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| Born | July 27, 1922 New Haven, Connecticut, U.S. |
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| Occupation | Television Producer |
| Known for | The Jeffersons All in the Family Good Times |
| Board member of | Norman Lear Center |
| Spouse | Frances Lear (divorced) Lyn Davis (1987-present) |
Norman Milton Lear (born July 27, 1922 in New Haven, Connecticut) is an American television writer and producer who produced such popular sitcoms as All in the Family, Sanford and Son, One Day at a Time, The Jeffersons, Good Times and Maude. Events 1214 - Battle of Bouvines: In France, Philip II of France defeats John of England. Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The primary role of a television producer is to control all aspects of production ranging from show idea development and cast hiring to shoot supervision and fact-checking All in the Family is an American Situation comedy that was originally broadcast on the CBS television network from January 12 1971 to April Good Times is a American sitcom that originally aired from February 8, 1974, until August 1, 1979, on the Based at the USC Annenberg School for Communication, the Norman Lear Center is a multi-disciplinary research and public policy center exploring implications of the Events 1214 - Battle of Bouvines: In France, Philip II of France defeats John of England. Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic The primary role of a television producer is to control all aspects of production ranging from show idea development and cast hiring to shoot supervision and fact-checking All in the Family is an American Situation comedy that was originally broadcast on the CBS television network from January 12 1971 to April Sanford and Son is an American Sitcom that premiered on the NBC Television network on January 14 1972, and was broadcast for For the song of the same name see One Day at a Time (song One Day at a Time was a long-running American Situation Good Times is a American sitcom that originally aired from February 8, 1974, until August 1, 1979, on the Maude is an Emmy and Golden Globe -winning half-hour American Television Sitcom that was originally broadcast on the
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Biography
Norman Lear was born in New Haven, Connecticut and went to high school in Hartford, Connecticut. He attended Emerson College in Boston, but dropped out in 1942 to join the United States Army Air Forces. Emerson College is a private university in Boston, Massachusetts that focuses on "communication and the arts" The United States Army Air Forces ( USAAF) was the military aviation arm of the United States of America during and immediately after World War II. During World War II, he served as a radio operator on a Boeing B17 Flying Fortress bomber with the 772nd Bombardment Squadron, 463rd Bombardment Group (Heavy) of the Fifteenth Air Force. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including The Boeing Company is a major Aerospace and defense corporation originally founded by William E WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout He flew 52 combat missions, receiving the Air Medal with four oak leaf clusters for his wartime accomplishments before leaving the military in 1945. The Air Medal is a military decoration of the United States which was established by Executive Order 9158 signed by Franklin D Lear and fellow crew-members during WWII are featured in the book "Crew Umbriago" by Daniel P. Carroll (tailgunner) and also in another book, 772nd Bomb Squadron: The Men, The Memories by Turner Publishing Company.
In 1959, Lear created the first television series starring Henry Fonda, a half-hour western for Revue called The Deputy. Henry Jaynes Fonda ( May 16, 1905 – August 12, 1982) was an American Academy Award -winning Film and A revue is a type of multi-act popular theatrical Entertainment that combines Music, dance and sketches. The Deputy is a 1959-1961 half-hour NBC Television Network western series featuring Henry Fonda as Marshal Simon Fry of the Arizona territory Starting out as a comedy writer, then a film director (he wrote and produced the 1967 film Divorce American Style and directed the 1971 film Cold Turkey, both starring Dick Van Dyke), Lear tried to sell a concept for a sitcom about a blue-collar American family to ABC. Divorce American Style is a 1967 American satirical Comedy film directed by Bud Yorkin. Cold Turkey is a satirical comedy Film released in 1971 It stars a long list of comedic actors several of whom are well-known to North American Richard Wayne “Dick” Van Dyke (born December 13, 1925) is an American Actor, Presenter and Entertainer, with a The American Broadcasting Company ( ABC) is an American Television network. They rejected the show after two pilots were filmed. After a third pilot was shot, CBS picked up the show, known as All in the Family. CBS Broadcasting Inc ( CBS) is an American radio and Television network. All in the Family is an American Situation comedy that was originally broadcast on