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Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's 'All in the Family' and 'The Jeffersons' (TV)

Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's 'All in the Family' and 'The Jeffersons'

2019

Woody Harrelson, Marisa Tomei, Ike Barinholtz, Ellie Kemper ...

Comedy A one-night-only sitcom special hosted by Jimmy Kimmel and Norman Lear featuring live performances of two of Lear's most popular shows, 'All in the Family' and 'The Jeffersons'.

	Media	Author	Review
		Daniel Fienberg The Hollywood Reporter	"Hit-and-miss though the broadcast was, I'd love to see ABC do this kind of thing two or three times a year."
		Daniel D'Addario Variety	"Plopping contemporary stars into old scripts and trusting it’ll move us feels like a cop-out."
		LaToya Ferguson IndieWire	"As holiday (...) programming, 'Live in Front of a Studio Audience' is well worth the time spent."
		Alan Sepinwall Rolling Stone	"There was enough of interest last night to be worth trying again (...) Hopefully, though, the next attempt will try to be its own thing rather than just a lovingly slavish recreation."
		Noel Murray AV Club	"A fun experiment—if too unimaginative (...) These episodes held up well, and it was enjoyable to see them this way. But it would’ve been just as enjoyable for ABC to turn over an hour of primetime to airing the originals"
		Joel Keller Decider	"There was a real effort to encourage the stars to make their performances their own, which worked for the most part."
		Laura Bradley Vanity Fair	"A love letter to television as a medium—and one of its most talented auteurs (...) A comforting reminder that for all that’s changing, good storytelling might actually be timeless."
		Hank Stuever The Washington Post	"A fun but only partly successful exercise in nostalgia and cultural context"

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