At 11 seasons, “The Jeffersons” ran longer than any of producer Norman Lear’s classic 1970s comedies, including its parent show “All in the Family.” But the more important history it made came as soon ...

LOS ANGELES -- If you're going to take on classics like "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons," you've got to do it right - and Norman Lear and Jimmy Kimmel are confident they've found a way to ...

"All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons" are making a one-time return to TV, and you can thank Jimmy Kimmel. The ABC late night talk show host will present a live, 90-minute prime-time event in ...

Lear, who died Dec. 5, used humor to address racism and politics. Terry Gross spoke with Lear in 2014; Good Times actor Esther Rolle in 1983; and All in... Remembering Norman Lear, creator of 'All in ...

Norman Lear's "All In the Family" Norman Lear, the prolific writer and producer of many great TV shows from the 1970s, died at 101 on Dec. 4, 2023. Following the success of that show, Lear created a ...

Lear's legacy was honored at a Pride LIVE! Hollywood event on Wednesday, featuring a dozen writers, producers and actresses who worked with him. By Kirsten Chuba Events Editor “I think that Norman is ...

Ours was not a TV household. A few thousand books lined bookcases in our household growing up and we were constantly told to read, read, read, which we loved, so it was not a punishment. We were only ...

Jimmy Kimmel and Norman Lear pose for a photograph on the set of "Live in Front of a Studio Audience" on ABC on May 22, 2019. ABC/Eric McCandless Jimmy Kimmel and legendary television writer Norman ...

One of TV’s first sympathetic trans characters, Edie Stokes, appeared in a 1977 episode of the epic Norman Lear comedy “The Jeffersons.” In the episode, George Jefferson is waiting for a friend from ...

Before Shonda Rhimes became known for brilliantly weaving political issues into her universe of shows, Norman Lear was creating the template for Rhimes and others to follow. The famed showrunner, only ...