Norman Lear to Reimagine "All in the Family", "The Jeffersons", "Maude", "Good Times" Via Deal with Sony Pictures TV
by Nellie Andreeva
July 27, 2018


Norman Lear continues to defy convention about career longevity and age. The TV icon, who today celebrates his 96th birthday, and his Act III production company have signed a two-year first look deal with Sony Pictures TV.

The pact includes the option to re-imagine titles from Lear’s extensive library including "All In The Family", "The Jeffersons", "Good Times", "Maude" and "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman", among others.

“I couldn’t be prouder and more excited about joining Sony Pictures Television, who has the guts to go with a kid,” Lear quipped.




Sony Pictures TV, which owns the Norman Lear library, has been his partner for the past few years. The studio produces the reboot of Lear’s classic series "One Day at a Time" on Netflix.

And it was Sony TV that last year took in Lear’s passion project, "Guess Who Died", a retirement home comedy script he had unsuccessfully tried to sell for more than seven years. Partnering him with Peter Tolan, the studio sold the project to NBC where it went to pilot. When the pilot did not make the cut to series, the studio tried actively to find another home for it.




“We couldn’t be more thrilled to be expanding our relationship with Brent and Norman. Norman is an icon in our industry and it’s a dream come true to be working with him. We’re excited to create more magic with Norman and Brent,” said SPT President Jeff Frost and Co-Presidents, Chris Parnell and Jason Clodfelter.

https://deadline.com/2018/07/norman-lear-all-in-the-family-the-jeffersons-good-times-maude-and-mary-hartman-mary-hartman-reboots-first-look-deal-with-sony-pictures-tv-1202434917/

You can't go home again Norman.

The networks are stupid enough to give him their money and hypocrite commie Norman Lear is greedy enough to take it.

I can't even imagine how they'll end up. If they made them like they were originally, too many people would be offended and we know how that goes today.

I agree, like the saying goes "you can't go home again."

Well the reboot of One Day At A Time has been a big successus so I have no doubt at least one of these could be a giant success.

:rolleyes: Ruining his legacy!

The world is too P.C. today, it won't last!

:rolleyes: Ruining his legacy!

The world is too P.C. today, it won't last!

I agree, can you imagine the cast? They certainly will try to cover the bases so nobody is offended. Archie and Edith will be black. Gloria will be trans and marry Mike. George next door will be hispanic and his wife Weezy will be white, their son Linus will be gay and marry Jimmy (instead of Jenny).

I miss the good old days when they could make little jokes and we didn't take things so seriously and just enjoyed the laughs.

Bad idea.What may have been interesting is if they had tried revisting some of those shows around 25 years ago,but with the original casts.

I tried to watch that new ODAAT and couldn't stand it.

I tried to watch that new ODAAT and couldn't stand it.

I didn't like it either. I just feel the classic's are the best and shouldn't be messed with. I feel it's an insult to those that did the originals!

i think that he is making a big mistake he should just leave well enough alone

but see he HAS to do it so that this time ALL his shows will be spin-offs of Maude instead of just Good Times.

I agree, can you imagine the cast? They certainly will try to cover the bases so nobody is offended. Archie and Edith will be black. Gloria will be trans and marry Mike. George next door will be hispanic and his wife Weezy will be white, their son Linus will be gay and marry Jimmy (instead of Jenny).

I miss the good old days when they could make little jokes and we didn't take things so seriously and just enjoyed the laughs.

Yeah, I mean I'm not against diversity on TV, but when you try to cherry pick to appeal to everyone, it feels forced and fake!

The new ODAAT is terrible. I couldn't even get into it. I watched two episodes...the first and the last one I'll ever watch! :lol:

Why can't he just leave them alone?

Even the TV World is outta ideas!

What next...a reboot of Bewitched and I Dream of Jeanie?

No "All in the Family" or "Maude" Reboot Plans, Says Norman Lear – TCA
by Dominic Patten
July 29, 2018


Norman Lear has a lot of irons in the small screen fire with his new Sony Pictures TV deal but a new version of "All in the Family" isn’t one of them.

