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The success of ABC’s Live in Front of a Studio Audience continued this morning when the live special received three Emmy nominations including Outstanding Variety Special (Live), Outstanding Directing for a Variety Special for James Burrows and Andy Fisher and Outstanding Production Design for a Variety Special. The…

A column chronicling events and conversations on the awards circuit. Emmy-nomination balloting has been open since Monday, but already there have been skirmishes, some small (a network name creeping illegally into the description of one of the zillion entries — heavens to Murgatroyd!) and some big (an unknown number…

ABC said today that last week’s special Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's All in the Family and The Jeffersons totaled 15 million combined viewers when including Live+3 and a Saturday repeat. And the originals series’ creator thinks he knows why so many people tuned in. "Clearly, there is still a large…

ABC says it will rebroadcast its last-night-of-season special, Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's 'All in the Family' and 'The Jeffersons,' on Saturday, May 25 at 8 PM ET. Following the broadcast, ABC also will replay the Nightline doc on creator Norman Lear that followed the live remounting of an…

UPDATED with fast nationals: Fueled by big turnout for Jimmy Kimmel’s passion project: Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons," ABC won the final night of the 2018-19 season by strong margins, beating runner-up NBC and its season finales of three Chicago dramas…

"I'll tell you, seriously, the most amazing thing is listening to these two shows where we agreed word for word — we would not change a word, and nothing has been changed, and I can’t believe how relevant it is to this moment," Norman Lear says of ABC's star-studded Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's All…

A featurette clip discussing the re-creations of two of television’s most beloved shows it out, all part of the warmup to a 90-minute tribute to the TV classics All In The Family and The Jeffersons. Jimmy Kimmel and show producer Norman Lear trip down memory lane in support of the upcoming Live In Front Of A Studio Aud…

Kerry Washington is the latest star to join the cast of ABC’s live sitcom special from Jimmy Kimmel that will re-create episodes of two iconic 1970s sitcoms created by Norman Lear. The Scandal alum will play Helen Willis, the character who was one half of the first interracial couple featured on American primetime TV…

Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's 'All in the Family' and 'The Jeffersons' has added more star power. Ike Barinholtz will re-create the role of Mike “Meathead” Stivic, Sean Hayes will play Mr. Lorenzo, Amber Stevens West is set to play Jenny Willis Jefferson in the one-night-only sitcom special hosted…

Sony Pictures Entertainment this morning held its annual all-hands meeting for employees from all divisions. The yearly “State Of the Union” featured appearances by Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse’s Chris Miller, on the heels of him and partner Phil Lord signing a mega deal with Sony Pictures Television, and by Quent…

By now you’ve probably heard All in the Family and The Jeffersons are returning to TV. Earlier this week, ABC announced Norman Lear, who created the two sitcoms, is teaming up with Jimmy Kimmel for a live primetime special featuring re-creations of the iconic 1970s series. The two will host and executive produce the…

Jimmy Kimmel will present a live 90-minute primetime event on ABC paying tribute to Norman Lear's groundbreaking comedy series All in the Family and The Jeffersons. An original episode from each iconic Lear comedy will be re-created; James Burrows is directing the live special. Live In Front Of A Studio Audience: Norma…