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    Norman Milton Lear (July 27, 1922 – December 5, 2023) was an American screenwriter and producer who produced, wrote, created, or developed over 100 shows...
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  • by Norman Lear, directed by Joan Darling, Jim Drake, Nessa Hyams, and Giovanna Nigro, and starred Louise Lasser, Greg Mullavey, Dody Goodman, Norman Alden...
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  • Morton Kaufman (or Kaufmann). In 1956, she married television producer Norman Lear in Las Vegas. At age 50, she was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. She...
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    All in the Family (category Television series created by Norman Lear)
    British sitcom Till Death Us Do Part, All in the Family was produced by Norman Lear and Bud Yorkin. It starred Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Sally Struthers...
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  • The Norman Lear Center is a multi-disciplinary research and public policy center exploring implications of the convergence of entertainment, commerce...
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    dispute between O'Connor and series creator Norman Lear. Archie was modeled after Norman Lear's father Herman Lear and on Alf Garnett from the BBC1 sitcom...
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    I and "Sermon" in Act II. While Hemsley was on Broadway with Purlie, Norman Lear called him in 1971 to play the recurring role of George Jefferson in...
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  • lower-budget genre films at the end of the decade. In 1982, television producer Norman Lear and his partner Jerry Perenchio bought the studio, and it became involved...
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    series was taped at Universal Studios. Like many sitcoms developed by Norman Lear, One Day at a Time often tackled serious issues in life and relationships...
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  • aired locally from 1977 to 1979 on the Boston station WCVB-TV; in 1979, Norman Lear took over production, and a recast version aired nationally in the 1979–80...
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    Communications Company when Norman Lear joined up with former talent agent Jerry Perenchio, a year before Bud Yorkin ended his partnership with Lear. "T.A.T." stood...
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    September 8, 2013. Matthew, Gilbert (September 19, 2022). "This week's TV: Norman Lear at 100, a comedy about reboots, and a reboot of 'Quantum Leap'". The...
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    famous playing Michael Stivic, Archie Bunker's liberal son-in-law, on Norman Lear's 1970s situation comedy All in the Family, which was inspired by the...
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  • Maude (TV series) (category Television series created by Norman Lear)
    Family, Maude was a sitcom with topical storylines created by producers Norman Lear and Bud Yorkin. Maude stars Bea Arthur as Maude, an outspoken, middle-aged...
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  • The Norman Lear Achievement Award in Television is awarded annually by the Producers Guild of America (PGA) at the Producers Guild Awards ceremonies recognizing...
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  • the renowned producer, Norman Lear, that originally aired in the 1970s and 1980s. The specials are co-produced by Norman Lear's Act III Communications...
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    racial humor, running gags, and catchphrases, the series was adapted by Norman Lear and considered NBC's response to CBS' All in the Family. Sanford and...
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  • 2019 biographical article on Norman Lear in Variety, Sony Pictures Entertainment CEO Tony Vinciquerra, speaking of Lear's works and interest in remaking...
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  • Coates, Tyler (January 17, 2024). "PGA Awards: Gail Berman Tapped for Norman Lear Achievement Honor". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 19, 2024...
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    Series creator Norman Lear said on All Things Considered that the reason why Archie would always tell Edith to stifle herself was because Lear's father told...
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    School for Communication & Journalism and is the founding director of the Norman Lear Center for the study of the impact of entertainment on society. His career...
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  • organization, PFAW was registered in 1981 by the television producer Norman Lear, a self-described liberal who founded the organization in 1980 to challenge...
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  • show during its first three seasons. Television producer and writer Norman Lear, an alleged idol of both Parker and Stone, served as a guest writing...
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  • age 57 in 2023. The oldest honoree was television writer and producer Norman Lear, at age 98 in 2021. The 2022 awards ceremony was cancelled due a boycott...
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  • sitcom based on the 1975 series of the same title. Executive producer Norman Lear's company, Act III Productions, approached Sony Pictures Television with...
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  • Look up Lear, lear, or léar in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Look up leir, leír, léir, or lèir in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Lear or Leir may...
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    Conservative Judaism. She was discovered in a nationwide talent search by Norman Lear and studied drama at NYU. As a child actor, Gertz was in one episode...
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    when producer Norman Lear asked him to come to New York City and star in a series that he was creating for ABC titled Justice For All. Lear recruited O'Connor...
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    also affected the Moral Majority. On the ideologically opposed side, Norman Lear's liberal organization People for the American Way was formed with the...
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    The Jeffersons (category Television series created by Norman Lear)
    the neighbors of Archie and Edith Bunker. The show was the creation of Norman Lear. The Jeffersons eventually evolved into more of a traditional sitcom...
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