“I have no intention of doing All in the Family again,” the legendary producer told Deadline today at TCA, “I promise you that.” He added emphatically, “no Maude or any of them. We did that.”




“However, there are ideas that we were working on at that same time that were bubbling in the same creative pipeline and that’s part of what I’m looking at now,” Lear asserted.

“I’m looking at ideas you’ve never heard of,” he said of the true nature of the July 27 announced two-year first look agreement with SPT. “I have about 100 ideas that go back 30 or 40 years, some only 12 years or 10 years. These are the ideas that we’ve had and nurtured for the longest time that we will imagine or reimagine.”

https://deadline.com/2018/07/norman-lear-no-new-all-in-the-family-one-day-at-a-time-sony-deal-netflix-tca-1202436113/

No "All in the Family" or "Maude" Reboot Plans, Says Norman Lear – TCA
by Dominic Patten
July 29, 2018


Norman Lear has a lot of irons in the small screen fire with his new Sony Pictures TV deal but a new version of "All in the Family" isn’t one of them.

“I have no intention of doing All in the Family again,” the legendary producer told Deadline today at TCA, “I promise you that.” He added emphatically, “no Maude or any of them. We did that.”




“However, there are ideas that we were working on at that same time that were bubbling in the same creative pipeline and that’s part of what I’m looking at now,” Lear asserted.

“I’m looking at ideas you’ve never heard of,” he said of the true nature of the July 27 announced two-year first look agreement with SPT. “I have about 100 ideas that go back 30 or 40 years, some only 12 years or 10 years. These are the ideas that we’ve had and nurtured for the longest time that we will imagine or reimagine.”

https://deadline.com/2018/07/norman-lear-no-new-all-in-the-family-one-day-at-a-time-sony-deal-netflix-tca-1202436113/
Good. Tired of all these reboots.

GREAT! He came to his senses.

He would've added his leftist anti-Trump agenda into the reboots.

The networks are stupid enough to give him their money and hypocrite commie Norman Lear is greedy enough to take it.

I totally agree with you. Why not just sell the same things over and over? Lear has done more to make television a liberal propaganda box than almost anyone else I can think of.

:rolleyes: Ruining his legacy!

The world is too P.C. today, it won't last!

Not at all... THE SHOWS WILL BE COMPLETE TRASH!!!!

FLAT DIGITAL CRAP!!

Not all reboots are trash. The new Hawaii 5 0 is good but I stopped watching it when 2 of the leads left.

Not at all... THE SHOWS WILL BE COMPLETE TRASH!!!!

FLAT DIGITAL TRASH!!

What a hissy fit.

Good. Now let's cancel the new ODAAT.

What a hissy fit.Sorry buddy I wasnt in a good mood :(

The reboots won't be planned?

:clap :clap :clap :clap :clap

The reboots won't be planned?

:clap :clap :clap :clap :clap

No.

Not all reboots are trash. The new Hawaii 5 0 is good but I stopped watching it when 2 of the leads left.
Hawaii 5 0 is one of the few good ones. The majority sucks.

Norman Lear did a right thing for not rebooting Good Times, Maude & All in the Family but he should've never rebooted One Day at the Time awhile back.

I think launching several of these reboots at once is a perfect way to set yourself up for disaster.

No.

That's why I added the claps...Norman Lear was wise to NOT reboot his shows...and if he dies this year...I hope his shows NEVER get touched!

Im sure someone will mess with them :(

That's why I added the claps...Norman Lear was wise to NOT reboot his shows...and if he dies this year...I hope his shows NEVER get touched!

What worries me is that since Sony owns these shows, when Lear dies they'll be able to reboot all of them if they want. And if they do, I won't tune into any of them, not even out of curiosity.

I still haven't peeked at the ODAAT reboot because I have absolutely zero interest in seeing my favorite classic TV shows desecrated like this. They were all made in an era that no longer exists and they have no place in this anti conservative/PC one.

