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Norman Lear had one of the most important and powerful careers in the history of U.S. television. Norman originally wrote comedy with his partner Ed Simmons. After he had a lot of comedy routines bought, he and Ed had a high budget NBC challenge called "The Colgate Comedy Hour" which was on Sunday afternoons. This was a success, and the show lasted for nearly five years. After this he wrote on his own. In 1959 he teamed up with Bud Yorkin creating Tandem Productions. The Family, another show of his, first aired on 12 January 1971. The series did, however, attract its share of protests and strong reactions. Over its early life there were a continuous flow of letters objecting to language and themes and challenging Lear for his "liberal" views. Looking back in 1979. Lear remarked that he responded to such criticism by stating, "I'm not trying to say anything. I am entertaining the viewers. Is it funny? That was the question." Later, when attacks on the show asked how he dared to express his views he altered his response. "Why wouldn't I have ideas and thoughts and why wouldn't my work reflect those ideas?" And of course they did.

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