Norman Lear was not a man to shy away from controversy. If anything, he sprinted toward it, knowing that doing so would help open people’s minds to pervasive American issues related to discrimination, ...
Legendary producer Norman Lear's groundbreaking abortion episode of Maude also caused disagreement in his own household. In his star-studded birthday special Norman Lear: 100 Years of Music and ...
Jimmy Kimmel is no stranger when it comes to rebooting classic TV shows. However, with his next project Jimmy doesn’t just want to entertain, he will be making a political point that couldn’t be more ...
After successful live-episode remakes of classic episodes of ā€œAll in the Family,ā€ ā€œThe Jeffersonsā€ and ā€œGood Times,ā€ legendary TV producer and screenwriter Norman Lear says the next series he wants to ...
Nothing has been set in stone for now, but Norman Lear and Brent Miller have a pretty good idea what they’d like to do if ABC decides to air another edition of Live In Front of a Studio Audience.
For the last few years, ABC has been staging live, all-star re-creations of classic sitcom episodes from Norman Lear, the king of socially conscious TV comedies. It’s called Live in Front of a Studio ...
Norman Lear knows a thing or two about timely topics. So, what better time than now to recreate the famous ā€œMaudeā€ abortion episode, which originally aired in November 1972 — two months before Roe v.
Before becoming a ā€œGolden Girl,ā€ Bea Arthur was all brass as ā€œMaude.ā€ Sure, Marlo Thomas and Mary Tyler Moore broke silly TV gender-role barriers playing variations of spunky career gals. But Arthur’s ...