the CBS television network from January 12 1971 to April It premiered January 12, 1971 to disappointing ratings, but it took home several Emmy Awards that year, including Outstanding Comedy Series. Events 475 - Basiliscus becomes Byzantine Emperor, with a coronation ceremony in the Hebdomon palace in Constantinople Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. The show did very well in summer reruns, and it flourished in the 1971-1972 season, becoming the top-rated show on TV for the next five years. After falling from the #1 spot, All in the Family still remained in the top ten, well after it transitioned into Archie Bunker's Place. The show was based on the British sitcom Til Death Us Do Part, about an irascible working-class Tory and his Socialist son-in-law. See also Kingdom of Great Britain Great Britain (Breatainn Mhòr Prydain Fawr Breten Veur Graet Breetain is the larger of the two main islands Till Death Us Do Part is a British sitcom that aired on BBC1 from 1965 to 1975 In the political tradition of some English-speaking countries, the term Tory has referred to a variety of political parties and Creeds since it was Socialism refers to a broad set of economic theories of social organization advocating state or collective ownership and administration of the Means of production and distribution
Lear's second big TV hit was also based on a British sitcom, Steptoe and Son, about a West London junk dealer and his son. Steptoe and Son is a British sitcom written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson about two rag and bone men living in Oil Drum Lane a fictional street West London is the area of Greater London to the west of Central London. Lear changed the setting to the Watts section of Los Angeles and the characters to African-Americans, and the NBC show Sanford and Son was an instant hit. Watts is a residential district in southern Los Angeles California (more specifically part of South Los Angeles) Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West African Americans or Black Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have origins in any of the black populations of Africa The National Broadcasting Company ( NBC) is an American Television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Sanford and Son is an American Sitcom that premiered on the NBC Television network on January 14 1972, and was broadcast for Numerous hit shows followed thereafter, including Maude (the lead character of which was reportedly based on Lear's then-wife Frances), The Jeffersons (both spinoffs of All in the Family), and One Day at a Time. Maude is an Emmy and Golden Globe -winning half-hour American Television Sitcom that was originally broadcast on the Frances Lear ( July 14, 1923, Hudson New York &ndash September 30, 1996, Manhattan) was an Activist, magazine A spin-off (or spinoff) is a new Organization or Entity formed by a split from a larger one such as a Television series based on a pre-existing For the song of the same name see One Day at a Time (song One Day at a Time was a long-running American Situation
What most of the Lear sitcoms had in common was that they were character-driven, had sets that more resembled stage plays than common sitcom sets, were shot on cheaper videotape in place of film, and most importantly dealt with the social and political issues of the day. Ironically, although Lear's shows are often considered somewhat autobiographical and closely identified with his personal experiences, his early hits were actually all adapted from someone else's creations: the two aforementioned British adaptations and Maude, while reputedly based on Lear's wife, was actually the brainchild of series producer Charlie Hauck.
Lear's longtime producing partner was Bud Yorkin, who served as executive producer of Sanford and Son, split with Lear in 1983. Bud Yorkin (born in Washington Pennsylvania on February 22, 1926 as Alan David Yorkin) is an American film producer director writer He started a production company with writer/producers Saul Turteltaub and Bernie Orenstein, but they had only one show that ran more than a year: What's Happening!!. What's Happening!! is an American television sitcom that aired on ABC from August 5, 1976 to April 28, The Lear/Yorkin company was known as Tandem Productions. Lear and talent agent Jerry Perenchio founded T. Andrew Jerrold "Jerry" Perenchio (born December 20, 1930) was the former chairman and CEO of Univision, the largest Spanish-language company in A. T. Communications (T. A. T. stood for "Tuchus Affen Tisch", which is Yiddish for "Putting one's butt on the line") in 1974, which co-existed with Tandem Productions and was often referred to in periodicals as Tandem/T. A. T. The Lear organization was one of the most successful independent TV producers of the 1970s.
Lear himself stepped down as production supervisor on his shows in 1978 to work on a film dealing with his concerns about the growing influence of radical right-wing evangelists. The film was never fully developed, but the process stimulated his long engagement in political activism.
