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Norman Lear at Wikipedia
 
“I called my mother and said, 'Mother, I just got this call. The Television Academy is
forming a Hall of Fame. And the first inductees are going to be General Sarnoff and Edward R. Murrow and William Paley and Milton Berle and Paddy Chayefsky and Lucille Ball - and me.' There was about a two-second beat and she said, 'Listen, if that's what they want to do, who am I to say?'”


- Norman Lear
normanlear.com
   

Norman Lear Awards/Tributes


1963 Motion Picture Exhibitors
Top Ten Motion Picture Producers
“Come Blow Your Horn”
 
 
1967 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Nomination for Best Original Screenplay
“Divorce American Style”
 
Writers Guild of America
Nomination for Best Screenplay
“Divorce American Style”
 
Motion Pictures Exhibitors
Top Ten Motion Picture Producers
“Divorce American Style”
 
 
1968 Motion Picture Exhibitors
Top Ten Motion Picture Producers
“The Night They Raided Minsky’s”
 
 
1971 National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
EMMY AWARD
“All in the Family”
Outstanding New Series
 
National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
EMMY AWARD
“All in the Family”
Outstanding Series - Comedy
 
National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
Nomination for Outstanding Writing Achievement in Comedy
“All in the Family – Meet the Bunkers”
 
 
1972 National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
EMMY AWARD
“All in the Family”
Outstanding Series - Comedy
 
National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
Nomination for Outstanding Writing Achievement in Comedy
“All in the Family – Sammy’s Visit”
 
National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
Nomination for Outstanding Single Program-Drama or Comedy
“All in the Family – The Sage of Cousin Oscar”
 
Publicists Guild
Showman of the Year Award
 
 
1973 National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
EMMY AWARD
“All in the Family”
Outstanding Series - Comedy
 
National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
Nomination for Outstanding Series - Comedy
“Maude”
 
National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
Nomination for Outstanding New Series
“Maude”
 
Association of Business Managers
Man of the Year
 
International Radio and Television Society (IRTS)
Broadcaster of the Year
 
American Civil Liberties Union
Freedom of the Press Award
December 8, 1973
 
 
1974 National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
Nomination for Outstanding Series – Comedy
“All in the Family”
 
Taste and Balls Award
 
 
1975 American Heart Association
Howard W. Blakeslee Award
“Good Times” episode, “Check-up”
 
National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences/Hollywood Chapter
Emmy Nomination-Current Affairs/A Single Special
“The Supreme Court and Civil Liberties”
 
Los Angeles Urban League
Whitney M. Young Award
 
Hollywood Chamber of Commerce
Walk of Fame Star
 
 
1976 National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
Nomination for Outstanding Series - Comedy
“All in the Family”
 
National Conference of Christians and Jews
San Francisco State University, Communication Arts Department
Broadcast Preceptor Award
 
Society for Personality and Social Psychology, University of Michigan
Award for Public Services
 
People’s Choice Awards
“All in the Family”
Favorite TV Comedy
 
 
1977 Writers Guild of America
Valentine Davies Award
 
International Platform Association
Mark Twain Award
 
Publicists Guild of America
Television Showman of the Year
 
Actors’ Fund of America
Life Member
 
National Association of Retired Persons
Achievement Award
 
 
1978 University of Georgia School of Journalism and Mass Communication
George Foster Peabody Radio and Television Award: All in the Family
 
Amoco Silver Medallion of Excellence for 1978
 
California Governor’s Commission for Employment of the Handicapped
Citation for Meritorious Service
 
United Jewish Welfare Fund/Entertainment Section
Hillel Award for Humanitarian Deeds
 
National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences/New England Chapter
Hall of Fame Award
 
People’s Choice Awards
“All in the Family”
Favorite TV Comedy
 
1980 Los Angeles Advertising Women
Outstanding Communicator Award (Lulu’s)
 
 
1981 Public Counsel
William O. Douglas Award
 
Ford Hall Forum
First Amendment Award
 
National Fellowship Award
Philadelphia, PA
 
San Fernando Valley Business and Professional Alliance
Humanitarian of the Year Award
 
