The entire licensing package (which includes All in the Family, Good Times, Maude, One Day at a Time, 227, Diff'rent Strokes, The Jeffersons, Sanford, and Sanford & Son) is reportedly the largest collection of Lear shows and episodes ever available on a streaming service at one time Series will not be shared between Prime Video[...]
All in the Family Archives
Starting as a spinoff of Lear's sitcom Maude (which was a spinoff of All in the Family), the series was television's first African-American two-parent family sitcom Focusing on the day-to-day lives of Florida and James Evans and their three children in inner-city Chicago, Good Times starred John Amos, Esther Rolle, Ja'net Dubois, Ralph Carter, Jimmie[...]
For the bulk of 20th-century television, generations revered the blue-collar figures of counter-culture from Ralph Kramden (Jackie Gleason) in The Honeymooners, Archie Bunker (Carroll O'Connor) in All in the Family, Al Bundy (Ed O'Neill) in Married with Children, and Fred Sanford (Redd Foxx) in Sanford and Son.
Jackie Gleason as Ralph Kramden in The Honeymooners[...]
ABC late-night host Jimmy Kimmel teamed with television icon Norman Lear and executive producers Brent Miller, Will Ferrell, Adam McKay, and Justin Theroux for Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's 'All in the Family' and 'The Jeffersons,' – and just in case you missed it, here's a look at just a few of the night's highlights[...]
To prove his point and remind viewers that classic television is timeless, Kimmel is teaming with television icon Norman Lear and executive producers Brent Miller, Will Ferrell, Adam McKay, and Justin Theroux for Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's 'All in the Family' and 'The Jeffersons.'
Airing live on Wednesday, May 22, on ABC, the 90-minute prime-time event[...]
But even as we celebrate more programming choices across a wide range channels/services, it's important to not forget where all of this began: the networks – ABC, NBC, and CBS (sorry, this was pre-FOX days).
One person who hasn't forgotten is ABC late-night host Jimmy Kimmel, who is teaming with television icon Norman Lear as well[...]
As part of the deal, Sony Pictures TV would have the option to re-imagine titles such as All in the Family, The Jeffersons, Good Times, Maude, and Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman.
"I couldn't be prouder and more excited about joining Sony Pictures Television, who has the guts to go with a kid." – Norman Lear
Sony Pictures TV[...]
Irving (born George Irving Shelasky) died on December 26th at the age of 94.
Irving appeared in television shows like Car 54, Where Are You?, The Patty Duke Show and All In The Family He had a run on the soap opera Ryan's Hope and lent his voice talents as the Narrator for Underdog and playing[...]
CBS already has a new Odd Couple and is eyeing the Honeymooners.
Variety has an interview with Norman Lear where he says there has been talk of rebooting All in the Family, The Jeffersons, Maude and Good Times with today's stars The idea would be to redo select classic episodes in six-episode batches.
Well, I have something[...]