At the center of the show is a prototypical crotchety yet goodhearted Lear patriarch ... her residual art-world snobbery threatening to poison a nascent romance with Mack, until she comes to ...

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 ...

But when the duo pitched the idea to the NBC comedy’s uncredited executive producer Norman Lear, he passed unless the series could be reformatted with a twist. That’s how “Stanford and ...

Meanwhile, Harry hasn't changed a thing about the family home in all these years, sitting amid rotting furniture and memories fading like framed photos in the Alabama sun. He's confounded when ...

In Clean Slate, Laverne Cox’s Desiree Slate returns to Mobile, Alabama to reconnect with her estranged father Harry, and collect herself after a combination career/relationship setback in New ...

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 ... is situate Harry and Desiree in an authentic world. Their hometown is, rather, an alternate universe where Lear’s vision of American progress prevails—where people talk ...

Carl Schrat, a World War II veteran who served in the navy, was joined by Gov. Jim Pillen and honored at a World War II medal ...

The show is one of the last TV series from pioneering sitcom producer Norman Lear, who died in 2023. Our TV critic, David Bianculli, has this review. DAVID BIANCULLI, BYLINE: "Clean Slate" won't ...

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 ...