While Tripp Whitesell's biography, Norman Lear: His Life and Times, is devoted to the man who changed television, the following exclusive conversation looks beyond the shows and Lear himself ...

Norman Lear is nothing less than a legend, having made his mark on the entertainment industry with television shows that tackle some of society's most difficult topics. The name behind projects ...

Lear paid what was a record-breaking ... “The art that Norman and Lyn collected together is, like his era-defining shows, marked as much by the exploration of ideas as by an exquisite sense ...

(JTA) — Norman Lear, the Jewish TV pioneer behind ... “Sanford and Son” and a host of other groundbreaking TV sitcoms, Lear lived and worked through just about every era of Hollywood comedy.

The creator of 'All In The Family,' 'The Jeffersons,' 'Maude' and 'One Day at a Time' was still working on new shows The Emmy-winning ... during World War II, Lear relocated to Los Angeles where ...

WALLACE: And, Ayesha, they pay you to do it. RASCOE: Well, you made it - you helped make up this show, and you were working with Norman Lear. Like, what did he tell you when you approached him to ...