In 1982, the company bought out Avco Embassy Pictures from Avco Financial Corporation, and the Avco part of its name was dropped. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Embassy Pictures Corporation (previously known as Avco Embassy Pictures and later Embassy Film Associates) was an independent studio and distributor responsible for Embassy Pictures was led by (current Warner Bros. President) Alan Horn and Martin Schaeffer, later co-founders of Castle Rock Entertainment with Rob Reiner. Warner Bros Entertainment Inc (or Warner Bros, Warner Bros Pictures) is one of the world's largest producers of Film and Alan F Horn is the President & COO of Warner Bros Entertainment. Castle Rock Entertainment is a film and television Production company founded in 1987 by Martin Shafer, director Rob Reiner, Andy Scheinman, Robert "Rob" Reiner (born March 6, 1947) is an American Actor, director, producer, Writer, and In 1985, Lear sold all his film and television production holdings to Columbia Pictures (then owned by the Coca-Cola Company) which acquired Embassy's film and television division (which included Embassy's in-house television productions and the television rights to the Embassy theatrical library) for $465 million in shares of The Coca-Cola Company. }} Columbia Pictures Industries Inc is an American Film production and distribution company Coca-Cola is a carbonated Soft drink sold in stores restaurants and Vending machines in more than 200 countries Lear and his longtime partner Jerry Perenchio split the net proceeds (about $250mm). Coke later sold the film division to Dino De Laurentiis and the home video arm to Nelson entertainment (led by Barry Spikings).
The brand Tandem Productions was abandoned in 1986 with the cancellation of Diff'rent Strokes, and Embassy ceased to exist as a single entity in late 1987, having been split into different components owned by different entities. Diff'rent Strokes is a popular American sitcom that aired on the NBC Television network from November 3, 1978 The Embassy TV division became ELP Communications in 1988, but shows originally produced by Embassy were now under the Columbia Pictures Television banner from 1988-1994 and the Columbia TriStar Television banner from 1994-1998. Columbia Pictures Television (CPT was the second name of the Columbia Pictures television division Screen Gems (SG Columbia TriStar Television Inc was the third name of the Television studio Screen Gems, adopted with the Columbia-TriStar merger of 1991
Lear attempted to return to TV production in the 1990s with the shows Sunday Dinner, The Powers That Be, and 704 Hauser, the last one putting a different family in the house from All in the Family. The Powers That Be is a United States television Sitcom created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman that aired briefly on NBC 704 Hauser is a short-lived CBS Television series that aired in 1994. All in the Family is an American Situation comedy that was originally broadcast on the CBS television network from January 12 1971 to April None of the series proved successful, despite critical acclaim.
However, Lear was successful as a businessman, especially with his leveraged acquisition vehicle Act III Communications, founded in 1986 and led initially by Tom McGrath (who met Lear while negotiating on behalf of Coca-Cola the acquisition of Lear's old company) and later by Hal Gaba, a former Embassy executive. Thomas B McGrath (born 1956 though little known outside Hollywood, has been a leading behind-the-scenes player in reshaping modern media throughout his entertainment This included: Act III Theatres, sold to KKR in 1997 at what is to this day considered a record premium; Act III Broadcasting, sold to Abry Communications; and Act III Publishing, sold to PriMedia. Lear is also the owner of Concord Records and in 2005 consummated a 50% interest in the film library and production assets of Village Roadshow Productions Pty.
Lear is unofficially credited with giving Rob Reiner, son of Carl Reiner (and a star of All in the Family) his start as a director by financing the mockumentary This is Spinal Tap. Robert "Rob" Reiner (born March 6, 1947) is an American Actor, director, producer, Writer, and Carl Reiner (born March 20, 1922) is an American Actor, Film director, producer, Writer and Comedian All in the Family is an American Situation comedy that was originally broadcast on the CBS television network from January 12 1971 to April Mockumentary (also known as a pseudo-documentary) a Portmanteau of Mock and documentary, is a film and TV Genre, or a single work This Is Spın̈al Tap (officially spelled with a non-functional umlaut over the letter 'n' and dotless 'i' is a 1984 mock Rockumentary Lear's Act III Communications, founded in 1986 with Tom McGrath as President, produced several notable films, including Rob Reiner's next two films: Stand By Me, and The Princess Bride as well as Fried Green Tomatoes. Thomas B McGrath (born 1956 though little known outside Hollywood, has been a leading behind-the-scenes player in reshaping modern media throughout his entertainment Stand by Me is a 1986 adventure - Drama film directed by Rob Reiner. The Princess Bride is a 1987 film based on the 1973 novel of the same name by William Goldman, combining Comedy, Fried Green Tomatoes is a 1991 drama film based on the novel Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg.
