In addition to his TV career, Lear became a force in progressive politics, founding the group People for the America Way, whose recent work includes an ad sounding alarms about Trump administration changes to the US Postal Service. ![]() “We’ll have our own little party,” Lyn Lear said.ĭavid Carroll in the Emmy-nominated documentary 'The Great Hack.' screengrab/NETFLIX As is, their nominations will play out on separate nights prior to the main event – hers as a producer of the Netflix documentary “The Great Hack,” a look at big data and the Cambridge Analytica/Facebook scandal that surrounded the 2016 election. The Lears are nevertheless quite pleased to be included in this year’s Emmys, if a little disappointed the ceremony will be presented virtually. “It’s a new set of executives, the same old buildings,” he quipped. In an interview with CNN, Lear – whose boundary-pushing shows dealt with everything from racism and gay rights to abortion in a controversial “Maude” episode – said he isn’t surprised that networks are still skittish about dealing with hot-button issues. At a tribute to Lear a few years ago, “Black-ish” creator Kenya Barris recalled that he originally pitched the show by saying, “Let’s do Norman Lear today.” Indeed, Hulu recently made available a 2017 episode of “Black-ish” that dealt with the Trump administration, which ABC had balked at airing. ![]() The interest in his decades-old sitcoms underscores the continuing relevance of the politically conscious comedy he pioneered, and how such programming remains in short supply on broadcast television. Lear also participated in the reboot of “One Day at a Time” featuring a Cuban-American family. (Photo by Michael Tullberg/Getty Images) Michael Tullberg/Getty Images North America/Getty ImagesĪ quarter-century passed, however, before a recent flurry of projects brought him back into the TV awards circle, winning an Emmy last year for the ABC special “ Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear’s ‘All In The Family’ And ‘The Jeffersons,’” and nominated again in that category for a follow-up presentation in December. Norman Lear and Lyn Lear are both nominated for Emmy Awards this year.
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