Born on this day – Norman Lear:

Writer

Producer

July 27, 1922 – December 5, 2023

Credits:

2021 Golden Globe Awards (2021); 227 (1985–1990); 31st Annual Imagen Awards (2016); 3rd Annual AAFCA TV Honors (2021); 50 Years of Television: A Golden Celebration (1989); 60 Minutes / Norman Lear, Norman Lear (1976); 70 Over 70 (2021); 704 Hauser (1994); A Different Approach (1978); A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin (2005); A Will & Grace-ful Goodbye (2020); A Year at the Top (1977); a.k.a. Pablo (1984); ABC Stage 67 (1966); Access Hollywood (2016); Adventures in Christmasing (2021); AFI Life Achievement Award (1978–1980); Alan King: Inside the Comedy Mind (1991); All in the Family (1998); All in the Family: 20th Anniversary Special (1991); All Star Revue (1950); All That Glitters (1977); All's Fair (1976–1977); America 2-Night (1978); America Divided (2018); America in Primetime (2011); America Salutes You: Guitar Legends II (2018); American Masters (2016–2021); Apple Pie (1978); Archie Bunker's Place (1979–1983); Barnaby (1965); Behind Closed Doors (2020); Being Mary Tyler Moore (2023); Biography (1999–2007); Biography: I Want My MTV (2019); Bob Hope's World of Comedy (1976); Bob Saget's Here for You (2020); Bobby Darin and Friends (1961); Brief But Spectacular (2017); Bring Your Own Brigade (2021); Casting By (2012); CBS Evening News with Norah O'Donnell (2023); CBS Mornings (2023); CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley (2016–2023); CBS This Morning (2014–2017); CBS: The First 50 Years (1998); Celebrity Page (2017–2020); Channel Umptee-3 (1997–1998); Chappelle's Show (2003–2006); Cold Turkey (1971); Color Adjustment (1992); Come Blow Your Horn (1963); Corpus Christi: Playing with Redemption (2012); Corwin (1996); Creativity with Bill Moyers (1982); Day at Night (1974); Dear Jesse (1997); Declaration of Independence (2003); Dem Tinseltown Homiez, the Hollywood Guys (2023); Dick Van Dyke 98 Years of Magic (2023); Dinah! (1975–1977); Dispatches from Quarantine (2020); Divorce American Style (1967); Duino (2024); E! True Hollywood Story (2000); El Superstar: The Unlikely Rise of Juan Frances (2008); Entertainment Tonight (1983–2024); Everybody Loves Raymond (2002); Extra (2017); Fernwood Tonight (1977); Find Your Groove (2020); Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (2016); Ford Star Revue (1951); Forever Fernwood (1977–1978); Fried Green Tomatoes (1991); Front Row Flynn (2019); Full Frontal with Samantha Bee (2017); Funny You Never Knew (2019); General Electric Theater (1961); Ghetto Physics (2010); Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast (2017); Gloria (1982–1983); GMA3: What You Need to Know (2023); Good Evening, He Lied (1984); Good Morning America (1979–2022); Good Times (1974–2024); Grady (1975–1976); Gratitude Revealed (2022); Guess Who Died (2018); Hanging In (1979); Harmontown (2016); Heartsounds (1984); Henry Fonda and the Family (1962); History of the Sitcom (2021); Hollywood & Vine (1977); Hot l Baltimore (1975); I Carry You with Me (2020); I Got a Monster (2023); I Love Liberty (1982); Iconoclasts (2007); If You're Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast (2017); I'm Carolyn Parker (2011); Imagine (2003); In My Own Words (2020); In the Beginning (1978); Independence Day 2001 (2001); Inside TV Land (2000–2002); Intimate Portrait (2000–2003); It Takes a Lunatic (2019); Jack & Bobby (2004); Jeopardy! (2019); Jeopardy! The Greatest of All Time (2020); Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2020); King of Cool (2021); King of the Road (1978); Larry King Now (2014); Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1994); Late Night with David Letterman (1982); Late Night with Seth Meyers (2021); Late Show with David Letterman (2014); League of Legends (1998); Live in Front of a Studio Audience: 'All in the Family' and 'Good Times' (2019); Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's 'All in the Family' and 'The Jeffersons' (2019); Live in Front of a Studio Audience: 'The Facts of Life' and 'Diff'rent Strokes' (2021); Lucy and Desi (2022); Maguy (1985); Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America (2009); Mama Malone (1984); Marsha Hunt's Sweet Adversity (2015); Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman (1976–1977); Maude (1972–1978); Meet the Biz (2020); Mel Brooks, el genio del entretenimiento / Mel Brooks: the genius entertainer (2022); Mergers & Acquisitions (1989); Mobituaries with Mo Rocca (2023); Mr. Dugan (1979); MSNBC Live (2014); NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt (2023); Nerdrotic (2024); Never Too Late (1965); New Passages (1996); Norman Lear, A Mini Documentary (2018); Norman Lear: 100 Years of Music & Laughter (2022); Norman Lear: A Life on Television (2023); Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You (2016); Now on PBS (2002–2006); On Story (2016); One Day at a Time (1975–2020); One on One with John Tesh (1992); One Voice (1986); Over Easy (1979); P.O.P. (1984); Pablo (2012); Palmerstown, U.S.A. (1980–1981); Peace Through Music: A Global Event for Social Justice (2020); Perfect Moment (1997); Pete Seeger: The Power of Song (2007); Pioneers in Skirts (2020); PoliticKING with Larry King (2016); Quiz Kids (1981); Ray Charles America (2010); Real Time with Bill Maher (2006); Red Carpet