Netflix Orders Animated Version Of Norman Lear’s ‘Good Times’

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Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVForty-five years after Norman Lear’s One Day at a Time premiered on CBS, the Once Day at a Time reboot is debuting there, marking Lear’s return to the network where he was a staple in the 1970s.The Season 4 broadcast run, which kicks off October 5 with back-to-back episodes over three weeks, was part of the deal ViacomCBS sibling Pop TV made last year to rescue the praised family sitcom after its cancellation by Netflix.

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Norman Lear was recognized with a win during the second night of 2020's virtual Creative Arts Emmys on Tuesday for Live in Front of a Studio Audience:All in the Family and Good Times. At 98, Lear has surpassed his own record, set in 2019, as the oldest Emmy winner ever.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVLast September at the Creative Arts Emmys, Norman Lear, became the oldest Emmy winner in history with a victory in the category of Outstanding Variety Special (Live) for Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear’s ‘All In the Family’ And ‘The Jeffersons’.

Also Read: 'Good Times' Star Ja'net Dubois Remembered by Norman Lear, Viola Davis and MoreCarl Jones serves as creator, showrunner, and executive producer. Brent Miller also executive produces via Act III, with Erick Peyton and Jeron Smith for Unanimous and Erica Huggins for Fuzzy Door.“We can’t think of anything better, at this time in our culture, than a reimagining of Good Times animated,” Lear and Miller said.

Denise Petski, Nellie Andreeva Netflix has given a series order to an animated version of Norman Lear’s groundbreaking TV sitcom Good Times. The project hails from Lear and his Act III Productions, NBA star Steph Curry and his Unanimous Media, Seth MacFarlane and his Fuzzy Door, and Sony Pictures TV.Based on his iconic 70’s series, Good Times is Norman Lear’s first animated series, following the Evans family as they navigate today’s world and contemporary social issues.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeNetflix has given a 10-episode, straight-to-series order to a new animated take on Norman Lear’s classic sitcom “Good Times.” Lear and his Act III Prods.

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