All in the Family

Barely six months after a sweet ratings spike (15 million viewers) with its live revival last spring of episodes of Norman Lear-produced sitcoms from the […]

Few sitcoms have been as dominant throughout the history of television as All in the Family was. Created by Norman Lear and Bud Yorkin way […]

Jimmy Kimmel’s long-awaited live sitcom special, recreating “All in the Family” and “The Jeffersons,” now has an air date and all-star cast. “Live in Front […]

“I came into the show without any real idea of what they wanted,” she wrote. Being comfortable in your own skin is no easy feat; […]

From Woody Harrelson to Wanda Sykes, here is who is playing whom in ABC’s live staging of ‘All in the Family’ and ‘The Jeffersons’ on […]

All in the Family was the first program to genuinely reckon with the cultural upheaval of 1960s America. TV would never be the same. Editor’s […]

Norman Lear tacked tough subjects on television in a career that spanned decades. Here are several of his most memorable episodes. The death of Norman […]

Norman Lear died Tuesday at the age of 101. The award-winning writer, director and producer helped shape sitcom TV into what it is today and […]

The visionary creator, who died at 101, shifted cultural attitudes with shows as fresh and insightful today as they were 50 years ago. TV giant […]

The program faced societal problems head-on, but it also implicitly allowed conservatives to express their bigotry out loud. The 1960s were an eventful and divisive […]