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Topic: All in the Family

Edwin Lee Gibson as Ebraheim and Rob Reiner as Albert in "The Bear" (FX)

The lovable Rob Reiner, as seen on TV

Melanie McFarland
Producer Norman Lear at home, February 27, 1984 in Los Angeles, California. (Bob Riha, Jr./Getty Images)

Norman Lear, flawed Hollywood liberal

Melanie McFarland
Norman Lear speaks on stage at the "Real To Reel: Portrayals And Perceptions Of LGBTQs In Hollywood" Exhibit at The Hollywood Museum on June 09, 2022 in Hollywood, California. (Unique Nicole/Getty Images)

TV legend Norman Lear dies at 101

Joy Saha
Television writer & producer Norman Lear, 85, famous for bringing such greats as 'All in the Family,' 'The Jefferesons,' 'Maude,' and 'Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman,' to television. (Tim Rue/Corbis via Getty Images)

Norman Lear, progressive mensch, at 100

Gwydion Suilebhan, Steven Gimbel
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Archie Bunker; Norman Lear; Donald Trump (AP/CBS/Matt Sayles/David Zalubowski/Photo montage by Salon)

Norman Lear on Trump's America

Andrew O'Hehir

Asha Parker

Archie helped race relations?

Christina von Hodenberg
(Reuters/Phil McCarten)

Lear: They just wanted my cash

Norman Lear
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Kathy Bates in "American Horror Story: Coven" (FX/Michele K. Short)

Neil Drumming
(Wikipedia)

Prachi Gupta
(NBC/Tyler Golden)

Our 12 favorite TV weddings

Willa Paskin
Carrol O'Connor; Ellen Barkin (NBC/Timothy White/Salon)

Our female Archie Bunker

Ronda Racha Penrice
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Matt Zoller Seitz
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