(For the TV nerds keeping track at home, those would be Tandem Productions for Strokes and T.A.T. Instead, he was head of the independent studios behind them.

Unlike the shows featured on past editions of LIFOASA, Lear wasn’t actively involved in the creation of either of tonight’s series. Several surprise cameos are also promised. Among the actors scheduled to appear: Kevin Hart, Jennifer Aniston, Damon Wayans, Kathryn Hahn, Gabrielle Union, Allison Tolman, Ann Dowd, and Jon Stewart. ET with stagings of NBC’s Diff’rent Strokes (1978–86) and its spinoff, The Facts of Life (1979–88). After taking last year off because of COVID, the franchise, which re-creates episodes of sitcoms such as All in the Family and Good Times with contemporary celebrities, returns tonight at 8 p.m. I’d come home from school, and I had a very busy schedule of TV shows to watch.”įorty years later, in addition to being a TV star in his own right, the ABC late-night host is now a regular collaborator with Lear the two teamed up to produce the Emmy-winning Live in Front of a Studio Audience for the Alphabet Network. Before Nick at Nite and TV Land launched in the 1980s, Kimmel says, “I remember coming home from school and watching these shows in syndication back-to-back on Channel 5 Las Vegas. Like most Gen-Xers, Jimmy Kimmel was introduced to the world of Norman Lear - and sitcoms in general - courtesy of local afternoon TV. Photo: David Crotty/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images

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