Thursday, December 07, 2023

Norman Lear Death: All Networks to Honor Him With Primetime Simulcast

‘Norman Lear:

A Life On Television’ Tribute Special Set At CBS

December 7, 2023 10:00am

Tributes have been pouring in following the death of Norman Lear Tuesday at the age of 101. CBS, home to the majority of Lear’s classic sitcoms, will celebrate the television legend’s extraordinary career with Norman Lear: A Life on Television special, set to air Friday, December 8 at 8 pm on CBS and streaming on Paramount+.

Presented by Entertainment Tonight, the one-hour special, hosted by Nischelle Turner, features interviews with stars of the long-running comedies Lear created, including Jimmie Walker from Good Times and Mackenzie Phillips from One Day At A Time, in addition to never-before-seen interviews from the ET vault. The special also includes Lear’s interview with ET host Kevin Frazier when he celebrated his 100^th birthday.

In addition to Good Times and One Day At A Time, Lear’s iconic sitcoms on CBS included Sanford And Son (1972-1977), All in the Family (1971-1979), The Jeffersons (1975-1977) and Maude (1972-1978).

In a rare joint tribute, the major broadcast networks, CBS, ABC, NBC, Fox and The CW, aired an in memoriam card in Lear’s honor Wednesday night in recognition of his groundbreaking influence on the TV industry.

His numerous awards included six Primetime Emmy Awards, two Peabody Awards, the National Medal of Arts in 1999, the Kennedy Center Honors in 2017 and the Golden Globe Carol Burnett Award in 2021. He also was a member of the Television Hall of Fame.

We’ll be updating with additional TV specials if/when they are announced, so check back for more.

"You Can Put Lipstick On A Dick Cheney, It Is Still A Fascist Neocon"

Vivek Ramaswamy To Nikki Haley: "You Can Put Lipstick On A Dick Cheney, It Is Still A Fascist Neocon"

Posted By Tim Hains
On Date December 6, 2023

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Vivek Ramaswamy tore into "toxic neocons" who "want to send your sons and daughters to die in Ukraine" at the fourth GOP primary debate on Wednesday.

VIVEK RAMASWAMY: I think we just learned something from Chris Christie. We learned three things. We learned three things right there. First of all, Chris Christie also doesn't know what provinces in eastern Ukraine he actually wants us to fight for. Chris, your version of foreign policy experience was closing a bridge from New Jersey to New York. So do everybody a favorite, just walk yourself off that stage, enjoy a nice meal, and get the hell out of this place. When it comes to Nikki, I think if you're going to actually send your sons and daughters to go die in somebody else's war--

CHRIS CHRISTIE: While you were voting -- I haven't heard a time when you weren't speaking.

VIVEK RAMAWAMY: I'm speaking and I'm not done yet. You had your chance. So listen up to this. If these people want to send your sons and daughters to go die in Ukraine, they've been arguing for it for a year. $200 billion of our taxpayers' money sent over. Neither of them could name for you the provinces that they actually want to protect. And this is the people who have been touting their so-called "foreign policy experience." It is intellectual fraud. These people are lying to you. The same people who told you about weapons of mass destruction in Iraq to justify that invasion didn't know the first thing about it, yet they sent thousands of our sons and daughters to go die. The same people who told you the same in Afghanistan, where the Taliban is still in charge 20 years later. $7 trillion of our national debt due to these toxic neo-cons. You can put lipstick on Dick Cheney, it is still a fascist. All over again in this party. You can see that today, it's Dick Cheney all over again. Name the provinces!

NIKKI HALEY: Luhansk, Donesk, and Crimea!

VIVEK RAMASWAMY: It's actually, Crimea is the wrong answer.