Lear helped finance his then wife's magazine, Lear's Magazine, started by Frances Lear in the late 1980's. Lear's Magazine was a women's magazine intended for women over 35 Frances Lear ( July 14, 1923, Hudson New York &ndash September 30, 1996, Manhattan) was an Activist, magazine The magazine ceased publication in 1994.
In 2003, Lear made an appearance on South Park during the I'm a Little Bit Country episode, providing the voice of Benjamin Franklin. South Park is an animated American television comedy series created and written by Trey Parker and Matt Stone for Comedy Central "I'm a Little Bit Country" is an episode of the Comedy Central series South Park. Benjamin Franklin ( April 17 1790 was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States of America. He also served as a consultant on the episodes I'm a Little Bit Country and Cancelled. "Cancelled" is the 100th episode of the Comedy Central series South Park to be released
Awards
In 1967, Lear was nominated for an Academy Award for writing Divorce, American Style. "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. Lear was among the first seven television pioneers inducted into the Television Academy Hall of Fame in 1984. The Television Academy Hall of Fame was founded by a former president of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, the late John H He received four Emmy Awards (two in 1971, and one each in 1972 and 1973) and a Peabody Award in 1978. The George Foster Peabody Awards, better known as simply the Peabody Awards, are annual international awards for excellence in Radio and Television broadcasting He received the Humanist Arts Award from the American Humanist Association in 1977. The American Humanist Association (AHA is an educational organization in the United States that advances Humanism. His star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame is located at 6615 Hollywood Boulevard. The Hollywood Walk of Fame is a Sidewalk along Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street in Hollywood Los Angeles California, USA, that Hollywood Boulevard is a boulevard in Hollywood Los Angeles California, United States, beginning at Sunset Boulevard in the east and running northwest
In 1999, President Bill Clinton awarded the National Medal of Arts to Lear, noting that “Norman Lear has held up a mirror to American society and changed the way we look at it. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III, August 19 1946 served as the forty-second President of the United States The National Medal of Arts is an award and title created by the Congress of the United States in 1984 for the purpose of honoring artists and patrons of the arts ”
Political and cultural activities
In addition to his success as a TV producer and businessman, Lear is an outspoken supporter of First Amendment and liberal causes. The First Amendment to the United States Constitution is part of the United States Bill of Rights that expressly prohibits the United States Congress The only time that he didn't support a Democrat was in 1980 when he voted for John Anderson because he considered the Carter administration to be "a disaster". John Bayard Anderson (born February 15 1922 is an attorney and former United States Congressman and Presidential candidate Taking a less active role in his TV productions in 1978, he soon turned his eyes to political activism, founding People for the American Way in 1981. People For the American Way (People For is a progressive, politically liberal Advocacy organization in the United States. People for the American Way ran a number of campaigns about religion in politics, and in 1987 helped lead the campaign to stop Robert Bork's nomination to the Supreme Court of the United States. Robert Heron Bork (born March 1, 1927) is a conservative American legal scholar who advocates the judicial philosophy of Originalism. The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest judicial body in the United States and leads the federal judiciary.
