Norman Lear to receive comedy honour at Golden Globes ceremony

Published:Nov 30, 202315:50
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Norman Lear to receive comedy honour at Golden Globes ceremony

Tv pioneer Norman Lear, the creator of ground-breaking comedy exhibits like All within the Household, Maude and One Day at a Time, will obtain the lifetime achievement award at this 12 months’s Golden Globe ceremony, organisers mentioned on Thursday.

Lear, 98, would be the recipient of the Carol Burnett Award, an accolade established in 2018 by the Hollywood International Press Affiliation, the group that arms out the Golden Globes.

As a author and a producer, Lear was the drive behind a number of exhibits that dominated American TV screens within the Seventies and Eighties. His work typically addressed social points resembling race and abortion that have been hardly ever mentioned on tv on the time.

Lear’s method of addressing controversial matters by means of humour “prompted a cultural shift that allowed cultural and political issues to be reflected in television,” HFPA President Ali Sar mentioned in a press release.

Along with All within the Household, Maude and One Day at a Time, Lear’s hits included Sanford and Son, The Jeffersons, Good Instances and the soap-opera spoof Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman. He stepped away from tv in 1980 and began the liberal activist group Individuals for the American Means.

In 2017, Lear returned to TV as a producer on a revival of One Day at a Time that debuted on the Netflix streaming service. Lear will settle for the honour through the Golden Globes ceremony, which is scheduled to be broadcast reside on February 28, organizers mentioned.



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