ABC’s late-night host Jimmy Kimmel will present a live, 90-minute prime-time event in tribute to classic Norman Lear sitcoms “All in the Family” and “The Jeffersons.” Titled “Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear’s ‘All in the Family’ and ‘The Jeffersons,’ the special will recreate an original episode from each from the two comedies. […]
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Katherine “Scottie” MacGregor, who is remembered for her nine-season stint as uppity shopkeeper Mrs. Oleson on NBC family drama “Little House on the Prairie” (later “Little House: A New Beginning”) died Tuesday in Woodland Hills, California. She was 93 MacGregor played the gossipy, mean-spirited Harriet Oleson in the 1974 to 1983 NBC drama, who was […]
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Legendary sitcom producer Norman Lear, the creator of “All in the Family,” “Sanford and Son,” “Maude,” “Good Times” and “One Day at a Time,” among others, has a new sitcom on the horizon: “Guess Who Died” for NBC. The proposed series, which was ordered to pilot by the Peacock net and is inspired by 95 […]
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[socialpoll id=”2408045″] On the heels of the CBS expressing interest in a new version of classic sitcom “The Honeymooners” comes word that a number of sitcom occupants in the Norman Lear library could be returning in a series of six-episode anthologies from Sony Pictures Television. Discussions are underway to re-create episodes of “All in the […]
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SundanceTV will feature sitcoms “MASH,” “All in the Family,” “The Bob Newhart Show,” “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” and “The Andy Griffith Show” a daily seven hour (6 a.m. to 1 p.m. ET) programming block featuring one show on each day. To kick off the new programming block, SundanceTV will air a 48-hour marathon of […]
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FROM CAMPAIGN US: Legendary producer Norman Lear is being honored this Sunday at the newly titled TV Land Icon Awards. Lear, 93, will receive the Impact Icon Award, which honors individuals who have made a significant contribution to American television entertainment and culture. Lear, of course, made his mark in 1971 with sitcom “All in […]