Lear later founded the Business Enterprise Trust in 1989, an educational program that used annual awards, business school case studies, and videos to cast a spotlight on exemplary social innovations in American business. The Business Enterprise Trust was a nonprofit group founded in 1989 by television producer Norman Lear to laud companies for integrating Social vision into their He also founded the Norman Lear Center at the University of Southern California Annenberg School for Communication in 2000, a multidisciplinary research and public policy center dedicated to exploring the convergence of entertainment, commerce and society. Based at the USC Annenberg School for Communication, the Norman Lear Center is a multi-disciplinary research and public policy center exploring implications of the The University of Southern California (commonly referred to as USC, SC, Southern California, and incorrectly The USC Annenberg School for Communication comprises the USC Annenberg School of Communication and the USC Annenberg School of Journalism at the University of
In 2001, Lear and his second wife, Lyn, purchased a Dunlap broadside - a rare, original copy of the Declaration of Independence - for $8. The Dunlap broadsides were the first published copies of the United States Declaration of Independence, printed on the night of July 4, 1776, by John The United States Declaration of Independence is a statement adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4 1776 announcing that the thirteen American colonies then 1 million. Not a document collector, Lear stated in a press release and on The Today Show the following day that his intent was to tour the document around the United States so that the country could experience its "birth certificate" firsthand. Today, also referred to as The Today Show, is an American morning news and talk show airing weekday mornings on NBC.
That summer, Lear and Rob Reiner executive-produced a filmed, dramatic reading of the document - the last project filmed by famed cinematographer Conrad Hall - on July 4, 2001 at Independence Hall in Philadelphia. Robert "Rob" Reiner (born March 6, 1947) is an American Actor, director, producer, Writer, and Conrad L Hall, ASC ( June 21, 1926 &ndash January 4, 2003) was a top-billed Hollywood Cinematographer and three-time Events 836 - Pactum Sicardi, peace between the Principality of Benevento and the Duchy of Naples Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Independence Philadelphia (ˌfɪləˈdɛlfiə The film, introduced by Morgan Freeman, features the Declaration of Independence performed aloud by Kathy Bates, Benicio del Toro, Michael Douglas, Mel Gibson, Whoopi Goldberg, Graham Greene, Ming-Na, Edward Norton, Winona Ryder, Kevin Spacey, and Renée Zellweger. Morgan Porterfield Freeman Jr (born June 1 1937 is an Academy Award -winning American actor Film director and Narrator. Kathleen Doyle "Kathy" Bates (born June 28, 1948) is an Academy Award two-time Golden Globe and two-time Screen Actors Guild Benicio Monserrate Rafael del Toro Sánchez (born February 19 1967 is a Puerto Rican Actor and Film producer. Michael Kirk Douglas (born September 25, 1944) is an American Actor and producer, primarily in Movies and Television Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson, AO (born January 3 1956 Whoopi Goldberg (born Caryn Elaine Johnson; November 13, 1955) is an American actress, comedienne, and television Graham Greene (born June 22, 1952) is an Academy Award -nominated Canadian Actor. Ming-Na Wen ( born November 20, 1963) is a Chinese -born American Actress. Winona Laura Horowitz (born October 29 1971 better known under her professional name Winona Ryder, is an American actress Kevin Spacey Fowler (born July 26 1959 is an American actor and Film director. Renée Kathleen Zellweger (born April 25, 1969) is an Academy Award - BAFTA - SAG Award - and Golden Globe -winning The film was directed by Arvin Brown and scored by composer John Williams. Arvin Brown (born May 24, 1940) is an American theatre and Television director and was the Artistic Director of the Long Wharf John Towner Williams (born February 8 1932) is an American Composer, conductor and Pianist.
