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'How I Completely Accidentally Serendipitously Became A Teenage Sitcom Star'

Mindy Cohn | Posted 05.07.2013 | TV
Mindy Cohn

While nothing I have done has reached the popularity of The Facts of Life, I have continued to work with some of the most talented people ... And while I won't "tell all" ever, I am going to tell you a bit of my real facts of my life.

Rob Reiner Shares Wit and Wisdom With Hollywood's Next Generation

Xaque Gruber | Posted 03.27.2013 | Entertainment
Xaque Gruber

Last week, Oscar-nominated producer/director/actor/writer, Rob Reiner, shared funny and personal stories of his career at Syracuse University's annual...

Seth, Oscar, and Antiquity: The Fine (and Endangered) Art of Making Mockery

Michael Broder | Posted 04.28.2013 | Entertainment
Michael Broder

Seth MacFarlane's Oscars performance failed less because of racism, sexism, and homophobia than because he forgot what satire is and how it works. The satiric genius of late-night icons like Johnny Carson and beloved fictional curmudgeons like Archie Bunker has been lost in a sea of mindless snark.

Archie Bunker on Gun Control

Norman Lear | Posted 02.20.2013 | Crime
Norman Lear

With everyone in our world talking about guns and America, I woke up this morning to find an All in the Family clip on YouTube that we produced over 30 years ago that has Archie Bunker on a local news channel doing an editorial on gun control.

Ryan Murphy To Honor TV Legend At Emmys

AP | CHARLES J. GANS | Posted 01.18.2013 | TV

NEW YORK — "Glee" co-creator Ryan Murphy didn't hesitate when given a chance to pay tribute to his American idol, legendary TV producer Norman L...

DVDs: Not Crazy About Mad Men, The Very Cool Peter Gunn, Goofy Carol Burnett And More

Michael Giltz | Posted 12.31.2012 | Entertainment
Michael Giltz

Here's a rundown of some terrific sets that came out just in the last two or three weeks. It's impossible to put them in order of preference: many of these are gems we've been waiting a long time for.

NBC's "The New Normal" is the Season's Boldest New Comedy

Ed Martin | Posted 12.01.2012 | TV
Ed Martin

Something unexpected happened last week while I was watching NBC's The New Normal, which after four episodes has distinguished itself as the best new sitcom of the fall season.

'All In The Family' Actress Denies Drunk Driving Charges

Posted 09.14.2012 | Celebrity

Sally Struthers has spoken out to defend herself after being arrested on drunk driving charges Wednesday. Struthers, 65, was arrested in Maine on ...

Which US Remakes Of UK Shows Got It Right?

The Huffington Post | HuffPost TV Staff | Posted 08.20.2012 | TV

Television history is littered with failed US adaptations of UK shows. Between "Skins" and "Coupling," "The IT Crowd," "Fawlty Towers," "Life on Mars,...

Celebrate Norman Lear's 90 Years In 90 Seconds

Posted 07.28.2012 | TV

TV pioneer Norman Lear celebrated his 90th birthday at the Kennedy Center in Washington DC on Thursday night, and now we can all celebrate his legacy ...

Remembering George Jefferson, Television Icon

Jermaine Spradley | Posted 09.23.2012 | Black Voices
Jermaine Spradley

In the history of American television, there aren't too many characters that deserve an obituary -- but Sherman Hemsley's George Jefferson most definitely does.

Remembering Sherman Hemsley's Best TV Moments

Posted 07.24.2012 | TV

Sherman Hemsley, the star of "The Jeffersons," has died at age 74. TMZ reports that the actor passed away at his home in El Paso, Texas, but the cau...

PHOTOS: Norman Lear's 90th Birthday Party

The Huffington Post | Posted 06.23.2012 | DC

WASHINGTON -- The creator of "All In The Family," "Good Times," "The Jeffersons" and more sitcoms that shaped the American television landscape, Norma...

How TV Tackles Taboo Female Topics

The Hollywood Reporter | Posted 06.07.2012 | Women

Divorce, abortion, single motherhood: Shows from Mary Tyler Moore to Murphy Brown changed the conversation. The 1970s were a watershed moment for A...

Veteran Sitcom Director John Rich Dead At 86

Posted 01.29.2012 | TV

John Rich, a veteran TV director with ties to many classic sitcoms, has died at the age of 86. Rich won three Emmys over the course of his career,...

Bigger Bang Theory: Replace Newly Syndicated Shows With Classics

Kris LoPresto | Posted 12.18.2011 | Entertainment
Kris LoPresto

We used to be able to take solace in the fact that our favorite old shows were on Nick at Nite, but a quick Google search tells me that Nick at Nite airs That '70s Show, George Lopez and Friends nowadays. Oh, Bewitched, wherefore art thou?

5 Inexplicably Horrifying Sitcom Episodes

www.cracked.com | David Moye | Posted 11.09.2011 | Weird News

Back in the 1980s, sitcoms were notorious for "very special episodes." These were shows where comedy writers were forced to shoehorn lessons into each...

All in the Family Stands Out During an Outstanding Summer Season

Ed Martin | Posted 09.30.2011 | Entertainment
Ed Martin

The Bunker family were the epitome of a working class family in a time marked by a failing economy, an unpopular war and a government that simply couldn't get anything right. (Who says this show is outdated?)

Triple Threat Friday: Conversations with BoDeans, Bleu and The Chapin Sisters

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Mike Ragogna

Kurt Neumann and Sam Llanas of BoDeans talk their new album, the band's early days, and why their six-year break was a dark period.

Springerized America: How Reality & Tabloid TV Corrupts Our Politics & Media

Brian Ross | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Brian Ross

Reality and tabloid television are a social virus that has infected the American body politic. In the 1980s, "I'm with Stupid" was a put-down. In 20...

Thank You, Norman Lear

Marty Kaplan | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Marty Kaplan

The Norman Lear Center gets its name from a man whose belief in the power of entertainment to degrade and to do good, to demagogue and to uplift, to be both gloriously silly and urgently relevant, made him an industry pioneer.

Modern Family Follows Dysfunctional TV Family Path

Danny Groner | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Danny Groner

There's a longstanding precedent in place for TV shows that carry the term "Family" in their headers. Television writers have long played up the hostile, bitter and even violent side to families as a way to offset expectations.

Save The Children

Rabbi Jennifer Krause | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Rabbi Jennifer Krause

Whether you are for or against the President's fully transparent, pre-released address and accompanying, optional food-for-thought exercise, you should do something truly worthy of your time and energy: talk to your kids.

Ford's Giant Green Leap

Andrea Chalupa | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Andrea Chalupa

Given the crisis we face, we should all be driving around in zero-emission vehicles. Forget the flying car and living like the Jetsons! We need cars that don't emit C02, now.

CBS Can't Die

Ed Madison | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Ed Madison

Years earlier, right out of college, I was hired to join the team that launched CNN. Visionary Ted Turner had this crazy notion that people would want to watch 24 hours of non-stop news.