Time to celebrate Norman Motherfucking Lear!
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Here’s what’s happening in the world of television for Wednesday, May 22. All times are Eastern.
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Live In Front Of A Studio Audience: Norman Lear’s All In The Family And The Jeffersons (ABC, 8 p.m.): So, the story goes, Jimmy Kimmel had an idea. He called Norman Lear on the phone and said, “Hey, Norman, you old so-and-so”—we’re paraphrasing here—“Norman, you old so-and-so, you know how they’re doing all those newfangled live musicals these days? Why don’t we do an episode apiece from two of your most famous sitcoms live? With movie stars?”