The late Norman ... He wrote a pilot in four days. The pilot was beautiful, funny. Hilarious! A lot of the elements in that first draft are in the series now.” In a meeting with Lear, she ...

But when the duo pitched the idea to the NBC comedy’s uncredited executive producer Norman ... pilot found their way to the screen. Once that package was put together, the now-trio went to Lear ...

Recommended Videos The Prime Video sitcom is one of the last that Norman Lear worked on before his passing ... In Clean Slate‘s pilot, Desiree comments on how little has changed in her childhood ...

Norman Lear was a force of nature in television. His progressive, boundary-breaking comedies—like All in the Family, Sanford and Son, Maude, and One Day at a Time—were never afraid to embrace ...

Norman Lear is credited as an executive producer on ... Given the number of solid pros behind the camera — Nisha Gantra directed the pilot, with Matthew A. Cherry and Randall Keenan Winston ...

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Laverne Cox stars as Desiree Slate in "Clean Slate." Laverne Cox and George Wallace co-star as daughter and father in "Clean Slate." Laverne Cox and George Wallace co-star as daughter and father ...

The late Norman Lear‘s career was defined by centering underrepresented stories rarely seen on television, and “Clean Slate,” one of Lear’s final projects, continues that tradition.

Norman Lear never retired. In the decade leading up to his death at age 101, in 2023, the legendary creator of All in the Family, Maude, The Jeffersons, and too many other classic sitcoms to name ...

(Just solid ratings.) The late Norman Lear, who has a posthumous executive producer credit on “Clean Slate,” remained devoted to that format because of its assuring familiarity. He correctly ...