Norman Lear at the “Live in Front of a Studio Audience" after party in Los Angeles (Credit: Phillip Faraone/Getty Images) Baseball had Babe Ruth. Rock ‘n’ roll had The Beatles. Television had Norman ...

Norman Lear was not a man to shy away from controversy. If anything, he sprinted toward it, knowing that doing so would help open people’s minds to pervasive American issues related to discrimination, ...

When I heard the news about Norman Lear’s death, I was sitting with my writing team at Abortion Access Front. We had just finished writing this social post when the notification came in on Slack: ...

A two-part November 1972 episode of “Maude,” in which the title character decides to get an abortion, still seems radical, particularly after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. By Esther ...

Who is Maude? Short answer? According to the show's theme song, she's "uncompromisin', enterprisin', anything but tranquilizin'." Maude Findlay (Beatrice Arthur) is a militant feminist liberal in the ...

CBS honors the late TV producer who created and developed more than 100 shows, including the groundbreaking All In The Family, The Jeffersons, Maude and Good Times with a one-hour special Dec. 8.

In the heart of Texas, ATX TV Festival staged a live reading of "Maude's Dilemma" — wherein Bea Arthur's beloved character decides to get an abortion — as part of a closing night tribute to the late, ...