'Clean Slate' Is Norman Lear's Parting Gift
Norman Lear never retired. In the decade leading up to his death at age 101, in 2023, the legendary creator of All in the ...
Laverne Cox transforms Norman Lear comedy in ‘Clean Slate’
Clean Slate” has Cox as Desiree Slate, who returns to her Alabama birthplace after a decades-long absence to confront her ...
'The Jeffersons' at 50: How Norman Lear changed the way Black people were represented on TV
Norman Lear's "The Jeffersons," an "All in the Family" spinoff, was a record-setting Black comedy. But it made important history in other ways.
Laverne Cox Says Developing ‘Clean Slate’ With Norman Lear Felt ‘Like a Miracle’
The Amazon show's star and co-creator also tells TheWrap about finding the humor in an authentic trans story The post Laverne ...
'The Jeffersons' at 50: Looking back at a classic sitcom that changed TV
Gibbs herself played the Jeffersons' maid, Florence Johnston. At the time a TV novice and mother of three, Gibbs had been working as a reservation agent for United Airlines and figured she'd have a ...
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'The Jeffersons' at 50: How Norman Lear changed the way Black people were represented on TV
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 ...
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An estranged son returns as a daughter in Norman Lear's family comedy 'Clean Slate'
A new show from the late All in the Family producer centers on an Alabama widower and his trans daughter. Clean Slate delivers laughs and tenderness, courtesy of stars George Wallace and Laverne Cox.