The document traveled throughout the United States, visiting several presidential libraries, dozens of museums, as well as the 2002 Olympics, Super Bowl XXXVI, and the Live 8 concert in Philadelphia. The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIX Olympic Winter Games were a Winter Multi-sport event which was celebrated in 2002 Super Bowl XXXVI was an American football game played on February 3, 2002 at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans Louisiana Live 8 was a string of Benefit concerts that took place on 2 July, 2005, in the G8 states and in South Africa. Through the end of 2004, it was part of the Declaration of Independence Road Trip and the Declare Yourself campaigns. Declare Yourself is a campaign initiated during the 2004 United States presidential elections to encourage young people to register to vote Declare Yourself is a campaign initiated during the 2004 United States presidential elections to encourage young people to register to vote
Lear is on the National Advisory Board of the Young Storytellers Foundation. History Young Storytellers Foundation was founded in 2003 in Los Angeles by Pamela Colburn and Jay Gibson
TV productions
Tandem Productions:
1970 1980 1990 / / / |*********| . | . All in the Family (1971–1979) | ****** | . All in the Family is an American Situation comedy that was originally broadcast on the CBS television network from January 12 1971 to April | . Sanford and Son (1972–1977) | ******* | . Sanford and Son is an American Sitcom that premiered on the NBC Television network on January 14 1972, and was broadcast for | . Maude (1972–1978) | ******| . Maude is an Emmy and Golden Globe -winning half-hour American Television Sitcom that was originally broadcast on the | . Good Times (1974–1979) | . Good Times is a American sitcom that originally aired from February 8, 1974, until August 1, 1979, on the *********| . Diff'rent Strokes (1978–1986) | . Diff'rent Strokes is a popular American sitcom that aired on the NBC Television network from November 3, 1978 ***** . | . Archie Bunker's Place (1979–1983)
T. Archie Bunker's Place is an American Sitcom originally broadcast on the CBS network conceived in 1979 as a continuation of A. T. to ELP Communications:
1970 1980 1990 / / / | * | . | . Hot L Baltimore (1975) | *********** | . Hot L Baltimore is a play by Lanford Wilson. Set in the lobby of the Hotel Baltimore it focuses on the residents of the decaying property who are faced with The Jeffersons (1975–1985) | **********. | . One Day at a Time (1975–1984) | . For the song of the same name see One Day at a Time (song One Day at a Time was a long-running American Situation *** | . | . Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman (1976–1978) | . Mary Hartman Mary Hartman (sometimes abbreviated as MH2) is a 1976 - 1977 syndicated Soap opera Parody *| . | . All's Fair (1976) | . All's Fair was an American television situation comedy that aired on CBS from 1976 to 1977 * | . | . All That Glitters (1977) | . All That Glitters was the name of a 1977 television series by producer Norman Lear. * | . | . Fernwood 2Nite (1977) | . Fernwood 2 Night (or Fernwood Tonight) is a comedic Television program created by Norman Lear as a Spin-off * | . | . America 2 Night (1978) | . America 2-Night was the continuation of the Talk-show Parody series Fernwood 2 Night. *| . | . The Baxters (1979) | . The Baxters was a television sitcom which debuted in 1977 on a local Boston Massachusetts ABC affiliate WCVB-TV. ********** | . The Facts of Life (1979–1988) | . The Facts of Life is an American Sitcom that originally ran on the NBC television network from August 24, 1979 | ****** | . Silver Spoons (1982–1987) | . Silver Spoons is an American Sitcom that aired on NBC from September 25 1982 to May 11 1986 and in First-run syndication from September | ** . | . Gloria (1982–1983) | . Gloria was a Spin-off television Situation comedy that lasted one season on CBS, from September 1982 to September 1983 | * . | . Square Pegs (1982) | . Square Pegs was a CBS comedy television series that aired during the 1982 - 1983 season | ********* . Who's the Boss? (1984–1992) | . Who's the Boss? is an American Television sitcom starring Tony Danza, Judith Light, Alyssa Milano, | ****** . 227 (1985–1990)
Other:
1970 1980 1990 / / / | . 227 is an American Situation comedy that originally aired on NBC from September 14, 1985 until May 6, | *. | . A.K.A. Pablo (1984) | . aka Pablo was a 1984 American Television sitcom. Produced by Norman Lear, it focused on struggling Hispanic | *. | . Heartsounds (1984) | . Heartsounds is a Autobiographical book written by Martha Weinman Lear (former staff writer and editor for The New York Times Magazine) and first | . |* . Sunday Dinner (1991) | . Sunday Dinner was a short-lived 1991 CBS Sitcom produced by Norman Lear, which marked his return to TV after an absence of several years | . | ** . The Powers That Be (1992–1993) | . The Powers That Be is a United States television Sitcom created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman that aired briefly on NBC | . | *. 704 Hauser (1994)
References
External links
- Norman Lear at the Internet Movie Database
- The Official Norman Lear Website
- Biography of Norman Lear at the Museum of Broadcast Communications website
- 2005 interview with Norman Lear
- 2006 story on Lear and All in the Family that describes Lear's interests and his life in Vermont
- Independence Road Trip
- 463rd Bombardment Group Historical Society
- NNDB.com Profile
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