Norman Milton Lear (July 27, 1922 – December 5, 2023) was an American screenwriter and producer who produced, wrote, created, or developed over 100 shows.[1] Lear created and produced numerous popular 1970s sitcoms, including All in the Family (1971–1979), Maude (1972–1978), Sanford and Son (1972–1977), One Day at a Time (1975–1984), The Jeffersons (1975–1985), and Good Times (1974–1979). His shows introduced political and social themes to the sitcom format.[2]
Lear received many awards, including six Primetime Emmy Awards, two Peabody Awards, the National Medal of Arts in 1999, the Kennedy Center Honors in 2017, and the Golden Globe Carol Burnett Award in 2021. He was a member of the Television Academy Hall of Fame.
Lear was known for his political activism and funding of liberal and progressive causes and politicians. In 1980, he founded the advocacy organization People for the American Way to counter the influence of the Christian right in politics, and in the early 2000s, he mounted a tour with a copy of the Declaration of Independence.
^Lear, Norman (2014). Even This I Get To Experience. Penguin. pp. preface. ISBN 978-0143127963.
^Morris, Chris (December 6, 2023). "Norman Lear, TV Legend, Dies at 101". Variety. Archived from the original on December 6, 2023. Retrieved December 6, 2023 – via Yahoo!.
Norman Milton Lear (July 27, 1922 – December 5, 2023) was an American screenwriter and producer who produced, wrote, created, or developed over 100 shows...
Morton Kaufman (or Kaufmann). In 1956, she married television producer NormanLear in Las Vegas. At age 50, she was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. She...
dispute between O'Connor and series creator NormanLear. Archie was modeled after NormanLear's father Herman Lear and on Alf Garnett from the BBC1 sitcom...
aired locally from 1977 to 1979 on the Boston station WCVB-TV; in 1979, NormanLear took over production, and a recast version aired nationally in the 1979–80...
The NormanLear Center is a multi-disciplinary research and public policy center exploring implications of the convergence of entertainment, commerce...
British sitcom Till Death Us Do Part, All in the Family was produced by NormanLear and Bud Yorkin. It starred Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Sally Struthers...
lower-budget genre films at the end of the decade. In 1982, television producer NormanLear and his partner Jerry Perenchio bought the studio, and it became involved...
I and "Sermon" in Act II. While Hemsley was on Broadway with Purlie, NormanLear called him in 1971 to play the recurring role of George Jefferson in...
Created by Eric Monte and Mike Evans and developed by executive producer NormanLear, it was television's first African American two-parent family sitcom...
Series creator NormanLear said on All Things Considered that the reason why Archie would always tell Edith to stifle herself was because Lear's father told...
racial humor, running gags, and catchphrases, the series was adapted by NormanLear and considered NBC's response to CBS' All in the Family. Sanford and...
the renowned producer, NormanLear, that originally aired in the 1970s and 1980s. The specials are co-produced by NormanLear's Act III Communications...
September 8, 2013. Matthew, Gilbert (September 19, 2022). "This week's TV: NormanLear at 100, a comedy about reboots, and a reboot of 'Quantum Leap'". The...
the neighbors of Archie and Edith Bunker. The show was the creation of NormanLear. The Jeffersons eventually evolved into more of a traditional sitcom...
Communications Company when NormanLear joined up with former talent agent Jerry Perenchio, a year before Bud Yorkin ended his partnership with Lear. "T.A.T." stood...
famous playing Michael Stivic, Archie Bunker's liberal son-in-law, on NormanLear's 1970s situation comedy All in the Family, which was inspired by the...
May 4, 2019. Retrieved October 15, 2019. Lear, Norman (2017). "Jon Lovett". All of the Above with NormanLear. Retrieved October 15, 2019. Farrow, Ronan...
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Bunker after Bunker had sold the house located at 704 Hauser Street. NormanLear created the series during the time when conservative talk radio was experiencing...
School for Communication & Journalism and is the founding director of the NormanLear Center for the study of the impact of entertainment on society. His career...
adaptation was reportedly in development as of 2020, with executive producers NormanLear and Reba McEntire, who was also to star but the series was abandoned...
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