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Norman Lear on how he turned down requests to be a front for blacklisted writers during the Hollywood Blacklist

Norman Lear on how William Tankersley, then head of Standards & Practices at CBS, fought him over a line on Maude

Norman Lear on the controversial abortion episode of Maude

Norman Lear on the culture of profit-making in television to the detriment of the medium, and his dislike of ratings

Norman Lear on the culture of profit-making in television to the detriment of the medium, and his dislike of ratings

Norman Lear on what he sees as the best of television, from the days of Edward R. Murrow and the "golden age" of television