cox’s Desiree Slate returns to Mobile, Alabama to reconnect with her estranged father Harry, and collect herself after a combination career/relationship setback in New ...

Meanwhile, Harry hasn't changed a thing about the family home in all these years, sitting amid rotting furniture and memories fading like framed photos in the Alabama sun. He's confounded when ...

Norman Lear never retired. In the decade leading up to his death at age 101, in 2023, the legendary creator of All in the Family, Maude, The Jeffersons, and too many other classic sitcoms to name ...

Taika Waititi mixed jokes and sincerity in his acceptance speech for the Norman Lear Achievement Award on Saturday at the Producers Guild Awards for his work in television. He thanked his partners ...

A new show from the late All in the Family producer centers on an Alabama widower and his trans daughter. Clean Slate delivers laughs and tenderness, courtesy of stars George Wallace and Laverne Cox.

The show is one of the last TV series from pioneering sitcom producer Norman Lear, who died in 2023. Our TV critic, David Bianculli, has this review. DAVID BIANCULLI, BYLINE: "Clean Slate" won't ...