Rob Reiner and Sally Struthers at the 75th Emmy Awards during the “All in the Family” segment. Just before the in memoriam segment, the ceremony featured a moment with Rob Reiner and Sally Struthers, who starred in “All in the Family,” a show created by Lear. “All in the Family” introduced the iconic character Archie Bunker to the world and …
LOS ANGELES — Norman Lear, the writer, director and producer who revolutionized prime time television with “All in the Family,” “The Jeffersons” and “Maude,” propelling political and social turmoil into the once-insulated world of TV sitcoms, has died. “All in the Family” was immersed in the headlines of the day, while also drawing upon Lear’s childhood memories of his tempestuous …
Along with his reputation as a prolific television producer, Norman Lear earned praise and condemnation as a TV trailblazer whose sitcoms toppled taboos in their treatment of then-controversial topics such as LGBTQ+ rights, abortion and infidelity. Lear’s success as a television producer and show developer was such that after he accepted an Emmy for “All in the Family” as outstanding …
Walter Cronkite as he removes his glasses while announcing the death of President John F. Kennedy, as seen from a television monitor on Nov. 22, 1963. On Nov. 22, 1963, CBS News anchor Walter Cronkite battled to hold his emotions in check as he read a wire service report and looked up at the clock in a New York studio …
