Mobits Extra: How Norman Lear Changed Television

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Dec 7, 202316:38Society & Culture

Starting in the early 1970s, Norman Lear changed the face of television, fusing comedy with social commentary. Lear died on December 5th at the great old age of 101. Mo revisits their 2015 conversation for CBS Sunday Mor...

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