I'll re watch the original DVD's a million times over before tuning into any reboot/"re-imagining" garbage.

What worries me is that since Sony owns these shows, when Lear dies they'll be able to reboot all of them if they want. And if they do, I won't tune into any of them, not even out of curiosity.

I'll re watch the original DVD's a million times over before tuning into any reboot/"re-imagining" garbage.

I'm afraid that everything will be revamped because Hollywood has COMPLETELY run-out of ideas!

I won't doubt they'll revamp Hogan's Heroes and set it in Vietnam or M*A*S*H and set it in Iraq!

Hollywood's concept now is "Quantity Over Quality"!

I honestly think everyone in here is overreacting and being a big manchild. What I just want to know is what gave him the idea to reboot all the shows at once besides communism.

I'm afraid that everything will be revamped because Hollywood has COMPLETELY run-out of ideas!

I won't doubt they'll revamp Hogan's Heroes and set it in Vietnam or M*A*S*H and set it in Iraq!

Hollywood's concept now is "Quantity Over Quality"!
All their new shows suck so all they have is the classics.

That's why I added the claps...Norman Lear was wise to NOT reboot his shows...and if he dies this year...I hope his shows NEVER get touched!

Sorry. :(

All their new shows suck so all they have is the classics.

I feel entertainment as a whole has become stagnant.

With TV, they last water-cooler TV Show was Breaking Bad or Mad Men.

I would like to see a prequel of All in the Family or Sanford and Son from the 1950's, with Archie (with a younger Dingbat) and Fred in their 30's with their wife (get to see Elizabeth Sanford and a young Aunt Esther).

Wont happen, but would love to see the attempt.

Norman Lear was out of style in the 1980's.

I would like to see a prequel of All in the Family or Sanford and Son from the 1950's, with Archie (with a younger Dingbat) and Fred in their 30's with their wife (get to see Elizabeth Sanford and a young Aunt Esther).

Wont happen, but would love to see the attempt.

Norman Lear was out of style in the 1980's.
Yea but in the 90's he had a couple good shows in 704 Hauser and The Powers That Be. Too bad both failed . They were both entertaining. But now all he wants to do is reboot his classics. The new ODAAT is awful.

I would like to see a prequel of All in the Family or Sanford and Son from the 1950's, with Archie (with a younger Dingbat) and Fred in their 30's with their wife (get to see Elizabeth Sanford and a young Aunt Esther).

Wont happen, but would love to see the attempt.

Norman Lear was out of style in the 1980's.an AITF prequel would be good, I wouldn't mind seeing that.

But I dont think it would be as good as All in the family

I would like to see a prequel of All in the Family or Sanford and Son from the 1950's, with Archie (with a younger Dingbat) and Fred in their 30's with their wife (get to see Elizabeth Sanford and a young Aunt Esther).

Wont happen, but would love to see the attempt.

Norman Lear was out of style in the 1980's.

That would be interesting.

What worries me is that since Sony owns these shows, when Lear dies they'll be able to reboot all of them if they want. And if they do, I won't tune into any of them, not even out of curiosity.

I still haven't peeked at the ODAAT reboot because I have absolutely zero interest in seeing my favorite classic TV shows desecrated like this. They were all made in an era that no longer exists and they have no place in this anti conservative/PC one.

I'll re watch the original DVD's a million times over before tuning into any reboot/"re-imagining" garbage.

Are we sure Sony owns these shows, and doesn't just have the syndication rights?

Are we sure Sony owns these shows, and doesn't just have the syndication rights?

Sony is on all my AITF DVD's.

It is remarkable to me that Norman Lear is STILL ALIVE. I mean, the man looked old back in the 1970's. Watch the All In the Family retrospective special and realize this was made about 40 years ago, and this little old man is still with us.

Most Jewish people live a looooooooong time. Also look at Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner (and Kirk Douglas while we are at it).