All in the Family

Best friends with Larry Hagman, O’Connor won an Emmy and Golden Globe for ‘In the Heat of the Night’ 1. Early days Born John Carroll […]

Norman Lear ’44 sits in a replica set of his landmark TV show, All in the Family, during a 2018 Emerson event honoring Lear with […]

The TV legend picked up a trophy at the Creative Arts Emmys age of 97. Television legend Norman Lear is no stranger to Emmys—the creator […]

The man who revolutionized TV and redefined our national sense of humor opened up to Esquire in 1981. Thirty years ago Norman Lear, twenty-eight, was […]

The death of the groundbreaking writer and producer leaves behind a string of incisive and progressive sitcoms as well as a profoundly altered TV landscape […]

Influential writer-producer Norman Lear was celebrated posthumously Monday night at the 75th Emmy Awards. Just before the in memoriam segment, the ceremony featured a moment […]

“They often balked and more than once threatened to quit, but I too more than once threatened to quit.” An actor is only as good […]

“It’s another day,” said Norman Lear. “How about it? Another day to wake up and look around and see life!” Even at breakfast, Lear – […]

“His shows are what started the conversation about race and justice — All in the Family, The Jeffersons — in a way that America had […]

“I went through a painful struggle,” said Reiner. We’ve all had struggles coming into our own personality, but how do you forge your own identity […]