Brandeis University Library Association
Award of Excellence
 
Stephen Wise Free Synagogue
19th Annual George Brussel Memorial Award
September 18, 1981
 
 
1982 International Radio and Television Society
Gold Medal Award
 
County Museum of Art, Modern and Contemporary Art Council
Distinguished Achievement Award
 
Paramount Studios, Los Angeles, California
 
 
1983 Youth in Films
Outstanding Contribution to Youth Through Entertainment Award
 
1984 National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
Hall of Fame Induction
 
 
U.S.O/LA chapter
Distinguished American Award - read more ›
 
 
University Women/University of Judaism
Author/Artist Award
 
 
1985 National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
Nomination for Outstanding Drama/Comedy Special
“Heartsounds”
 
  Central Synagogue
Shofar Award
 
American Civil Liberties Union
ACLU Foundation Award
 
 
1986 American Jewish Committee Institute of Human Relations
Mass Media Award
 
1987 National Association of Television Program Executives (NATPE)
Man of the Year Award
 
American Comedy Awards
Lifetime Creative Achievement Award (first ever given)
 
 
1990 People for the American Way
Spirit of Liberty Award
 
Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts
American Film Institute Center for Advanced Film and Television Studies
 
 
1991 National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
Nomination for Outstanding Informational Special
“All in the Family 20th Anniversary Special”
 
Casting Society of America Artios Award Ceremony
Lifetime Achievement Award
 
 
1993 Writers Guild of America-West
Paddy Chayefsky Laurel Award for Television
 
National Association of Television Program Executives (NATPE)
NATPE Educational Foundation Award
 
 
1999 President Clinton and the National Endowment for the Arts
The National Medal of Arts
 
 
2003 Council for America’s First Freedom
National Religious Freedom Day Awards Dinner
First Freedom Award
 
 
2004 Turner Broadcasting System
Trumpet Award
 
 
2005 Producer’s Guild of America
The Norman Lear Award
 
 
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Honorary Doctor of Humanities
Emerson College
Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters
University of Hartford
Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts
American Film Institute Center for Advanced Film and Television Studies
 
 
Norman Lear Awards/Honors back to top

Recognitions
Industry Leader of the Year
Association of Women in Radio & TV/Southern California Chapter
President’s Committee on Mental Retardation
National Institute of Mental Health
The American Cancer Society
 
 
Emmy Nominations and Awards
National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
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1971 Nomination for Outstanding Writing Achievement in Comedy
“All in the Family”
 
Norman Lear, Writer, for “Meet the Bunkers”
 
Outstanding New Series – Comedy
“All in the Family”
Norman Lear, Executive Producer
EMMY AWARD
 
Outstanding New Series
“All in the Family”
Norman Lear, Executive Producer
EMMY AWARD
 
 
1972 Outstanding Series – Comedy
“All in the Family”
Norman Lear, Executive Producer
EMMY AWARD
 
Outstanding Writing Achievement in Comedy
“All in the Family”
 
Norman Lear, Writer, for “The Saga of Cousins Oscar”
 
Outstanding Single Program – Drama or Comedy
“All in the Family”
 
Norman Lear, Executive Producer, for “Sammy’s Visit”
 
 
1973 Outstanding Series – Comedy
“All in the Family”
Norman Lear, Executive Producer
EMMY AWARD
 
Outstanding New Series – Comedy
“Maude”
Norman Lear, Executive Producer
 
Outstanding New Series
“Maude”
Norman Lear, Executive Producer
 
 
1974 Outstanding Series – Comedy
“All in the Family”
Norman Lear, Executive Producer
 
1976 Outstanding Series - Comedy
“All in the Family”
Norman Lear, Executive Producer
 
 
1982 Outstanding Writing in a Variety or Music Program
“I Love Liberty”
Norman Lear, Writer
 
 
1985 Outstanding Drama/Comedy Special
“Heartsounds”
Norman Lear, Executive Producer
 
 
1991 Outstanding Informational Special
“All in the Family 20th Anniversary Special”
Norman Lear, Executive Producer