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Norman Lear Vs. CBS On Archie Bunker's Bigotry, Gloria's Skirt, And Sunday Sex In The City " Exclusive Book Excerpt by Jeremy Gerard

EXCLUSIVE: Norman Lear never was one to be stifled with. When Fred Silverman turned to him for a show to upgrade the image of CBS " the Tiffany network that, through the enormous popularity of The Beverly Hillbillies, Green Acres and Hee Haw, had come to stand for Country Bumpkins Supreme " Lear knew exactly the path he wanted to take. He would turn the sitcom landscape into a minefield where the timid…

SOURCE: Deadline at 2:21pm on October 3, 2014

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