Report (2016); Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution (2022); Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It (2021); Robert Scheer: Above the Fold (2019); Robert Young and the Family (1971); Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me (2017); Sanford (1980–1981); Sanford and Son (1972–1977); Sanford Arms (1977); Saturday Night Live (1976); Scared Stiff (1953); See It Loud: The History of Black Television (2023); She Turned the World on with Her Smile: The Making of 'The Mary Tyler Moore Show' (2002); Showtime Looks at 1981 (1981); Silver Spoons (1982–1987); Sinatra: All or Nothing at All (2015); Slam Planet (2006); Somebody Feed Phil (2024); South Park (2003); Square Off (2006); Square Pegs (1982–1983); Sr. (2022); Stand Up Planet (2013); Stand Up Planet Comedy Showcase (2014); Stars in the House (2020–2021); Start the Revolution Without Me (1970); StarTalk (2015); Steptoe and Son (1965); Sunday Dinner (1991); Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso (2017–2020); Talking Tech (2018); Tavis Smiley (2009–2016); TCM Remembers 2023 (2023); Television (1988); Television: The First Fifty Years (1999); Television: The Ultimate Drug (1981); Texas Monthly Talks (2003); The 100 Most Memorable TV Moments (2004); The 100 Most Unexpected TV Moments (2005); The 1st Annual American Comedy Awards (1987); The 1st Annual Noble Awards (2009); The 1st TV Academy Hall of Fame (1984); The 2018 Media Access Awards (2018); The 202 Xtra (2018); The 2021 Just for Laughs Award Show (2021); The 20th Century: Funny Is Money (1999); The 23rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1971); The 29th Annual Imagen Awards (2014); The 29th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1977); The 30th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1978); The 35th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1983); The 40th Annual Kennedy Center Honors (2017); The 40th Annual Media Access Awards (2019); The 4th Annual TV Land Awards (2006); The 69th Primetime Emmy Awards (2017); The 70s: The Decade That Changed Television (2000); The 71st Primetime Emmy Awards (2019); The Adventures of Dugg & Lemmy (2012); The After Party: The Last Party 3 (2011); The Alan Thicke Show (1981); The American Flag: Two Centuries of Concord & Conflict (2007); The Andy Williams Show (1962–1963); The Andy Williams Special (1962); The Arsenio Hall Show (1991); The Baxters (1979); The Black Eyed Peas feat. The World: #WheresTheLove (2016); The British Academy Britannia Awards (2019); The Brothers Warner (2007); The Colgate Comedy Hour (1950–1953); The Comedy Store (2020); The Daily Show (2014); The Danny Kaye Special (1961); The David Frost Show (1971); The Deputy (1959–1961); The Dick Cavett Show (1972); The Dumplings (1976); The Earth Day Special (1990); The Evolution Will Be Televised (2005); The Facts of Life (1979–1988); The Florence Henderson Show (2009); The Funniest Families of Television Comedy: A Museum of Television & Radio Special (2004); The George Gobel Show (1958–1959); The Great Hack (2019); The Grio Awards (2022); The History of Comedy (2017); The History of Concord Jazz (2019); The Hollywood Masters (2017); The Hollywood Moment (2021); The Hollywood Moment at Home Edition (2020); The IMDb Show (2018); The Jeffersons (1975–1985); The Kelly Clarkson Show (2020); The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (1998); The Last Act (2018); The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg (1998); The Little Rascals (1977); The Lorenzo and Henrietta Music Show (1976); The Martha Raye Show (1954–1956); The Merv Griffin Show (1971); The Mike Douglas Show (1977–1979); The Nancy Walker Show (1976–1977); The Newspaperman: The Life and Times of Ben Bradlee (2017); The Night They Raided Minsky's (1968); The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore (2015); The Oprah Winfrey Show (2004); The Paley Honors: A Special Tribute to Television's Comedy Legends (2019); The Photographs of Your Junk (Will Be Publicized!) (2011); The Powers That Be (1992–1993); The Princess Bride (1987); The Reagans (2020); The Revisionaries (2012); The Roseanne Show (1998); The Simpsons (2017 / 2023); The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts the Tonight Show (2020); The Super Bob Einstein Movie (2021); The Talk (2023); The Tanning of America (2014); The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show (1957–1958); The Thing in Bob's Garage (1998); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1992); The View (2014); The Vow (2020); There Were Times, Dear (1985); This Is Your Life (1984); Those Were the Days (1998); Three to Get Ready (1975); Time & Again (2000); To Dine For with Kate Sullivan (2018); To Tell the Truth (2019); Today (1979–2016); Tomorrow Coast to Coast (1974); True Love: The Princess Bride Phenomenon - Entering the Zeitgeist (2012); TV Land Icon Awards 2016 (2016); TV Land Moguls (2004); TV Land's Top Ten (2006); TV Tales (2002); TV's 50 Funniest Catch Phrases (2009); TV's Most Censored Moments (2002); Unsung Hollywood (2014–2017); Viewer Direction Advised (2018); Visible: Out on Television (2020); Way Past Cool (2000); We All Play Our Part (2020); WGN Morning News (2016); What Would Sophia Loren Do? (2021); WTF with Marc Maron (2014); Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg (2009).