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Classic TV Debut, December 16: ‘One Day at a Time,’ from ‘All in the Family Creator’ Norman Lear

By the time the original One Day at a Time premiered on December 16, 1975, series producer Norman Lear already…

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‘All in the Family’: Norman Lear Created Maude to Have Someone Who Could ‘Destroy’ Archie Bunker

Television characters are created for all sorts of reasons, but when Norman Lear came up with the concept for the…

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A Retrospective Look Back On Norman Lear’s Nostalgic And Memorable Shows

Norman Lear turns 98 years old and has remained one of the most renowned television writers and producers of our…

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Classic TV Actor Deaths, December 14: Norman Fell, Mike Evans, and Bernard Fox

Dipping into the past of Classic TV history, on this date — December 14 — we find three actors who…

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‘IMAX D-Day: Normandy 1944’ Gives Remarkable Look Into Operation Overlord

2020 marked several big anniversaries in America and around the world. This year, it has been 75 years since the…

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122 Classic (and Not-So-Classic) TV Sitcoms from the 1970s

While the 1970s admittedly didn't represent the kind of changes that the '60s had, it nonetheless had a heck of…

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‘All in the Family’ Broke Every TV Taboo: ‘They Played That Toilet Like a Percussion Instrument’

For CBS, the early 1970s represented a time of tremendous change that would impact television as a whole. For starters,…

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‘All in the Family’: Remembering the Death of Edith Bunker with Jean Stapleton

Losing a major character from a weekly television series is not frequently done. Oftentimes when it is, it's either a…

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‘All in the Family’ Put Limits on Sally Struthers’ Career, ‘And I Desperately Wanted to Work’

It’s difficult to believe that an actor or actress could be cast in one of the most iconic television shows…

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An Episode Of ‘Maude’ Tackled One Of America’s Most Controversial Subjects

In the early 70s, abortion was one of the most controversial subjects around. The country was on the precipice of…

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‘All in the Family’ Star Carroll O’Connor Feared Too Many People Identified with Archie Bunker

There are actors you can look at and say that they were born to play a certain role, whether it…

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Take a Look at the Cast of ‘Everybody Loves Raymond’ — Then and Now 2020

Catch a rerun or two of Everybody Loves Raymond and you'll instantly be reminded that the show has one of the best…

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